At a bimonthly Friday happy hour, a group of employees shares stories of baseball games and baby showers, interspersed with bits of knowledge about their jobs. Amazingly, people still remember these random pieces of learning come Monday morning, despite being mixed up w... More »

Learning & Development

Informal Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Social Learning , Trends

There is a major transformation taking place at Girl Scouts of the USA and it has nothing to do with cookies. This 95-year-old not-for-profit organization's sweeping efforts to increase its appeal and relevance to 21stcentury girls focus on leadership development and pr... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development , Workforce Development

Designing Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Leadership Development , Management Development

What has six times the area of New York City, its own ballet, and a replica of the Sistine Chapel but doesn't take up any real space? Second Life, a digital chimera that is visited by millions of people daily, is a virtual world where almost anything can happen, includi... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Designing Learning , Informal Learning , Innovation , Simulations and Serious Games , Trends

In many ways, designing successful e-learning is a nearly impossible task. The complexity can be overwhelming, with challenges coming from voluminous content that somehow manages to be incomplete, unsympathetic technology, anxious and inattentive learners, inadequate bu... More »

Learning & Development

Business Impact , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Engagement , Human Performance Improvement , Skills Gap