Book Review: A Diverse Way of Approaching Diversity Training

Paul Signorelli

Todd Pittinsky, in Us + Them: Tapping the Positive Power of Difference, offers a different view of how to deliver effective learning opportunities on the theme of diversity. The fact that he proposes an “us plus them” approach rather than what he cites as th... More »

Review: Thinking, Fast and Slow

Paul Signorelli

Trainer-teacher-learners familiar with Daniel Ariely’s Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions and Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking will be well-primed to appreciate and savor Nobel Prize-winning aut... More »

New Study Examines Skills and Education Necessary for 21st Century Workforce

Ryann K. Ellis

A new study from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and University of Phoenix study explores disconnect between three million available jobs and high unemployment. Fifty-three percent of employers say their companies face a significant challenge in recruiting non-manageri... More »

Practical Advice for Bringing Professional Continuing Education Online

Brian Giuffrida

The challenge to creating an online continuing education program is how to move education content in a way that provides the best possible learning experience for the student, and the easiest all around management experience for the organization providing the conten... More »

Making Business Decisions: The Heart and the Head

Jay Cross

Jay Cross examines decision making on learning at work, and gives the lie to some myths about the use of business metrics. To earn a seat at the table where the business managers sit, you must speak the language of business behave like an officer of the corporation thin... More »