Cameron HeroldFounder of the COO Alliance & Invest In Your Leaders Training

Stop Wasting Time Learning Stuff You’ll Never Use! #businesslearning #learningdevelopment

30 Apr 2025 · 0 min

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Cameron Herold contrasts "just in case" learning (reading broadly for possible future need) with "just in time" learning—focusing study on skills directly relevant to current quarter projects. He advises creating a personal development plan that targets what you’re working on now to improve practical outcomes.

I think often people are learning stuff reading the next business book because somebody said to read it. That's just in case learning. Right? You're reading stuff just in case you maybe need it in the future. What I like to do is look at the core projects I'm working on this quarter and then say, what's all the stuff that I can read and watch and learn and devour to get better at those things that I'm actually working on? That's just in time learning. Create your own personal development plan and keep getting better at the stuff that you're working on right now.