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 »

Learning & Development

Beginner Level Content , Change Management , Innovation , Social Learning , Training and Development - General

Attendees of an ASTD Pulse of the Profession webcast were recently challenged to think so far outside the box, they might not have even been able to recognize its shape. Moderator Kevin Wheeler, founder of the Future Talent Institute, the Australasian Talent Conference,... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies , Senior Leaders & Executives

Change Management , Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Informal Learning , Intermediate-level Content , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Managing the Learning Function , Training and Development - General

Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, is the world's largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants, with more than 36,000 restaurants in more than 112 countries and territories. Yum! is ranked No. 253 on the Fortune 500 List, with revenues in exc... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development

Change Management , Designing Learning , Global Workforce Development , Integrated Talent Management , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Training and Development - General , Training for Multiple Cultures

For Northrop Grumman, a diverse set of business units - each with its own L&D organization - work together to create an enterprise-wide brand of leadership development, as well as more innovative and cost-effective ways of shaping and executing learning processes. N... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies , Senior Leaders & Executives

Change Management , Coaching and Mentoring , Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Global Workforce Development , Leadership Development , Training and Development - General