Coloring the Ideal Business Transformation Solution

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Frank Slezak

Crayola, a Hallmark-owned company with headquarters in Easton, Pennsylvania, realized in 2004 that it needed to replace its aging legacy software systems. Its strategy was to implement an enterprise system that would be the single source of their manufacturing, inventor... More »

Designing Games That Really Teach

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Joseph Guinta

What is it? Chris Clarke-Epstein is a professional speaker and consultant who co-authored the book, The Instant Trainer with C. Leslie Charles. In their book, they list several criteria for game design based on principles developed by Ed Scannell and John Newstrom. "I w... More »

Talent Management: Retail’s MVP

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Ann Pace

For an industry that depends on a healthy economy to thrive, retail remains competitive by using the ace up its sleeve: talent. Ninety-six percent of retailers identify talent management as part of their strategic planning process, and 93 percent agree that their talent... More »

Trimming the Fat: Using a Practical Eye for an Academic Process

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Shawn Rosler

What makes good training? It's a question that is literally as old as training itself and one that has never been given a truly concrete answer. So often we are flooded with the things that we must do to design effective training. In my 10 years of training experience, ... More »

Inside the Training Courtroom

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Michael Cohen

In Training on Trial by James and Wendy Kirkpatrick, the reader is presented with the idea of viewing his training endeavors as though they were part of a legal case. Throughout the book, the Kirkpatricks use the legal trial metaphor to explain how learning professional... More »