Simon Leverton
Using stories, sound and digital learning to bring learning to life and change behaviour.
Most workplace learning doesn't work
so I stopped building courses.
now I design things that change what people do.
This took completion rate from 20% to 80%.
No chasing,
Just better design
Press play, listen and read episode 1 of The Update
Not courses. different problems. different formats. same idea.
make it something people actually use.
Simon Leverton
how I work (and why it’s different)
I'm autistic.
One of the advantages is that I tend to look past the thing people ask for and focus on what's getting in the way.
Build a course.
Run a workshop.
Create a programme.
Maybe. But first...
What do people need to do differently?
What's stopping that from happening?
Most of the time, people already know more than we think they do.
The problem isn't always knowledge.
Sometimes they need a bit of practice.
Sometimes they need a reminder at the right moment.
Sometimes they just need something useful.
That's why I spend less time worrying about courses and more time creating things people will actually use.
They can listen to on the way to work.
They can use during a conversation.
It helps them do the job a little better than they did yesterday.
Because the goal was never to complete a course.
The goal was always to do something better afterwards.