Learning and development serves as rudder and oar in turbulent times.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/08/Riding-the-Waves-of-Change-at-HP
Blog #1: The nature of organizations has changed, and the leaders they require in the future will be fundamentally different from those they require today. It is time to recreate leadership for the requirements of the modern organization.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Global-HRD-Blog/2013/06/Rereate-LeadershipBlog-1-of-4
Many factors are working against employee engagement in Asia, but there are ways to change that momentum.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/06/Whats-Different-About-Engagement-and-Retention-in-Asia
An interview with John Seely Brown, Visiting Scholar, University of Southern California and Co-Chairman, Deloitte Center for the Edge, Los Angeles, California
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/04/Long-View-John-Seely-Brown
In addition to idea generation, sustainable innovation is the science and discipline of aligning innovative thinking and leadership to people capabilities and business goals.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/04/Bright-Ideas
Creativeship (creative leadership), defined as the necessity to create a sustainable culture and business model that can compete in today’s workplace, is a trending term coined by author and business consultant Bob Kelleher.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/04/Intelligence-Creativeship
College dropouts who have made millions as entrepreneurs – Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Mark Zuckerberg, and others – have inspired a growing number of young people to skip college. “Why pay money when I can make money,” is the way kids define the choice to forego school to pursue a business idea. One of them, Dale Stephens, dropped out of Hendrix College in Arkansas and founded UnCollege, a “social movement designed to help you hack your education,” according to the group’s website.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Learning-Executive-Blog/2013/02/Get-Rich-or-Get-Smart
What it takes to create a culture of innovation.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/02/How-Leaders-Grow-Innovation
What real capabilities will people need to distinguish themselves--to become the leaders, the innovators, the success stories of a new age?
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2012/12/Top-5-Skills-Every-Leader-Must-Have
A McKinsey Global Survey on finds that companies rely on multiple organizational models to drive innovation—and that these functions struggle to integrate fully with the business as a whole. The online survey on innovation asked executives about the organizational innovation structures in place at their companies, the strategic and financial objectives these structures have set, and the people and processes involved in achieving innovation outcomes.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Global-HRD-Blog/2012/09/Making-Innovation-Structures-Work-Mckinsey-Global-Survey-Results