I've read "Learning Unscripted"

Learning is an interesting field. For example it is interesting to see how at the one hand we get routinely excited about new terms, research, tools and hypes (this year Virtual Reality learning gets a boost because of the upcoming 3D glasses for example) and what we are actually doing with those in the field of education or corporate learning. Simon Birt's new book "Learning Unscripted" alternates both the vision and the reality check: it has more theoretical chapter on social learning, mobile learning and cloud based learning, alternated by interviews with practitioners and case studies from well-known companies.

One of the last projects I did while still at IBM Learning Development was to help set up a cloud-based authoring system. That's how I met Simon Birt who was working at Trivantis. Simon recently send me a copy of his new book "Learning Unscripted" on corporate learning.

One of the opening sentences reads: "The learning industry is full of theories, ideas and research-led teaching models rubbing shoulders with profitability and business-value creation." The book goes on offering chapters and definitions of these learning theories and models together with interviews on how companies like IBM, Pepsico, NHS and Disney are implementing these in their business. As such the book offers a practical read for anyone in corporate learning. As a reader you get an update on the latest learning models we are implementing in our companies - mobile learning, social learning, cloud infrastructure and on the job training may be 'old' terms, we are still very busy getting them 'right' in our companies. You also get insightful interviews with industry expert Charles Jennings on the often-cited 702010 model and with practitioners from the above mentioned companies.
The book is an easy read with highlighted key points that gives a current overview of both the latest learning models and cases. But it will be up to you to make up your mind what that means for your company.