The Inconvenient Truths About Adult Learning and Design

Accepting the realities will help you design better training and be a better learning partner.

Imagine that you've spent weeks crafting the perfect learning program. It's your magnum opus of learning, and you are confident participants will love it. There's only one step left before you can start building it: getting sign-off from the client or business leader.

You meet with the client, PowerPoint deck at the ready, and run through the design from top to bottom. You talk about genera