Workforce development brings its own set of opportunities and challenges to Learning 2.0. During my life I have seen major technology shifts and failures. I remember my first Sony Walkman, Sony Discman, and Ill never forget my first Apple iPod. I also remember school le... More »

Learning & Development , Workforce Development

Delivering Training , Informal Learning , Innovation , Leadership Development , Management Development , Training and Development - General , Trends

Several years ago an associate told me about a training department he inherited from a merger that operated in a way he described as, Build it and they will come. This group had spared no expense in creating the most lavish and well-produced products he had ever seen. P... More »

Learning & Development

Curriculum Alignment , Designing Learning , Training and Development - General

I feel we have a tendency to confuse communication with learning. Most of us spend the majority of our time in organizations communicating in the explicit ways expected of us. We think if we cant say it straight, or make a thought immediately digestible, then we have fa... More »

Learning & Development

Beginner Level Content , Delivering Training , Engagement , Intermediate-level Content , Training and Development - General

In Latin educare to educate means to draw out. But it seems as if education and training are often more focused on a top-down teaching approach, where information is disseminated, than a true drawing out process in which participants discover the learning through a proc... More »

Learning & Development

Beginner Level Content , Delivering Training , Engagement , Training and Development - General

When I talk with people who are considering becoming consultants, they often mention wanting to wait until they have more money or time, or have their lives in better order. Who wouldnt? As with most big decisions, there are always a few things wed like a little more of... More »

Learning & Development

Career Development , Career Planning , Intermediate-level Content , Training and Development - General