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Implementing Change: You Know the Why, Let's Get to the How!

March 28, 20185 min read

SDI Clarity Insight — This article is part of our Knowledge Base, drawing on 20+ years of organizational design and talent development expertise. Browse our L&D Glossary for key terminology.

When organizations need their workforce to adopt different behaviors or processes, communication becomes essential. By explaining the rationale behind changes and demonstrating their benefits, employees become more receptive to behavioral shifts. Once staff understands the reasoning, training provides the mechanism for transforming outdated patterns into new competencies.

However, delivery and design matter significantly. For employees to acquire necessary skills, training must address their particular circumstances. Consider remote workers and traveling employees. These individuals need accessible training they can use anywhere, anytime. This necessitates mobile-friendly design and content broken into digestible segments for quick reference.

While preferences vary among learners, certain content requirements remain universal.

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Pull People in With Engaging Design: Static presentations don't facilitate lasting comprehension. To maintain learner attention throughout the learning process, content requires visual appeal. Motion graphics, animated infographics, and strong design elements enhance retention and communicate concepts more efficiently.

Tell a Story: Narratives captivate audiences by inviting them into hypothetical situations. Rather than requiring readers to locate key points independently, storytelling creates personal engagement. Stories prompt reflection through exploratory thinking, supporting meaningful learning.

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Serve as a Fun and Interactive Experience: Requiring learners to consume extensive content without assessing understanding proves ineffective. Learners thrive when they experience measurable progress. Quizzes and gamified experiences motivate improvement and reinforce learning.

Effective organizational change requires training that engages through narrative and design. Yet this proves challenging - creating genuinely engaging experiences demands time, talent, and deep understanding of your learner population.

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