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.
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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.
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Build a course.
Run a workshop.
Create a programme.
Maybe. But first...
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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.
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The problem isn't always knowledge.
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Sometimes they need a bit of practice.
Sometimes they need a reminder at the right moment.
Sometimes they just need something useful.
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That's why I spend less time worrying about courses and more time creating things people will actually use.
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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.
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Because the goal was never to complete a course.
The goal was always to do something better afterwards.