As the financial crisis of 2008 becomes the recession of 2009, the healthcare industry not only struggles to manage the same unprecedented losses on investments as other organizations, it is also shouldering the financial burden of a rapidly growing population of uninsu... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development

Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Informal Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge

Patricia Sparacio, managing director of the New York Institute of Finance, is sitting in her office on a Monday evening, waiting for her students to arrive. When her class of several hundred students is ready to start, she logs in and greets the group. Her closest stude... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Economy , E-Learning , Training for Multiple Cultures

On that fateful February day in 2003, as the Columbia crew prepared to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere, seven astronauts were trying to regain control of the spacecraft, focusing more on solving the vehicle control issues than their own survival. "Crew members become co... More »

Learning & Development

Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Measuring and Evaluating , North America