The Savvy Traveler

ASTD Staff

The 3-1-1 on Getting Through Security Air travel these days involves lightweight packing but a heavyduty mental checklist. With TSA's new 3-1-1 plan, the rules are easy to remember. All containers of gels/liquids/aerosols must be three ounces or less and packed in one o... More »

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 »

Growing Their Own

ASTD Staff

Hiring, retaining, and developing a workforce that includes a high proportion of high-performing engineers, scientists, and computer scientists was a critical challenge for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. And it addressed the challenge through a unique dista... 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 »

Uncommon Sense

Rex Davenport

In January, author, coach and leadership guru Marshall Goldsmith will offer up more of his no-nonsense thoughts on what makes the best even better. His newest book, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful is full of advic... More »