---
id: "action-integrate-training-into-work"
type: "action-item"
source_timestamps: ["§ Reskilling Is a Change-Management Initiative"]
tags: ["training-methodology", "program-design"]
related: ["concept-train-in-place", "claim-on-the-job-preference"]
action: "Utilize shadowing, apprenticeships, and trial periods instead of classroom training."
outcome: "Higher engagement and better learning retention among adult employees."
speakers: ["Jorge Tamayo", "Leila Doumi", "Sagar Goel", "Orsolya Kovács-Ondrejkovic", "Raffaella Sadun"]
sources: ["reskilling"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-reskilling"
originDay: 10
articleStem: "hbr-edu-34-reskilling-in-age-of-ai"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2023/09/reskilling-in-the-age-of-ai"
sourceTitle: "Reskilling in the Age of AI"
---
# Integrate training into the flow of work

**Action.** Minimize classroom-style training. Instead, use **shadowing assignments, internal apprenticeships, and trial periods** to build skills in the flow of work — the [[concept-train-in-place|train-in-place]] model — catering to adult learning preferences ([[claim-on-the-job-preference]]: 65% of adults prefer on-the-job learning).

**Outcome.** Higher engagement and better learning retention among adult employees.

This is the "building skills in the flow of work" task of [[framework-reskilling-change-management]]; the [[concept-vocational-residency|vocational residency]] is a structured variant.