Why training is broken in the age of Covid

Stuart Sumner
clock • 2 min read
Training courses need to change, argues Mark Ridley
Image:

Training courses need to change, argues Mark Ridley

Mark Ridley explains why computer-based training needs to change, and how we should think differently around what we want staff to gain from it

The way we deliver training can be ineffective, and the corporate mindset over what we want training to give staff is similarly flawed. That's the opinion of Mark Ridley, former CTO of the FT an...

To continue reading this article...

Join Computing

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the technology industry
  • Receive important and breaking news in our daily newsletter
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes
  • Join live member only interviews with IT leaders at the ‘IT Lounge’; your chance to ask your burning tech questions and have them answered
  • Access to the Computing Delta hub providing market intelligence and research
  • Receive our members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from senior IT Leaders

Join now

 

Already a Computing member?

Login

You may also like
Exclusive: Behind the scenes of DWP's ambitious tech transformation

Government

Modernising Europe’s biggest IT estate

clock 13 March 2024 • 5 min read
'It just suddenly narrows at the top': Advice for women seeking the C-suite

Leadership

Focus on doing the right thing – not the easy thing

clock 06 March 2024 • 4 min read
Wired for adventure: An interview with Scouting CDO Lara Burns

Leadership

'We’re about skills for life'

clock 08 February 2024 • 6 min read

More on Strategy

BBC News marks content 'verified' to counter disinformation

BBC News marks content 'verified' to counter disinformation

Metadata and trail of provenance embedded into images and video

John Leonard
clock 05 March 2024 • 2 min read
Tech trends 2024: Optimisation over transformation

Tech trends 2024: Optimisation over transformation

IT leaders are taking a pragmatic approach to the wave of new innovations on offer

John Leonard
clock 29 February 2024 • 20 min read
'As easy as ordering a pizza': How National Grid is building digital competency

'As easy as ordering a pizza': How National Grid is building digital competency

It's about more than just hiring prompt engineers

Tom Allen
clock 26 February 2024 • 3 min read