Impactful Digital UX Trends in the Time of a Global Pandemic

The current pandemic teaches us that properly leveraged UX makes life more meaningful and lessens the inconveniences of social distancing.

For example, I needed a part to fix a leaky pipe during the lockdown. I wasn’t sure of the part’s exact size, so I had to go to a hardware store physically. When I arrived, there was a long, socially distant line outside. Mask on, I joined the slow-moving queue, and as I approached each 6ft marker at a snail’s pace, I couldn’t help but imagine a better way.

Moving the Employee Engagement Needle and its Impact on ROI

Today’s C-level executives know that an engaged workforce offers a strategic vantage point when it comes to customer engagement and better ROI.

Assembling high-performing teams require business leaders to design the right team-based business strategy, manage intentionally, and hire purposefully.

Fostering employee engagement empowers staff members to navigate the world of work and seek opportunities that impact business ROI. This article focuses on simple, scalable, productive, and readily justifiable ways to optimize your organization’s engagement.

Embracing Change in a Disruptive Environment

It is no secret that guiding individual and organizational change can be challenging. When faced with a new change initiative, the most pressing challenge is to motivate individuals to adapt to a recent process change, routine, or technology.

The current global crisis has made us witness challenges that have changed our business dynamics while shaping our new normal.

We have seen a material shift to remote working, e-learning, e-health services, e-government services, and surges in e-commerce activities over the last few months.

NIH CIO-SP3 SMALL BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC), the Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) Small Business (SB) contract is a ten (10) year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) for small businesses.

The Problem isn’t the Training; it’s Effective Knowledge Transfer

One of the biggest challenges for organizations is what happens after the training. Typically, training is seen as an isolated event. Afterward, many learning development professionals and supervisors find themselves asking, “why is the employee not using the information from training” or “why hasn’t the employee’s performance increased following training.” Questions such as this suggest that knowledge transfer did not occur after the employee left the classroom or virtual training session.

Flattening the Forgetting Curve for Learners and Reducing Information Load

Scientific study has proven that humans forget 50% of what they learn within one day of learning. After completing an online course, even the brightest minds cannot remember every piece of information presented.

We tend to forget information over time if we do not apply it to our daily activities. The Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve commonly represents the effect.

Flattening the Forgetting Curve for Learners and Reducing Information Load

Scientific study has proven that humans forget 50% of what they learn within one day of learning. After completing an online course, even the brightest minds cannot remember every piece of information presented.

We tend to forget information over time if we do not apply it to our daily activities. The Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve commonly represents the effect.

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