We, at Chrysalis, have been driving Results Based Learning™ for the last 3 decades. In an attempt to share our experiences, insights and the best practices that we have gleaned over this time, we would like to present ‘The Ripple Effect’. This blog will be a sharing of the ethos, philosophy, practice, results of all the work that we have done over the past nearly three decades in driving results for our clients. We look forward to your comments, views, your contribution and learning from you.
The Comfortable Lie of 70-20-10:
Why One of L&D’s Most Popular Models No Longer Holds
For something that has shaped billions of dollars of learning investment globally, the 70-20-10 model rests on surprisingly fragile foundations. It is quoted in boardrooms, embedded into learning strategies, and taught as near doctrine in leadership development circles. It has influenced how organisations allocate budgets, design journeys, and justify deprioritising formal learning. It has become, in many […]
Posted on 27th March 2026 by
The Corrosion of Power:
The Slow Drift of Leadership Integrity
No leader wakes up one morning intending to become corrupt. That is perhaps the most important place to begin, because leadership failures that dominate headlines often appear dramatic and shocking in hindsight, yet they rarely begin dramatically. They begin in increments. They begin with small permissions granted to oneself, quiet rationalisations that feel reasonable in […]
Posted on 13th March 2026 by
The Leadership Development Paradox:
Why We Keep Investing in Leaders and Seeing So Little Change
There is something quietly disconcerting about the way organisations speak about leadership development. Never before have we invested so much in building leaders. Across industries and geographies, organisations have constructed elaborate academies, curated multi-month journeys, executive immersions, digital pathways, competency frameworks, assessment centres, and coaching ecosystems. We speak fluently about empathy, resilience, psychological safety, adaptive […]
Posted on 27th February 2026 by
Reimagining the Learning Function:
Creating the Blueprint for the World of Tomorrow
(Part 3 in the series: after Scanning the Environment, and Assessing the Reality) When I wrote the first article in this series, my reflections were anchored in the world outside the organisation – a world that is not merely changing but transforming at a pace that leaves even the most agile among us disoriented. I […]
Posted on 12th February 2026 by
