1

Clarity

Why does this matter?

Help learners connect the content to something meaningful in their work.

2

Confidence

Can I use it?

Help learners identify what they need to put the learning into practice.

3

Commitment

What will I do next?

Help learners turn intention into a specific next action.

Get the 3C Purpose Pause

Download the one-page 3C Purpose Pause and use it in your next training session.

AND WHILE YOU’RE HERE…

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I’m giving away three signed copies of my book, Purpose at Work: How Purpose and Innovation Drive Transformational Change.

☐ Yes, enter me in the ATD book drawing.

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A BIGGER QUESTION FOR L&D

What happens when great learning returns to an environment that doesn’t support it?

The 3C Purpose Pause focuses on what facilitators can influence during the learning experience. But my original research into purpose and innovation uncovered a larger organizational dynamic.

Learning

What people learn

Application

What people do with it

Organizational Capability

A stronger, more adaptive and innovative organization

Perhaps L&D’s opportunity isn’t only to create better learning—but to help create organizations that are better able to learn.

A BIGGER QUESTION FOR L&D

What happens when great learning returns to an environment that doesn’t support it?

The 3C Purpose Pause focuses on what facilitators can influence during the learning experience. But my original research into purpose and innovation uncovered a larger organizational dynamic.

What people learn

Learning

Application

What people do with it

Organizational Capability

A stronger, more adaptive and innovative organization

Perhaps L&D’s opportunity isn’t only to create better learning—but to help create organizations that are better able to learn.