Most HR and Learning & Development teams agree that skills, adaptability, and innovation matter more than ever. Yet many organizations are still using training models that were designed for a different, slower-paced world.
What if the future of corporate learning and capability building isn’t about more training courses and more digital platforms – but about understanding how humans actually learn, and designing environments where people can engage with and learn through collaboration and real work challenges.
That’s where the ideas of education thought leaders like Sir Ken Robinson give us great insights for business leaders today. Robinson was a pioneer in challenging traditional learning paradigms and pushing to make educators and organizations rethink how human potential is developed.
Though originally rooted in educational change, his ideas speak directly to how adults learn and perform best in work settings. And, it’s the right time to re-evaluate corporate training.
Human Intelligence Is Collaborative and Diverse – and So Is Performance
Human intelligence is inherently diverse. One of the most important lessons from modern theory is simple: people don’t think, learn, or solve problems in the same way. Intelligence isn’t linear. It is creative, contextual, and influenced by our environments.
For HR and L&D professionals, this has big implications for employee development and human performance. When organizations rely on standardized training path and rigid or traditional development frameworks, they often fail to engage the very people they’re trying to develop.
When learning environments reflect and encourage the diversity in human intelligence, performance levels increase. That’s why high-performing people and teams do well when learning is:
- Tailored rather than generic
- Interdisciplinary rather than siloed
- Applied to real challenges rather than abstract theory
For HR specialists, that means shifting focus from content delivery to learning experience design. Creating spaces where learning is social and interactive, and of course, relevant to business.
Creativity Is a Business Capability Building
Creativity is often misunderstood as something artistic or personality-driven. In reality, creativity is the ability to think outside the box and generate original ideas that can create value. It’s core to adaptability and innovation. Exactly what businesses need to compete, and grow in today’s quickly changing landscape where skills can quickly become obsolete.
From leadership to customer service, from product development to operations, innovation depends on people who can think differently, connect ideas, solve complex problems, and communicate effectively.
For organizations, creating the conditions to unleash people’s creativity means:
- Encouraging lifelong learning
- Making space for reflection and experimentation
- Valuing diverse ways of thinking
- Designing environments that support collaboration
Collaborative learning spaces where people explore, exchange ideas and buld on each other’s perspectives are not only engaging. They are real performance enablers.
What Education Gets Right That Organizations Can Learn From
The top learning institutes and Universities have spent years rethinking learning systems: moving away from rigid structures and standardized books and exercises toward more flexible, human-centered models. Approaches like
- Interdisciplinary learning,
- Problem-based learning,
- Flipped classroom
- Personalized development pathways
- Learning through discussion and application
are central to how people build real, transferable skills.
For HR and L&D teams, this translates into:
- Learning programs aligned with real business challenges
- Development that integrates technical, cognitive, and human skills
- Training that supports adaptability and problem solving
Better learning design leads to better organizational performance and higher employee satisfaction.
From Training Programs to Human Performance Systems
At Maka, we see this shift happening across industries. Leaders are asking:
- How can we design and deliver innovative courses and training?
- How do we develop future-ready skills?
- How do we build cultures of continuous learning?
- How do we create environments where people collaborate, innovate, and grow?
- How do we provide training that is useful?
This is exactly what Maka Roundtables are designed to explore.
Roundtables bring colleagues together through guided, topic-based discussion that integrates diverse perspectives into the learning process. This form of social learning builds confidence. It deepens understanding and encourages practical application.
While originally designed to strengthen professional communication and English fluency for global teams, their impact goes further. The Roundtable format naturally supports:
- Team collaboration
- Continuous learning
- Real-world problem solving
- Engagement and meaningful participation
For HR leaders focused on human performance, leadership development, and corporate learning, this approach directly aligns with their strategic goals.
Human-Centered Learning in Action
Maka Roundtables are designed to explore how human-centered learning drives:
- Employee engagement
- Skill development
- Collaboration across teams
- Sustainable performance in complex environments
- Interdisciplinary learning
This is not about importing school models into business. It’s about applying what we know about human development to the realities of modern organizations.
Why This Matters Now
The future of work is not just about digital skills. It is deeply human.
Organizations that invest in collaborative training can navigate change, retain talent, and build performing teams better than those that remain locked into rigid systems and who risk skill stagnation.
If your HR or L&D strategy is evolving from “training delivery” to “human performance design,” and from course content to “learning experience” and exploring collaborative educational models like roundtables you are already moving in the right direction.
And that’s exactly the conversation we host at Maka Roundtables.
Ready to rethink how your people learn, perform, and grow?