Content memory vs context memory in OD work

This is about bringing the work context to the training room. The usual training model is to go through a training on soft skill methods (like leadership or team or time management and many more similar topics) and asking the participants to apply this learnt content to work .

Here the employee’s learning is oriented to content memory of what is taught in the training room . The limitation in the process is employee who go through training may or may not transfer this content to the work context.

Hence we have made an innovative approach to bring the work context to the training room .In this way the learning is based on the work context . For example “how does the team work together? What is done at work which is productive/non productive ? how is time utilized ? How is the leadership demonstrated etc .

All these questions are processed but always aligned to real examples from the work context. Since the learning is with respect to the work context the understanding are associated as context memory than content memory. When the training is oriented to context memory then the chances of transfer of learning to day to day work is very high.