About the book

"For organisations to become and to remain high performing in an ever-changing world, demands a new approach to people development. There is an abundance of information available on tools, generational information, application of social media etc. This book pulls all this together and yet is based on sound Pedagogical theory. This books ads valuable insights too for South African leaders grappling with the double edge sword of the talent dearth and the need for accelerated learning. It is a must have on the bookshelf of talent managers and chief learning officers. Both Kerryn Kohl and Debbie Craig bring their valuable practical lessons learnt, their passion for this subject and their deep expertise in this field, to us in a practical and useful manner. I have had the fortune of working in organisations and in consulting for organisations in this field for over 20 years, and I wish I had this book 20 years ago already!"

"What an amazing read - it is truly a book that keeps on giving!  It stimulates thinking about accelerated learning and is full of modern and practical content, presented in a manner easily accessible and understandable.  And the gamification at the start and throughout the book places the reader in a milieu of an active learner throughout the experience of reading the book and accelerating one’s own learning”

"Accelerated Learning offers dynamic reading which jumps between traditional concepts, real life youth challenges and organizational culture and learning dilemmas of how to optimize potential resources and engage people in the long-term. This book is a bridge between several generations; clarifying the way each can learn through different avenues and platform, and offers a creative transformation process to accelerate learning and results. It offers a unique way of guiding the reader through sharing content, offering feedback opportunities and providing several tools to explore topics further, such as decision making, collaboration, high performance, talent, coaching, conversations, culture, change, leadership and innovation. It is full of surprises, rewards and interaction and fun! I have personally experienced the benefit of transformational leadership with Catalyst. This book continues their breakthrough thinking and can be a game changer for dealing with the next generation and creating a common language to increase the speed of learning to deliver results fast!"

"Why do we “FACE” a global talent crisis? Why can’t we match learning pathways to strategic challenges? Why can’t we utilize people’s natural learning ability? This book offers deep thoughts and practical approaches to accelerate learning to engage, develop and retain the talent we need. Numerous theories, tools, brain-break activities, program examples and case studies are included. I am learning and recommend this valuable publication as worth your time to read, think-through and practise. It will definitely contribute to your ambition of creating a learning organization."

"In many ways this book reminded me of Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline Field book which similarly inspired me a few years back. This book however is a very detailed , pragmatic and contemporary update integrating the realities of 21st century competitive learning landscape with exhilarating new approaches, techniques, tools, practices, methods to achieve liberating yet learning centered breakthrough results at individual, team and organizational level. Both Chief Human Resource Officers as well as their peers, Chief Learning Officers and their associated practitioners will benefit from not just reading this very compelling text but studying and applying all its valuable lessons in their quest to both accelerate learning and achieve tangible results."

"Talented and engaged employees are a key enabler in any organisation. Companies may have a great  vision and a winning strategy, but people bring these to life. Debbie Craig has integrated the latest thinking on how we may develop and engage the talent in our organisations to ensure personal and organisational success.  This book is a great contribution to the learning and development field."

"Wow what a wonderful approach to this new modern world of learning. As organisations and individuals are on the cusp of change asking the question around Mastery, Autonomy, Purpose (Dan Pink). This book will take you on a journey towards clarity and understanding that the world is changing and organisations need to become learning cultures to survive the ever present ‘change’ and subsequent integration. Kerryn, whom I have known and worked with since my arrival into South Africa, is passionate about the learning paradigms that are faced in today’s fast paced world. Both Kerryn and Debbie have captured the key concepts in this fun construct and learning playground this book inspires. Their passion is evident throughout and I am privileged to be part of the story."

"This book brings a fresh approach to an old challenge of motivating fast learning and linking it to consistent results. With a stimulating and dynamic format – and great Youtube References! – Debbie and Kerryn, bring valuable insights to anyone interested in making a difference through growing people to their potential."

“If human capability is the one strategic differentiator in the talent and knowledge century then our ability to constantly raise our workforces': strategic insights, level of commercial capability and abilities to lead and manage others, at a speed faster than competitors, will be the enduring source of competitive advantage. Congratulations to Debbie Craig and Kerryn Kohl who have captured the essence of accelerated learning, a process, that particularly in a dynamic markets context, is so important to change the status quo, where so many people have potential for greatness but have often lacked opportunities and mentorship."

"Both Debbie and Kerryn again proved that they thoroughly understand and grasped the every changing world of learning by presenting the reader with a fresh, well balanced approach to learning development and growth, in their latest book. They present us, the reader, with a wealth of information, confronting us with the shift in learning and development to that of accelerated learning. The book illustrates in a well-integrated way the fact that real learning is a much more collaborative process than what it ever was. The case studies is so well interwoven with each other, taking the reader through the processes in a well synchronized way and once through it, can be implemented straight into the learning cycle. A Book well worth reading and to have as reference on your book shelve. Well done Debbie and Kerryn."