Confidence Grows Among Learning Executives

Rex Davenport

As the economy improves, so do the fortunes of learning organizations. Despite a few dispirited opinions, most learning executives anticipate general improvement in their departments and in their profession. Learning executives revealed more optimism in key areas in the... More »

Cisco Onboarding Program Provides Blueprint for Success

Michael Laff

Rather than a loose collection of disjointed events, onboarding programs must be holistic, comprehensive, and well-orchestrated. A needs assessment at Cisco suggested that the corporation's sales onboarding program was a set of legacy offerings that failed to adequately... More »

Deep Specialization for Competetive Advantage

Josh Bersin

How does an organization maintain its competitive advantage during economic turmoil and a transformational market environment? Our newest research shows that one of the most critical keys to success is deep specialization. Deep specialization refers to an organization's... More »

Feel Like Gambling? How About Writing a Book on Social Media?

ASTD Staff

Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics in Baseball, Basketball, and Football Wayne L. Winston Princeton University Press This book takes the kind of math-sports mashup that we first experienced in Michael Lewis's Moneyball and injects... More »

ResMed Upskills Salesforce With Critical Ventilation Knowledge

Paula Ketter

To equip sales representatives with the knowledge and skills to sell ventilation equipment, effectively support the business need to drive revenue from the ventilation market, and help key customers in the ventilation industry, ResMed created Achieve Ventilation, a prog... More »