The draft ISO 45001 standard, “Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements with guidance for use,” has been released. This draft is referenced as ISO/DIS 45001.
A serious movement is afoot to systematize the concept of “safety culture.” The International Labour Organization has put forward a definition of a “preventative safety and health culture,” and ISO is apparently discussing prospective prescriptive requirements for a “positive culture.”
1. Adult literacy will continue to vex talent advisors. One of the battles facing any talent advisor is adult illiteracy. A 2013 study, conducted by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute of Literacy, found that 32 million U.S. adults (14 percent of the U.S. adult population) are unable to read.
Gamification is gaining traction in a big way – the category was listed on more than a dozen Gartner Hype Cycles, the media buzz has hit a fever pitch and analysts continue to project the market to reach $2.8 billion by 2016.
1. Learning and Performance (L&P) departments will become profit centers. Learning and Performance managers plan to pump up corporate profits by creating, marketing and managing for-profit MOOCs. Training managers in medium and large companies tell us transitioning from a cost center to a profit center is a main focus for their departments.
Continuing and professional education leaders are quite accustomed to rapid change and agile adaptation. This is necessary when one’s work involves contributing to workforce development, often within a volatile self-supported environment.
1 - As an educator, it’s all about practicing what you preach. Whenever we create lessons, assignments or activities, putting ourselves in the learners’ shoes is one of the most powerful things we can do. If we want our students to thoughtfully read information presented to them, we must do the same in our own professional development.
Given all the technological advances in computer training, ISHN had to dig back to an OSHA letter of interpretation dated November 22, 1994 for an answer to the question, “What is OSHA's position on computer-based training programs for cognitive training?”
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