Jump-Start Creative Juices

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The Flight of the Creative Class: Why America Is Losing the Global Competition for Talent and What We Can Do to Win Prosperity Back Richard Florida Harper Collins, $25.95 If you manage talent, that hissing you hear is the slow deflation of your talent pool. Richard Flor... More »

Remaking a Company Through Its People

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Creating a new corporate culture is not a simple task, but it is one that Caterpillar Inc. has chosen as necessary to assure the future leadership of the company. Sales and revenues topped $36 billion in 2005 for the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mini... More »

Are You Thinking Like a Product Marketer?

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LXB: Most learning organizations are very professional, but many of them do not have well-developed marketing plans. Why do you think that is the case? Ted Forbes: A lot of people who work in learning organizations come from a learning background, so they may not think ... More »

Green Apron Goals: Serving Up Employee Learning at Starbucks

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People really like Starbucks. And most people really like Starbucks people. With more than 91,000 of the iconoclastic coffee seller's partners - the employees - behind the counter in the United States alone, we are exposed to the green-aproned army often, sometimes on a... More »