Train less for better skills development

South Africa’s ongoing efforts to train its way out of the deepening skills crisis by using formal, traditional training methods “won’t achieve much”. This is the view of software-as-a-service company Clevva director Ryan Falkenberg, whose company specialises in helping under-trained and inexperienced staff perform like experts. He believes effort should be focused more on developing people’s meta-skills and supporting specific-skill development through smart technology-enabled workplace support… (more)

Train less: An answer to the skills shortage crisis in SA

South Africa’s ongoing efforts to train its way out of the deepening skills crisis by using formal, traditional training methods won’t achieve much, says Ryan Falkenberg, a director at Clevva, a software-as-a-service company that specialises in enabling under-trained and inexperienced staff to perform like experts. Rather, he believes, effort should be focused more on developing people’s meta-skills, and supporting specific-skill development through smart technology-enabled workplace support… (more)