More and more training and development programs are being exported from the West to Asia with little appreciation or accounting for the fundamental differences between Western and Eastern approaches to learning and development. Lets examine one re... More »

Global Human Resources Development

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Global Workforce Development

Training or nontraining solutions begin with a needs analysis where the designincluding content, material, delivery, and methods of implementationare decided. In many cases, decisions regarding the solution are made at corporate headquarters, without taking into... More »

Learning & Development

Designing Learning , Global Workforce Development , Training for Multiple Cultures

While it is important to keep in mind a number of cultural aspects when training across cultural and geographic areas, the most critical factors are no-brainers: time zones and the differences in time between you and your trainees abroad. These problems are clear, b... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Learning & Development

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Global Workforce Development

The world has changed people now live and work in a world where Google gives the answers, where a mobile phone is the lifeline to the Web and to your GPS location, and where Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter link people to each other in their own way. By leveraging these ... More »

Career Development , Learning Technologies

Business Impact , Career Development , Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Global Workforce Development , Social Learning

Consider the following case: A European company sells a new telephone system to an Asian client with the condition that they will provide one day of on-site training for the equipment. The instructor arrives the night before the training and the next day reviews the use... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Learning & Development

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Global Workforce Development , Intermediate-level Content , Training for Multiple Cultures