General Motors provides a classic example of a company that secured its own destruction by failing to innovate. When the 100-year-old automaker refused to respond creatively to rising fuel costs, consumer demands, and industry trends, bankruptcy marred its once competit... More »

Global Human Resources Development

Business Impact , Economy , Innovation , Trends

The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web Tamar Weinberg O'Reilly Large organizations are just scratching the surface on the use of social networks, blogs, networking sites, and other new communication technologies and platforms. How will your training organi... More »

Sales Enablement

Assessment , Career Development , Training and Development - General

To hit revenue targets after acquiring Storage Tech in 2005, Sun Microsystem needed to quickly upskill its new sales workforce. Sales representatives from both Storage Tech and Sun Microsystems had to quickly learn each other's storage product portfolios. Given their he... More »

Career Development , Sales Enablement

Assessment , Business Impact , Credentialing , Measuring and Evaluating , Selling Skills , Skills Gap

There may be a time when organizations deliver a massive amount of learning to their troops via mobile devices - be they iPhones, netbooks, and handhelds of any stripe. But that day is not yet here. "Emerging technologies, like all new ideas, promise the possibility of ... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , E-Learning , Innovation , Mobile Learning , Trends

Karl Albrecht, the author of the international bestseller Social Intelligence: the New Science of Success has devised the Social Intelligence Code for Business. He calls it a 10-point plan - and pledge - for building and sustaining what he calls a "culture of civility" ... More »

Senior Leaders & Executives

Advanced Level Content , Business Impact , Social Learning , Trends