How training can add real value to the business: part 1

This is the first of two ground‐breaking articles set to challenge the training community with a call to action written by Dr Richard Hale, a leading proponent of action learning. Here he argues that the time has come to shatter the myths that have emerged based upon the propositions of Donald Kirkpatrick some 43 years ago. Learning should be seen as the responsibility of the learner not the trainer. Proving learning should be integral to the process of learning not based on before and after statistics. This is based on Richard Hale’s own learning from action with international organisations through the International Management Centres Association.