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Learning is human.
Learning is not standardized.
It's not a set of instructions.
It's not a perk and definitely not an elective.
It's not a destination, a presentation,
a department, or a line item.
Learning is personal.
It's immersive,
And essential.
It defines how we collaborate.
It's how we get better.
It made us who we are today,
And defines who we will become tomorrow.
Learning is human.
We create learning experiences that allow people to do things they were never able to do before. Sometimes we do that on our own, other times we do it with incredible clients.
Some of our clients.
Some of our own projects.
Out-of-the-box learning experiences on a range of topics from management, feedback, presentation skills, storytelling, and product ethics.
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We've written a white paper to describe our philosophy and process around learning design. We'd love to share it with you.
We believe that learning is a strategic design discipline that can be applied to individuals, collectives, and entire organizations. So what does that actually mean?
Individuals
At the very core of all learning is the invidual, with their aspirations, lifelong set of experiences, and gaps in their knowledge and skills. Learning on an individual level is all about identifying their needs and building on existing knowledge while providing as many opportunities as possible for real world application.
Collectives
Think of some incredible achivements in history. Whether it's the creation of the iPhone, Liverpool's 4-0 comeback against Barcelona, or landing on the moon; all of these things were made possible by incredible teams. When you bring together a diverse group of skilled and passionate people, you're guaranteed to either see magic, or a complete disaster. The difference between the two is learning. Learning how to collaborate, to communicate, to assets.
Organizations
Organizations are made up of an ever-changing cast of individuals and collectives, but their culture, processes, and mission remain for years. How do these evolve? How do organizations improve? We spend so much time and energy talking about innovation, disruption, moving fast and breaking things, when all of it comes down to one thing: learning. Simply put, no organization can move forward if it's not willing to actively learn about itself, how it works, and how it can work better.
Andre Plaut
FounderAndre Plaut is the founder of human machine, a learning design studio. He has spent over 10 years at the intersection of technology, design, and education, developing and scaling learning experiences, products, and teams for organizations like Apple, Obama for America, General Assembly, Huge Inc, BARK, Indeed, and many others.
You can follow him on Twitter @andreplaut