Don't Bet On A Miracle

Andrew Jefferson

Our favorite training cartoon of all time is the two learning leaders at the blackboard. On the left side of the board they have written “Course.” On the right side: “Results.” The arrow in the middle is labeled “And then a miracle happens.... More »

New Research: Informal Learning Recognized By Organizations, Not Yet Adopted As A Component of Learning & Development

ASTD Research

The purpose of Informal Learning: The Social Evolution, conducted by ASTD and the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), is to examine the ways in which informal learning is evolving and how organizations are leveraging it to improve performance. Some of the i... More »

2012 State of the Industry Report: Organizations Continue to Invest in Organizational Learning and Development

ASTD Research

Organizational spending on learning and development stayed relatively stable with a slight decrease from last year according to the findings of ASTD's 2012 State of the Industry Report. Organizations in the United States spent $156.2 billion on employee learning in 2011... More »

Confidence of Learning Executives Continues to Slip in Q3 2012

ASTD Staff

Learning executives’ optimism and confidence about the outlook and expectations for the learning function continued to fall in the third quarter of 2012, according to the latest measurement by the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD). More »

New Research: The Global Workforce Presents Challenges for Learning and Development

ASTD Staff

As business becomes increasingly global, organizations are facing the challenge of training a workforce dispersed around the world. In a recent survey only 32 percent of learning professionals indicated that global learning initiatives have been successful to a high or ... More »