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The Field Guide to the 6Ds: How to Use the Six Disciplines to Transform Learning into Business Results
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The Field Guide to the 6Ds: How to Use the Six Disciplines to Transform Learning into Business Results

by Andy Jefferson, Roy V. H. Pollock, Calhoun Wick
March 2014
Intermediate to advanced
688 pages
11h 30m
English
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D3 Deliver for Application

The central tenet of the 6Ds is that training produces business value only when it is transferred and applied to the work of the individual and enterprise. The third discipline, Deliver for Application, is about ensuring that the delivery of the training itself—in terms of method, medium, sequence, timing, participation, and so forth—facilitates its subsequent application on the job. It requires discipline to deliver training in ways that are the easiest to learn and apply, as opposed to the easiest to design and teach.

The effective practice of D3 involves:

  • Addressing the “Can I?” and “Will I?” questions
  • Teaching ...
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