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 »

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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 »

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