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The Regence Group: Ensuring Education Through Technology
Providing health coverage for more than 3 million people, The Regence Group is made up of four health plans located in Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington. The company employs more than 6,600 people and collected $6.4 billion in total premiums in 2002.
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Aligning Learning With Corporate Objectives
Aligning the learning organization to the business is a complex and never-ending chore. Chief learning officers will forever be fighting for funding, staffing and organizational support while helping their units and their companies adapt to market conditi
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Lubrizol: Driving Employees to E-Learning
Lubrizol is a global, fluid technology company concentrating on high-performance chemicals, systems and service for industry and transportation. Part of Lubrizol’s corporate vision is to develop and leverage global talent, so training is a priority from t
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Cliff Purington: Education Blasts Off at Rockwell Collins
Spend a few minutes with Cliff Purington, director of learning and development for Rockwell Collins, and you’ll meet a different kind of chief learning officer. Purington’s got the right pedigree—reared in organizational development—and demonstrable talen
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U.S. Air Force to Benefit From Blended Learning
Over the next five years, network field personnel in the United States Air Force will receive blended learning in various technologies.
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The Key Ingredients to Knowledge Management
In the July issue, I highlighted the comeback of the knowledge management strategy. One of the key reasons behind the resurgence in this burgeoning enterprise application is the use of enterprise application integration (EAI) software and extract, transfo
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Learning to Get Ahead
In my travels, I’ve informally documented two types of professionals: those who’ve made a career of staying in one place—displaying tremendous loyalty while going for the golden watch—and those who move from challenge to challenge, keeping their work life
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NASA: Learning From Tragedy
On Feb. 1, 2003, seven astronauts tragically lost their lives when NASA’s space shuttle Columbia exploded upon re-entry to the Earth’s atmosphere. What’s heartbreaking is the increasing evidence that suggests the accident was preventable. What’s regrettab










