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Caterpillar Nurtures Knowledge-Sharing Environment

ASTD Staff

A long with the formation of Caterpillar University came the realization that the Peoria, Illinois-based manufacturing company needed to create and nurture an environment where information is readily accessible and shared seamlessly throughout the organization and withi... More »

Sky-High Learning

Rex Davenport

Learning Executive Briefing: How long have you been with JetBlue? Mike Barger: I've been here since the beginning. I was part of the start-up team. That was in late 1998. My principal role was to head the training function. It's also what I did as a Navy pilot. I came o... More »

Staying Fit and Fresh in Any Time Zone

ASTD Staff

You can start by looking in the airport itself. Many airports now have gyms for the convenience of their frequent travelers, but also benefiting airport staff, pilots, and air stewards and stewardesses. Just an elevator ride down to the basement from Terminal C, at McCa... More »

There is No Perfect Assessment Design

ASTD Staff

While we can't build perfect assessments, we can build better ones. Only by understanding how the fundamentals of learning and memory relate to assessments will you be able to make intelligent choices about which tradeoffs will allow you to reach your assessment goals. ... More »

Views From the Top

ASTD Staff

Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization Nayan Chanda Yale University Press In a review of this book in The New York Times, William Grimes wrote: "Globalization, perceived by its critics as a radical break with the past, loo... More »