Companies have been having lunch and learns for years. 

Around 11am, the office starts buzzing....

No! I hope it’s those poke bowls we had last month!

If that sounds familiar to you, you’re not alone...and now your probably a little hungry ;) But let’s be clear: that is 100% an office buzz...about the lunch!

We need to start generating a buzz around learning at work! 

Recently, we have been chatting with various People, L&D, and Operations experts and there is a common theme about their desire to spice up learning initiatives for their teams, but with the interest comes caution:

“We can’t have my employees saying ‘Why did you make me take that training???’”

“Our employees always give me a hard time: oh, another HR training...here we go.”

Usually, we laugh together when team leaders share this because we’ve all been there. On either side of the coin: the thankless planning side or in the the multi-tasking audience side when we can’t stop checking our emails, hoping something urgent calls us out of the meeting.

But with each of these complaints comes an opportunity. When you surprise employees with amazing teachers: Olympians, hostage negotiators, best selling authors, top professors - all of a sudden learning becomes delightful.

Now at 11am...heck, even two weeks leading up to the session, employees can be buzzing about the learning opportunity!

“OMG! Did you hear so and so is speaking to us?!”

“I watched her TED talk, I have so many questions I want to ask her!”

“Ahhh! I just finished his book. Can’t believe he’s coming to share more insights. Fan boying over here.”

One of our goals as we build Electives is for every teacher and class to generate that buzz and that adrenaline rush. With each Elective, we want employees to have the “Ooh, I want to take that class!” feels.

So, maybe someday, the clock strikes 1:05pm and your employees look down and say “I forgot to eat my lunch!”

Companies have been having lunch and learns for years. 

Around 11am, the office starts buzzing....
Is it pizza?
Oooh, I heard Thai food.
No! I hope it’s those poke bowls we had last month!
If that sounds familiar to you, you’re not alone...and now your probably a little hungry ;) But let’s be clear: that is 100% an office buzz...about the lunch!

We need to start generating a buzz around learning at work! 

Recently, we have been chatting with various People, L&D, and Operations experts and there is a common theme about their desire to spice up learning initiatives for their teams, but with the interest comes caution:
“It can’t be too corporatey.”
“We can’t have my employees saying ‘Why did you make me take that training???’”
“Our employees always give me a hard time: oh, another HR training...here we go.”
Usually, we laugh together when team leaders share this because we’ve all been there. On either side of the coin: the thankless planning side or in the the multi-tasking audience side when we can’t stop checking our emails, hoping something urgent calls us out of the meeting.

But with each of these complaints comes an opportunity. When you surprise employees with amazing teachers: Olympians, hostage negotiators, best selling authors, top professors - all of a sudden learning becomes delightful.

Now at 11am...heck, even two weeks leading up to the session, employees can be buzzing about the learning opportunity!
“OMG! Did you hear so and so is speaking to us?!”
“I watched her TED talk, I have so many questions I want to ask her!”
“Ahhh! I just finished his book. Can’t believe he’s coming to share more insights. Fan boying over here.”
Now we’re talking!!

One of our goals as we build Electives is for every teacher and class to generate that buzz and that adrenaline rush. With each Elective, we want employees to have the “Ooh, I want to take that class!” feels.

So, maybe someday, the clock strikes 1:05pm and your employees look down and say “I forgot to eat my lunch!”

CALL TO ACTION

Here is some insights around generating conversations about learning at work.

How To Generate Conversations Around Learning At Work

Wed Dec 30 2020

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