Data driven intelligent learning and development apparatus and method

Abstract

A data driven intelligent learning and development apparatus and method using an assessment of various traits of an individual to develop skill practice areas, each with one or more development strategies to enhance and/or maintain selected skills of an individual related to the practice areas.

1 . A method for individual learning and development to improve at least one trait of an individual, the method comprising:
 accessing at least one assessment of the individual relating to the at least one trait of the individual and personal characteristics and performance of the individual in the at least one trait;   preparing a list of skill practice areas for the individual relating to the personal characteristics and performance of the individual in the at least one trait;   providing, for each skill practice area, at least one development strategy for enhancing and/or maintaining the skills of the individual in each skill practice area; and   presenting at least one skill practice area with the at least one development strategy associated with the at least one skill practice area to the individual;   wherein the at least one assessment comprises a plurality of the following items: a primary personality of the individual; a personality of the individual under pressure; a processing style of information by the individual; a motivation of the individual; a conflict management of the individual; a fundamental need of the individual; and/or a decision-making style of the individual;   wherein the accessing the at least one assessment is done by an individual for self-improvement and/or to improve a relationship, by an employer to determine how the individual will fit within an organization, and/or by the employer to help the individual develop, improve a skill, or to improve a relationship between the individual and a team member.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 presenting the list of skill practice areas to the individual by ranking the skill practice areas from the skill practice areas requiring the most learning of the individual to the skill practice areas requiring a lesser amount of learning.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 allowing customizing of the ranking of listed skill practice areas by the individual.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing an action plan for the individual for at least one of each skill practice area and at least one development strategy.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 providing at least two individually selectable learning schedules, each learning schedule presenting one of a new skill practice area or a new development strategy to the individual at different time intervals.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein
 the at least two learning schedules includes providing one of a selectable self-pace learning schedule by the individual and an automatic learning schedule presenting the at least one of a skill practice area and the at least one development strategy to the individual on a periodic time basis.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 allowing access to a knowledge center containing selectable media to enhance and/or maintain the individual's skill in at least one of the skill practice area and the development strategy in the skill practice area.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 allowing the individual to add and remove skill practice areas from the list of skill practice areas.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 displaying a plurality of skill practice areas for selection by the individual.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 allowing the individual to reorder the skill practice areas in the list of skill practice areas displayed to the individual.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing a periodic reminder to the individual related to a development strategy provided to the individual.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 presenting a skill related media to the individual related to the development strategy with the period reminder.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the individual is an employee and the accessing the at least one assessment is done by the employee's peer, manager, or employer to assess the employee. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising the employee's peer, manager, or another individual providing the at least one assessment. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising comparing the at least one assessment of the individual to a number of distinct personality profiles in order to determine a particular personality type for the individual. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one assessment measures power, versatility, precision, and adaptability. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one assessment determines how the individual approaches people, activities, thoughts, and causes using a plurality of scales. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one assessment determines how the individual is motivated, why the individual is motivated, and what the individual is motivated by. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one assessment determines how the individual works through issues with others by competing, calibrating, avoiding, accommodating, or compromising. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one assessment measures the individual's desire to maintain control, have security, or achieve significance. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one assessment measures this based on decider scales including outward, inward, careful, and rapid. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one assessment determines this using global and analytical scales. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one assessment is used to define the individual's personality relative to emotional, relative, and team intelligence. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising for each assessment of the individual determining a ranking of the individual to determine how the individual measures with respect to at least one goal of the individual or at least one goal of a business. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the individual alternatively selecting the skill practice area presented to the individual, and the individual selecting for each alternatively selected skill practice area the development strategy the individual wishes to implement for the selected skill practice area. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising the individual proceeding through all of the development strategies for the skill practice area requiring the most learning, and then proceeding in ranked order to each skill practice area and completing all of the development strategies for each skill practice area prior to proceeding to the next ranked order skill practice area until all skill practice areas are completed. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising displaying the individual's personality and the individual's personal characteristics with scales, charts, and graphs. 
     
     
         28 . An apparatus for individual learning and development to improve at least one trait of an individual, comprising:
 a computer processor with a memory, the computer processor accessing a source of trait assessment data of at least one individual;   an accessible store containing a plurality of skill practice areas to develop skills of the individual, each skill practice area having at least one development strategy to enhance and/or maintain the individual's skill in a related skill practice area;   the computer processor executing program instructions to:
 access at least one assessment of the individual relating to the at least one trait of the individual; 
 prepare a list of skill practice areas for the individual relating to the at least one trait assessment; 
 provide, for each skill practice area, at least one development strategy directed to the skills of the individual in the skill practice area; and 
 present at least one skill practice area with the at least one development strategy associated with the at least one skill practice area to the individual; and 
   an interactive processor and display for presenting the skill practice areas and the development strategies to the individual;   wherein the at least one assessment comprises a plurality of the following items: a primary personality of the individual; a personality of the individual under pressure; a processing style of information by the individual; a motivation of the individual; a conflict management of the individual; a fundamental need of the individual; and/or a decision-making style of the individual;   wherein the access the at least one assessment is done by an individual for self-improvement and/or to improve a relationship, by an employer to determine how the individual will fit within an organization, and/or by the employer to help the individual develop, improve a skill, or to improve a relationship between the individual and a team member.   
     
     
         29 . The apparatus of  claim 28 , further comprising:
 a knowledge-based media store of selectable skill related media.   
     
     
         30 . The apparatus of  claim 28 , further comprising:
 the computer processor executing control program instructions to create an action plan for the individual for at least one of each skill practice area and development strategy.