Agile L&D

Agility is no longer a buzzword, it's now a business imperative. Apply agile thinking, tools and processes to the learning function with this expert guide written specifically for learning and organizational development (OD) professionals. Written by an author at the forefront of agility in the people profession, Agile L&D explains how to develop an agile approach to workplace learning. The business context has dramatically changed, so the way you approach specialisms like learning and OD must also change. Based on five design principles: Product-led, Human-centric design, T-shaped people in T-shaped teams, Experimentation and Deliver with impact, Agile L&D provides a dedicated toolkit to help you design learning and OD solutions that solve workplace challenges and impact business performance. How we design work, upskill people and deploy teams is now intrinsically linked with modern business strategy. To continuously adapt to a complex business environment, companies need a more fluid movement of people and skills across the organization to better reflect customer needs, market opportunities and capability requirements. This book has the answer. Full of tools, tips and frameworks as well as real world examples from global organizations including Macmillan Cancer Support, TomTom, Diageo, Arup and Citizens Advice, this is essential reading for all learning and development, OD and people professionals in this constantly changing world of work.

Natal Dank heads up Learning, Consultancy & Coaching at PXO Culture and is seen as a pioneer in the Agile HR movement. In 2016, she hosted the first Agile HR Meetup in London with the aim of building a community of like-minded disrupters, which has since grown into a regular event held across the world from Sydney to Paris and online. A year later, Natal co-founded the Agile HR Community. Based in Scotland. UK, she is focused on defining modern HR for the 21st Century. She was listed by HR Magazine as one of the Most Influential HR Thinkers of 2022.

Chapter - 01: An Agile Approach to Learning; Chapter - 02: Why Agile L&D is needed; Chapter - 03: The Benefits of Agile L&D; Chapter - 04: Agile Thinking; Chapter - 05: Agile Processes; Chapter - 06: Agile Platforms; Chapter - 07: Agile Content; Chapter - 08: Agile Ways of Working; Chapter - 09: Upskilling and Reskilling; Chapter - 10: Agile Learning Culture; Chapter - 11: Agile Learning Ecosystem; Chapter - 12: Agile L&D Toolkit