George A. Wolfe is former vice president of global learning and development at Steelcase University. Shawn E. Merritt is president of SDI Consulting. They spoke with Learning Executives Briefing on the value that the learning organization can bring to the planning and i... More »

Learning & Development

Business Impact , Change Management , Curriculum Alignment , Human Performance Improvement , Measuring and Evaluating , Training and Development - General

Learning Executives Briefing: You majored in industrial engineering at Bradley University. How did you move into the learning field? Barfield: Industrial engineering is really about helping businesses run more efficiently so it's not that great a leap. I was hired after... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Business Impact , Human Performance Improvement , Informal Learning , Innovation , Measuring and Evaluating , Social Learning