From your experience, how does learning connect with performance? Speak to performance at various levels (individual, work process and organization).

Learning and performance are interconnected processes that must both be present for the other to take place. Without the knowledge and skills necessary to complete a task, the ability to perform it is severely limited or even nonexistent. Individually, we must learn the information needed to perform a task in order to be able to do it. Someone had to tell you how to ride a bike before you were able to do it. However, performance is also vital part of the learning process. You may know how to ride a bike in theory, but performing the task is part of the learning process. No one can read about riding a bike, watch a tutorial, and be able to immediately do it.
In the workforce, knowledge is either required before hiring or taught after the hire. A degree is required in teaching, but the first three years are spent attending required trainings and meetings. During this beginning period, performance is not expected to be at the level of an experienced teacher, but beginners are expected to reach that level by the end of their third year. Most jobs incorporate some type of training to enhance performance of tasks. Learning is a lifelong process designed to increase our ability to perform tasks and jobs, but we must perform them in order to truly learn the skill.