At Meta we are happy to share with you an essential list of tools for sharpening your skills and communicating technical knowledge while continuing to work from home.

1. Have a dedicated workspace

Having a dedicated workspace is essential to being able to perform to the best of your ability. Being able to distinguish a space that is specifically for working allows your brain to switch into work mode and away from relaxation mode. Don’t be afraid to add things to the workspace in your home that you would normally have at your workspace in the office such as photos of loved ones, notepads, plants, and of course a coffee mug. If possible, when the work day is done leave the space so it feels like you’re “headed home” for the day,

2. A computer

Now more than ever the world is looking to move businesses/operations online. Making sure that you have a good, functioning computer with all the tools necessary to communicate with your co-workers is essential to getting things done as proactively as possible! Don’t be afraid to do some research into what type of computer best fits your needs and also what applications/tools will best help your workplace communicate with one another while all working from home. Applications such as metaKinetic-L&D platform which run on all desktops/devices making them perfect for training and communicating technical knowledge.

3. A good internet connection

A good internet connection allows you to connect to not only your family and friends during this challenging time but also to your co-workers. A stable connection brings you the best communication possible when video conferencing as well as allows for a smooth training experience. Having no interruptions because of your internet connection ensures that your training never has gaps and you can continue to learn as much as possible while still being at home.

4. A metaKinetic-L&D account

metaKinetic-L&D is the first digital platform of its kind built for training Geosciences and Engineering professionals. The platform powers technical managers and their teams with truly interactive learning experience, quick takeaways, and hands-on practice, leaving the teams in a better place then when they started.

With simulation-based modules metaKinetic-L&D transforms the way training is done. All modules come with complete simulation tutorial, technical glossary, references, and assessments; all in one place. Forget about unconsolidated and lengthy eLearning content with hefty price tags that provide little to no outcome. Get confident in your knowledge with hands-on practice in a fraction of time and cost with metKinetic-L&D all while working from home.

5. Headphones and music

Creating the perfect atmosphere is essential to creating the best learning environment when working from home. If you are working in a busy household then the perfect way to concentrate on what needs to get done is putting on your favorite Lo-Fi music, putting headphones on and opening up metaKinetic-L&D.

6. Self-discipline and a productive mindset

The best way to succeed while learning from home starts with you. Having good self-discipline will help you to focus and make sure that your performance and productivity is up. If you’re struggling to do training while working from home, try writing out what your goals are from training somewhere that you can see so they become tangible. Pair this with a productive mindset and there’s nothing you can’t do!

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As a corporate, you can train your staff all you want, but if there is no insight on how the training is working, i.e., if it is helping your corporate reach a business goal, then you may be just wasting time and money. This is in addition to the millions of dollars wasted in exploration and production projects due to poor decisions made by staff who lack required knowledge in the domain.

“Back in winter 2019, I had a series of conversations with multiple traditional training instructors (some very well known with lineups for their classes in the O&G) and one thing that came out of every single conversation was the fact that “corporates are primarily after checking off the staff’s training checkboxes and not really focused on measuring the applicability, sustainability, and long-term effects of training.”

Ellie Ardakani, CEO & Cofounder

But what if it didn’t have to be that way? What if, with a true adoption of digital technology, we could collect, analyze, and understand training data to help corporates to get value out of their training expenditure?

Training data collection on digital platforms can help tremendously to get a better feel of business impact in addition to boosting staff’s performance. You can use training data from digital platforms such as metaKinetic along with project KPIs to create a compelling visual display of the positive effects of your training investment. And as you know, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Here is a quick example of how to do just that using the metaKinetic platform:

This plot shows the training data recorded by metaKinetic from 4 staff members in a G&G department of an E&P company. All 4 staff are geoscientists with less than 5 years experience and are about to start working on a seismic acquisition project. The plot shows the assessment score for each team member after taking a “seismic acquisition” training simulation. The bubble’s size indicates the duration that each staff member spent in using the associated simulation with the assessment.

According to this data Alice with 80% score spent more time (35 minutes) during the training to engage and explore different scenarios with the simulation and therefore developed a better understanding of the underlying scientific concept before taking the assessment. Mike on the other hand, with spending the least amount of time on the simulation had the minimum score of 30%. Here, based on the level of engagement and the assessment score, we can conclude who within the team needs more encouragement and training to be able to perform as competent as the other team members. This was a quick example on how training data can provide insight for technical managers on their team competency and performance. In addition, metaKinetic Peer-Benchmark creates a safe and encouraging environment for staff to compare their competency with their peers.

Peer-Benchmark on metaKinetic is designed to compare staff’s competency against one another to give them a sense of where they need additional training and practice.  

See it for yourself

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