Every week I speak to clients struggling under the pressure of teaching more, in less time, with shrinking budgets. Unfortunately, there are no widely respected guidelines for how much you should teach people in a day, or how to be sure ideas will 'stick.' Many corporat... More »

Learning & Development

Advanced Level Content , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Training and Development - General

This case study from Measuring ROI in Learning & Development (ASTD, 2012) is an evaluation of business impact and return on investment (ROI) for a knowledge management (KM) system within Global Consulting, Inc. The evaluation used a longitudinal design to measure im... More »

Learning & Development

Measuring and Evaluating , Business Impact

Due to general business conditions, copier sales at Kannon have gone down 30 percent in the last year. As part of an overall expense-reduction strategy, sales management decided to reduce salesforce expenses. Upper management required a business impact study to evaluate... More »

Learning & Development , Sales Enablement

Business Impact , Measuring and Evaluating

A big thanks to everyone who participated in the interactive ASTD Links article, “Are You Having Fun Yet?” Here's what we learned about your use of training games. More »

Learning & Development

Beginner Level Content , Engagement , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Intermediate-level Content , Simulations and Serious Games , Training and Development - General

The world is changing so fast and so dramatically that it takes great talent—and at times genius—just to stay ahead of the curve. Only organizations that identify, inspire, develop, and support genius can thrive in such a world. More »

Learning & Development , Human Capital

Beginner Level Content , Coaching and Mentoring , Intermediate-level Content , Training and Development - General