Everywhere I look I see people and organizations trying to do more with less in this weak economy.  For example, I am continuing to drive my car with 90,000 miles on it rather than buy a new one.  We eat out at restaurants less than we used to and generally try to squeeze more out of our income each month. Every organization I talk to is trying to do the same thing.  They are cutting budgets, reducing staff and generally trying to squeeze all they can out of every dollar.  I suspect you are doing it too.

Trainers and human resource developers, I have the perfect answer for you---improve your learning transfer!  I know, the typical answer is to reduce costs.  But, suppose you could DOUBLE the performance improvement that results from your training programs.  That's real money you can make (or save) for your organizations.  Cutting costs by not working on improving learning transfer is NOT the right response.

Let me relate it to my personal car situation. I just spent some money on maintenance to extend the life of my car with 90,000 miles on it.  If I hadn't spent the maintenance money, the car would have major problems and I would have to buy a new car.  By investing a modest amount now, I can get a much greater return out of the car.  In this case, SPENDING money was my best way to SAVE money.  Makes sense right?

Well then spending some money to increase learning transfer also makes sense.  Think about this--how much more money would your organization make--or save--if you doubled your learning transfer rate?  And how much would it cost you to increase transfer that much?  Of course, with our TransferLogix system the answer is not very much.