The CLO as Experimentor

John Coné

In this second of four blog posts about the attributes of the CLO of the future, John Cone examines the role of the CLO as an experimentor. This person is always thinking of multiple alternatives and assumes nothing has value until after it has worked. More »

Giving Back to the Profession with LINGOs

ASTD Staff

Many training professionals seek ways to give back to the field. Eric Berg, a retired software and training company executive, co-founded Learning in Non-Governmental Organizations (LINGOs) to provide learning to the employees of NGOs around the world. Donations by trai... More »

Debunking Employee Engagement Myths

Laurie Bassi

By focusing – some might say obsessing – on employee engagement, HR professionals (and the CEOs who have bought this perspective hook, line, and sinker) miss the opportunity to truly align people and profits. Three myths about engagement may be steering orga... More »

The CLO as Synthesist

John Coné

The great CLOs of the future are synthesists. John Cone defines a learning synthesist as someone who can see and act on broad patterns of learning opportunity and learning achievement. More »

Human Capital Management Predicts Stock Prices

Laurie Bassi

For more than ten years, investment advisers Laurie Bassi and Dan McMurrer have created portfolios that outperform the S&P 500. Their secret? Their portfolios consist of organizations that have superior human capital management practices. Laurie and Dan believe - an... More »