The Learning Lie: Why Most L&D Functions Fail - And The Science Backed Blueprint To Fix Them
Language: English
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- Title
- The Learning Lie: Why Most L&D Functions Fail - And The Science Backed Blueprint To Fix Them
- Author
- Bhattacharj, Dr. Arunabha
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Publication year
- 2026
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- Soft cover
- Language
- English
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- 9798257933219
What if most of what your organisation calls "learning" is actually theatre?
Every year, organisations worldwide spend $400 billion on corporate training. Yet research consistently shows that 70–90% of that training is never applied on the job. The transfer rate — what actually changes behaviour and drives performance — hovers around 10–15% in most organisations.
This is not a training problem. It is a strategic crisis.
The Learning Lie is a bold, evidence-based dismantling of everything the corporate learning industry has quietly accepted as normal — and a rigorous blueprint for building something that actually works.
Dr. Arunabha Bhattacharjee draws on over thirteen years of cross-industry experience across BFSI, FMCG, healthcare, and retail in India and the Middle East, combined with doctoral research in business administration, to expose the structural failures at the heart of most L&D functions — and to architect a compelling, science-backed alternative.
Inside, you will discover:
- Why engagement scores, completion rates, and smile sheets are measuring the wrong things entirely
- The neuroscience of how adults actually build lasting capability — and why most training works against it
- Why the work environment matters more to learning transfer than training quality itself
- How to move your L&D function from reactive order-taker to genuine strategic partner
Seven proprietary frameworks — developed, tested, and refined in real organisations:
- The SPARK Framework — Strategic Performance Architecture for Results and Knowledge
- The Learning Transfer Triangle — Three forces that determine whether learning sticks
- The 4D Learning Design Engine — Diagnose, Design, Deploy, Determine
- The L&D Maturity Ladder — Five levels from reactive to transformative
- The LEARN Loop — A continuous improvement cycle for learning operations
- The Culture Activation Stack — Six layers for building a genuine learning culture
- The Impact Proof Pyramid — Five levels of evidence for learning effectiveness
This book is for you if:
You are a Chief Learning Officer, L&D leader, HR professional, or business executive who suspects — perhaps quietly, perhaps with growing frustration — that much of what the learning industry does is expensive performance rather than genuine capability development. You are not wrong. And you are not alone.
The Learning Lie is not a critique. It is a rescue mission. It gives you the intellectual scaffolding, the practical frameworks, and the professional courage to transform your learning function from a cost centre into a genuine engine of competitive advantage.
The lie stops here. The truth begins.
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