Summer Beach Reading

ASTD Staff

Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies: And Other Pricing Puzzles Richard B. McKenzie Springer-Verlag The author of this book wrote a clever column in The Wall Street Journal earlier this year about how he had applied economics to dieting. McKenzie essentially agreed t... More »

Compassssion Meets Excellence in Leadership

Aparna Nancherla

Catholic Healthcare Partners is one of the largest, not-for-profit healthcare systems in the United States, consisting of approximately 35,000 associates. Its operations, comprising more than 100 organizations, are divided into 10 geographical regions of practice, inclu... More »

Project or Process

Rex Davenport

As evidenced by this quote, George Bernard Shaw seems to have grasped the importance of measurement long before the workplace learning field did. There are no learning experts out there who want us to think that the measurement itself is the key to success in workplace ... More »

Curricula Upgrades at Cisco

Amy Christen

To align educational practice to 21st century workforce needs, a transformation is needed. Current instructional environments need to change to better reflect 21st century life - ranging from the proliferation of interpersonal communications and the globalization of eco... More »

The Problem with Talent Management

Peter Cappelli

Talent management is the process through which employers anticipate and meet their needs for human capital. Getting the right people with the right skills into the right jobs - a common definition of talent management - is the basic people management challenge in any or... More »