Agile L&d: A Toolkit to Improve Organizational Learning and Drive Performance

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 is the co-founder of PXO Culture, a consultancy specialising in people experience with a focus on HR and business agility. She is also the Chief HR Trendsetter at the HR Trend Institute and was named by HR Magazine as one of the Most Influential HR Thinkers of 2022. Based in Scotland, UK, she is the co-author of Agile HR, also published by Kogan Page.