GO FIGURE<\/strong><\/p>\n As our lives become increasingly digitally mediated, the distinction between productive and generative learning becomes crucially important. Productive learning is about conveying known information to achieve a specific outcome such as increasing customer satisfaction, improving productivity, or knowing whether or not to bring a raincoat to work tomorrow. In short, productive learning is about helping people find out something that is already known. Generative learning, on the other hand, is about figuring out something we do not yet understand.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Productive learning serves largely to maintain the status quo by conveying what is known, while generative learning involves not only absorbing known information but also generating new information while addressing unanticipated opportunities or challenges. In economic terms, productive learning focuses on efficiency and productivity, while generative learning focuses on innovation and growth.<\/p>\n One of the primary issues we face as Learning professionals is that we are applying radically new technologies to advance productive learning through AI and digitally mediated classroom instruction at the expense of generative learning. Learning professionals need to focus on leveraging these new technologies to help people figure out new insights on how to address opportunities or threats.<\/p>\n As we move from a \u201cfind-it-out\u201d world to a \u201cfigure-it-out\u201d one, our focus must shift from increasing the efficiency of productive learning in the classroom to also enabling the effectiveness of generative learning in the workplace.<\/p>\n I challenge you to join me in figuring out the best way to do that.<\/p>\n Tony O\u2019Driscoll is global head of DukeCE Labs, whose purpose is to discover what\u2019s next for leadership development by experimenting with new methodologies, approaches, and technologies to uncover where leverage lies in building the leadership system capabilities required to survive and thrive in an increasingly complex world.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As we move from a \u201cfind-it-out\u201d world to a \u201cfigure-it-out\u201d one, our focus must shift from increasing the efficiency of productive learning in the classroom to also enabling the effectiveness of generative learning in the workplace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":10921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[41],"class_list":{"0":"post-10920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-magazine","8":"tag-training-matters","9":"magazine_issues-september-2017"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/trainingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/learningmattersgraphicproductive_generative.jpg\")
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