Pearlcatchers Methodology
Our methodology is firmly rooted in the concepts of accelerated and experiential learning and we strongly believe that a positive training environment is crucial to truly embedding learning.
Our key priorities in designing and delivering learning programmes are to firstly engage our delegates, then immerse them in ‘an experience’ and finally to embed the learning and ensure effective transfer of the learning back at work. We do this by using our ‘Get Happy, Get Creative, Get Results’ approach to learning interventions, as follows:
Get Happy
A positive learning environment is one of the key building blocks for ‘accelerated learning’. Our ‘Get Happy Icebreakers’ are designed to introduce the topic in a non-threatening way whilst getting delegates to relax, participate, get to know each other and have some fun. Sometimes called ‘serious games’, they help to release inhibitions and ‘free the mind’ ready for the rest of the session.
Get Creative
Accelerated learning is about creation not consumption. So the next stage is to get delegates involved and engaged with activities that ideally relate to the context of their work situations. This can mean creative activities, such as drawing / making things, but also includes solving a work-based problem, designing an organization culture or dealing with a ‘difficult employee’. Whatever the activity, the intention is to put delegates into ‘right-brain thinking’ when they are able to break out from their usual constraints, more able to absorb content and come up with more innovative ideas and solutions.
Get Results
When everyone is feeling happier and thinking more creatively, you now need to harness this energy to get results. This could involve practical exercises to try out new skills, work-based assignments, improvement projects, e-learning assessments or action learning sets to name but a few. This stage also involves being able to evaluate the impact of the learning intervention both immediately and after time for everything to become ‘embedded’