When Learning Steps in, Success Improves

ASTD Staff

George A. Wolfe is former vice president of global learning and development at Steelcase University. Shawn E. Merritt is president of SDI Consulting. They spoke with Learning Executives Briefing on the value that the learning organization can bring to the planning and i... 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 »

Web 2.0 and Change Present Challenges to Many Learning Executives

Rex Davenport

Jay Cross is a champion of informal learning (and author of the definitive book on the topic), Web 2.0, and systems thinking. According to his website, www.jaycross.com: "His calling is to help business people improve their performance on the job and satisfaction in lif... More »

From the ABCs of Training to Sway and Flash Mobs

ASTD Staff

10 Steps to Successful Training Elaine Biech ASTD Press As an upper level learning executive, you may not think you need this book, and maybe you don't. We are big fans of author Elaine Biech, and we find her books, articles, and presentations enliven audiences and get ... More »

Make the Connection with Informal Learning

Tony Bingham

Why do we want to spend our time talking about informal learning, and more specifically social learning and Web 2.0? Because we in the learning profession have a history of dancing around this subject. If we don't respond, if we don't take action now, we risk becoming i... More »