Working on that Holiday List?

ASTD Staff

The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover) Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30 It might seem like hubris or just a ploy to sell more books, but Thomas Friedman has updated his best-seller (and a hardco... More »

Learning Outsourcing: Dead or Alive?

ASTD Staff

If outsourcing the learning function was to be the overarching trend in workplace learning for the 21st century, it hasn't exactly come to pass. Research conducted by ASTD shows the percentage of dollars spent by learning organizations on outsourcing has bounced up and ... More »

Creating Leaders for the Global Business World

Rex Davenport

A learning executive's new position with an Indian company led, in part, to a survey that explores the nature of leadership around the globe. Ed Cohen, senior vice president of the Satyam School of Leadership, says his own frustration with leadership tactics and strateg... More »