Head of Global Training Charles Jennings, since his arrival at Reuters six years ago, has been going against the flow when it comes to training employees at the massive media company. Jennings stresses informal on-the-job training where employees can learn or find neede... More »

Learning Technologies

Human Performance Improvement , Informal Learning , Innovation , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Social Learning

Learning Executives Briefing: You majored in industrial engineering at Bradley University. How did you move into the learning field? Barfield: Industrial engineering is really about helping businesses run more efficiently so it's not that great a leap. I was hired after... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Business Impact , Human Performance Improvement , Informal Learning , Innovation , Measuring and Evaluating , Social Learning

Trainers at Tyco Fire and Security are planning to replace a large portion of traditional classroom product instruction with just-in-time support delivered to pocket PCs and other wireless devices carried by employees. Doing so will quickly expand the skills base of tec... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Assessment , Informal Learning , Innovation , Mobile Learning , Social Learning