[...] Tony Karrer and Harold Jarche have been participating in a cross blog dialog on informal learning. Of course, I was fascinated immediately by Harold’s points relating to Human Performance Technology (HPT) and it’s foundation on training needs analysis. He - far more eloquently than I could ever dream of doing - summed up the basis of my mini-rant yesterday regarding the desperate need to ensure that training is the right fit for the issue to be resolved. In HPT, one of the main areas of focus is the analysis; to determine what the performance gaps are. I was told by an experienced practitioner in the field that only 15% of organisational performance problems can be addressed by training. This is based on about 50 years of research and on the premise that “Instruction & Trainingâ€ can only address a lack of skills or knowledge. …