I hear the same excuse every time I talk to change resistant learning professionals: Theres a bad cultural fit for new learning approaches here (to which I say, if youre not willing to challenge a stale culture, youre in the wrong profession), we dont have time (but you... More »

Learning Technologies

Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , E-Learning , Managing the Learning Function , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Trends

Lets be honest, our profession is full of control freaks, people who are not half as concerned about sharing data as they are about protecting their data. The first question I get when I give presentations at ASTD conferences is usually not great, how can we leverage so... More »

Learning Technologies

Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Engagement , Managing the Learning Function , Simulations and Serious Games , Social Learning

The latest rage in the learning community is webinars. The Adobe Connect, WebEx and LiveMeetings of the words are sweeping the learning industry and leaving a path of Death-by-PowerPoint destruction behind it.Most webinars wind up mimicking the worst of the 1000-year ol... More »

Learning Technologies

Business Impact , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Engagement , Global Workforce Development , Training and Development - General , Trends

Lets stop pretending that you have a partnership with your IT department. Case in point: At one Fortune 100 company, a learning leader has to ask someone to unlock a hot, nosy and a cramped server closet every Thursday morning to get outside of the firewall and attend o... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Business Impact , Informal Learning , Innovation , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Trends