It is virtually impossible to ignore the potential of social media for any business operation. The main reason for the excitement is the fact that social media is engulfing the population at phenomenal rates. While it took radio and television 38 years and 13 years, res... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Business Impact , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Informal Learning , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Trends

2009 is one year that none of us will ever forget. We all had to shrink to squeeze through the eye of the storm, and we had to learn how to compete in a completely new game. Our competitors, we found, are no longer in our neighborhoods or on the other side of town. They... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development

Advanced Level Content , Business Impact , Career Planning , Human Performance Improvement , Integrated Talent Management , Leadership Development , Management Development , Measuring and Evaluating , Trends

As members of the young and energetic workforce, we are where leaders need to turn for innovation. The entry-level employee to mid-level manager has a need to do work that is meaningful, or at the very least have a say in how it could be done. Nothing provides more insp... More »

Learning & Development , Workforce Development

Business Impact , Change Management , Engagement , Global Workforce Development , Innovation , Trends

The global recession and threat of a jobless recovery have converged with decade-long seismic shifts in the workplace (Table 1) to create profound implications for today's employees. These volatile changes have been dubbed the "new normal," where long-held assumptions h... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Human Capital

Advanced Level Content , Business Impact , Engagement , Human Performance Improvement , Integrated Talent Management , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Trends

Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown - Bob Dylan Ten years ago, we had just come out of one of the most costly IT investments of all time - the Y2K scare. Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, was in high... More »

Learning Technologies

Business Impact , Credentialing , Simulations and Serious Games , Social Learning , Trends