Why Innovation? Why Now?

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Pat Galagan

A young man we know recently made a career move some would find unthinkable. He left a software engineering job at Google to go to work for a little-known startup with few perks and no charisma to speak of. Among his reasons for making the switch was his sense that Goog... More »

The Best of Best Practices: Critical Success Factors for Identifying and Measuring Industry-Leading Management Solutions

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Louis Carter

In today's uncertain economic climate, the ability to identify effective and actionable solutions to business challenges is more crucial than ever to the strategic management process. When there are substantial problems to be solved, best practice benchmarking providers... More »

Matching the Right Design Strategy to the Right Content

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Karl M. Kapp

Learning professionals have a wide variety of technology-based tools available for the creation and delivery of instruction, but tools alone are not sufficient for creating instruction that changes behavior, influences learners, and ultimately improves organizations. Th... More »

Beef Up Your Training Toolbox With Web Tools

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ASTD Staff

To keep ideas fresh and learning engaging, training and development professionals need to constantly update, freshen, or create new training materials. Fortunately, there are free Internet tools that can aid in revitalizing supplemental training materials. What follows ... More »

Blackboard Pays Off for ADP

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Kevin Alansky

Roseland, New Jersey - based ADP has become one of the world's largest providers of business outsourcing solutions, by focusing on more than just the quality of its products and services. The 60-year-old company, which has achieved nearly $9 billion in revenues annually... More »