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Does Your Learning Department Operate at the Speed of Business?
Operating at the speed of business has been making headlines in 2006. Why? Because a good idea for a new product or service does not operate in a vacuum, so speed to market becomes a key competitive advantage. Consider the following cycle times as reported in Business Week: The development of new cars at Nissan…
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The Democratization of Content
In his book “The World is Flat,” Tom Friedman highlights the democratization of content. Digital content can now be produced by anyone, anywhere and published to everyone, rapidly and for very low cost. We can see this trend outside of the workplace in the rise of blogs, wikis and personal publishing sites such as MySpace…
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Ernst & Young: Offering Employees Education and Experience
Experience—either doing something or learning from someone who already did—is a key component of education. Abstract concepts and ideas are wonderful, but unless they’re backed up with demonstration and application, then they’re just so many words. At Ernst & Young University – Tax, which develops the firm’s approximately 5,000 tax professionals, experience is built into…
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A Look at Learning Delivery: Understanding the Blend
Blended learning encompasses instructor-led training, synchronous or asynchronous e-learning, portable technologies and on-the-job training. With so many options available to training professionals, how do they determine the optimum mix, and what factors
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Vistage International, Chief Learning Officer
Vistage International and its global affiliates have more than 12,000 members in 15 countries, representing the world’s largest CEO membership organization based on revenue. Members meet in small groups every month under the same guiding principles-to hel
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The Key to a Successful Academic/Corporate Learning Relationship
Custom learning programs created in partnership with well-known and well-respected colleges and universities have become increasingly popular as a tool for executive education and development. But the bridge between the corporate and academic worlds is no
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Virtual Collaboration: Engaging Learning Through Technology
Virtual collaboration, which uses technology to bring people together, can help people achieve their goals. Learning and development leaders should use virtual collaboration to help people learn, practice and apply new knowledge and skills.
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Multi-Sourcing: Achieving Growth and Agility
The practice of outsourcing training is following well-established patterns in other areas, such as payroll, customer service and IT. So today, the question a business-savvy training executive should ask is not, "Do we outsource?&quot












