Not only do organisations have a duty of care for their employees, but it’s in their interests to protect themselves legally too, so health and safety training is a necessity. Without it, organisations see an increased number of accidents, which can be detrimental in a number of ways.
The Gig economy introduces a new way of working in modern society, characterised ‘by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work, as opposed to permanent jobs.’ It is continuing to prove itself as an increasingly popular option for people seeking work, with an estimated 5 million employed within this area. Popular organisations that are involved within the gig economy include Uber, Airbnb, HomeAway and Deliveroo.
The issue of employee engagement has been a popular conversation in recent years in the Learning and Development community, as employers are constantly seeking new ways to improve commitment in the workplace. The 2017 Trends in Global Employee Engagement Report, which covered more than five million employees at over 1,000 organisations around the world, showed that less than one quarter of employees are highly engaged and in a single year, employee engagement globally dropped from 65% in 2015 to 63% in 2016.
Are you wondering why after training, you are unable to recall what you have just learnt? Adam Robinson, author of What Smart Students Know said: “Don’t confuse recognising information with being able to recall it.” This quote is important, as it highlights the common method of passive learning, which is the exact opposite how we want to retain information. We want to use active recall – encouraging our brain to work independently to retrieve past learnt information from your long term memory. To be able to retain new information, you have to work your brain harder and build new connections to be able to actually absorb the information.
It’s interesting how some people you know have the most remarkable memory. But how are they able to retain so much information and recall with ease? It is a focus of ours at Wranx to improve knowledge retention, through the innovative method of Spaced Repetition. However, we have developed it further and made Spaced Repetition on our platform personalised.