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Learning In Practice 2014: Business Impact Division 2 Winners
From left: Kimberly Stewart and Tara Gray Gold Kimberly Stewart Senior Vice President of Corporate Learning, First Citizens Bank When giant mergers reshuffle a bank’s philosophy and culture, it can be easy to lose track of a unified customer approach. From 2009 to 2013, First Citizens Bank acquired six financial institutions with assistance from the…
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Learning In Practice 2014: Business Impact Division 1 Winners
From left: Lee Wasson of IBM (accpeted the award for Frank Perisco), Pamela Puryear, Kameli Rajesh and Naureen Meraj Gold Frank Persico Vice President of Learning, IBM The world is generating 2.5 billion gigabytes of data every day, and 80 percent of it is unstructured — everything from images, video and audio to social media…
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Learning In Practice 2014: Collaboration Division 2 Winners
From left: Don O'Grady, Adri Maisonet-Morales and Jacqueline Burandt Gold University Health System (San Antonio) In any business, targeting a customer base requires changing practices. Now imagine the customers are actually patients, specifically sick children in need of immediate care. When the University Health System in San Antonio expanded its pediatric services to include a…
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Learning in Practice 2014: Excellence in Blended Technology
From left: Gregg Trosper of Bridgestone Tires and Jo Coulson of SweetRush Inc., Jonathan Stevens, Yvon Dalat, Christophe Peron Gold SweetRush Inc. At Bridgestone Tires, a sale comes down to a “moment of truth.” It’s about capturing customer loyalty through a well-executed first interaction between sales associate and customer. If done correctly, it can…
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Learning in Practice 2014: Innovation Division 2 Winners
From left: Andrea McMullen, Laura Hilbert-Trice and Scott Bailey Gold Andrea McMullen Head of Global Learning and Development, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is a leader in the biosciences industry. Its products and solutions help drive its mission to make the world a cleaner, healthier and safer place. To accomplish this mission,…
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Where Science Meets Art
Instructional systems design is not new, but it has been underestimated. Learning leaders should refresh their knowledge to avoid losing touch with its value.
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Learning in Practice 2014: Innovation Division 1 Winners
From left: Michael Richey, Kia Afcari and David Strainick Gold Michael Richey Associate Technical Fellow, The Boeing Co. There is a significant gap between what is required to obtain an engineering degree and what is expected to maintain an engineering job. The Boeing Co. is working to fill it. The Aerospace Partners for the Advancement…




















