Innovative Trance State Learning

Today’s organizations are faced with the growing challenge of increasing the
competencies of their m managers and leaders. As a result, million of dollars have
been invested in training & development to bridge the competencies gap. While
organizations are looking at ROI in training, the issue on how effective is the training
programs in helping the learners to learn remains a big question.
This paper focuses on exploring an innovative training methodology known as,
Trance State Learning (TSL), as a tool to enhance the transfer of knowledge & skills
from classroom to workplace and achieve the objective of work integrated learning.
Essentially, the aim of training is to help the learners to acquire knowledge & skills so
that they are able to think, act and response in a certain way under a specific
context. TSL is a form of advanced experiential learning that not only improves the
knowledge application but also deepens the understanding, enabling the learner to
perceive the world differently.
The concept of Trance State Learning is based on the notion “All Learning, Change,
and Behaviour is Unconscious. In essence, Trance State Learning is about inducing
trance-state in your learners where the Unconscious Mind is “open-up” and become
more susceptible to new learning. It’s the responsibility of trainers to “install” new
belief, knowledge, and critical principles to the learners. In this way, the new
knowledge and skills learned become automatic and it forms new behaviour patterns
in the learners.
The main advantage of TSL is that it has the ability to produce “generative change.”
A TSL-based training outlines a series of activities which the learners learn by action,
then by a process of critical reflection and evaluation of the experience, leading them
to a general principle of action and effect over a range of circumstances. During the
training, the learners are exposed to different types of simulation where knowledge
is regarded, in part as a product of the activity, context, and culture in which it’s
developed & used.
Unlike the current widely-used training methodologies such as Accelerated Learning
Techniques or Competency-based training methods, Trance State Learning is an
innovative training methodology emphasizes on the importance for the Unconscious
Mind to learn. This is a holistic approach to integrate the learning between the
conscious and the unconscious mind. Trance State Learning makes learning become
more appealing to the Unconscious Mind.
Dr. Shailesh Thaker renowned management guru, human potentiality, philosopher,
author and motivator in India, offers HR/HRD Training, Leadership Workshops,
Management Training, CEO Training and business consulting services through
Knowledge Inc.