Creating Impact Through Future Learning: The High Impact Learning that Lasts (HILL) Model

Organisations today operate in a fascinating world where change is constant, fast and continues to accelerate. It is the combination of evolving developments such as technological advancements, globalisation and new ways of communicating through multimedia technologies that drive us to reorganise how we live, how we work, how we create value, and how we learn. These developments call for a Learning & Development policy and practice that supports professionals to be or become successful in this fascinating changing world. In other words: one of the core goals of Learning & Development is to support sustainable employability.

Creating Impact through Future Learning introduces a model for High Impact Learning that Lasts (HILL) that is very much in synch with the demands of an agile organisation. The HILL model is about the learning of young adults, professionals, and experts. It is about the many possibilities to inspire and to support adults in their continuous learning and development process, aiming to create value for today’s and tomorrow’s society. It is about how designers of learning programmes – be it L&D officers or teachers in vocational and higher education preparing adults for professional life – can take a step forward to build the future of learning. A new mindset is needed to create a real impact.

Filip Dochy is Professor of Corporate Learning & Development in organisations and education at the University of Leuven, Belgium. His research focusses on Learning & Development in organisational and professional education, learning and working in teams, virtual teams, competence-based learning, team-coaching, and the practical implementation of HILL

Mien Segers is Professor of Corporate Learning at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, the Netherlands. Her research focusses on addressing workplace learning, aiming to provide insights on antecedents, determinants as well as effects in terms of employability and Innovative Work Behaviour.