Learning and development: moving towards a blended approach
Joe Pickard March 10, 2021 (Last Updated March 10th, 2021 14:07)
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In February, Nexia International appointed Alastair McTavish as its new learning and development (L&D) manager. Joe Pickard speaks to him to find out more about the pandemic’s impact on the L&D process
The Accountant: How much of an impact have the various lockdowns across the globe had on CPD?
Alastair McTavish: I think it has increased the importance of having a digital and blended learning offering.
Many organisations rushed to transfer their face-to-face training into live virtual webinars, with varying levels of success. Like anything, people get better with experience and practice. The current situation is actually a great opportunity for organisations to reflect on their L&D strategy and speed up the digital transformation of their learning interventions.
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Failure could save South African policing
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South Africa’s recently released crime statistics reveal worrying increases in violent crime for the last quarter of 2020, including for murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery and rape. They show that rising murder levels that started in 2012 are continuing and nothing done since then is working to reduce them.
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If police learn from their mistakes and implement those lessons, South Africa could become a safer place.
South Africa’s recently released crime statistics reveal worrying increases in violent crime for the last quarter of 2020, including for murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery and rape. They show that rising murder levels that started in 2012 are continuing and nothing done since then is working to reduce them.
Has the South African Police Service (SAPS) failed? Of course it has. But so have all government departments, corporations and non-profit organisations, and not only in relation to crime. At some point, we all fail. Failure is inevitable, but learning from failure is not.
South Africa’s recently released crime statistics reveal worrying increases in violent crime for the last quarter of 2020, including for murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery and rape. They show that rising murder levels that started in 2012 are continuing and nothing done since then is working to reduce them.
Has the South African Police Service (SAPS) failed? Of course, it has. But so have all government departments, corporations and non-profit organisations, and not only in relation to crime. At some point, we all fail. Failure is inevitable, but learning from failure is not.
The world failed to prepare for the current pandemic. But it has since demonstrated the value of testing, observing, failing and learning in the face of catastrophe, stemming the spread of Covid-19 and developing multiple vaccines in record time.