Making Learning Stick: Strategic Reflection Activities for Enterprise L&D

About this episode

Katrina Kennedy discusses the importance of integrating reflection throughout the learning process to enhance retention and performance.

Katrina Kennedy unpacks why integrating reflection THROUGHOUT learning (not just at the end) dramatically boosts retention, performance, and real business impact. She revealed actionable strategies and science-backed activities L&D teams can use to make learning truly stick in any environment.

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Van Wingerden, Paul Schneider

Guest: Katrina Kennedy

Topics covered

• learning retention
• reflection activities
• enterprise L&D
• performance improvement
• business impact

Keywords

• learning stick
• strategic reflection
• L&D strategies
• retention
• performance
• business impact

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Organizations: L&D

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