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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
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Educating a Global Workforce
Global companies have struggled for decades with the creative tension that exists between the corporate imperative to set a global culture and targets and the equally important requirement to embed sufficient flexibility to allow local cultural adaptation
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Informal Learning: A Sound Investment
Workers who know more get more accomplished. People who are well connected make greater contributions. The workers who create the most value are those who know the right people, the right stuff and the right things to do. It’s all a matter of learning
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Deb Capolarello: Managing Culture Change at MetLife
With a career history that includes multiple cross-functional roles, Deb Capolarello, senior vice president and chief learning officer for MetLife, knows the value of varied experience.
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Kinko’s: Documenting Success
With 20,000 team members working in more than 1,100 different locations, Kinko’s understands the value of training that can be delivered anytime, anywhere. To help reduce costs associated with instructor-led training and to enable a blended learning solut
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Huffy Bicycles: Learning New Ways to Prosper
Huffy Bicycles has been the core business of Huffy Corp. for more than 50 years. Most of that time the company featured one brand, Huffy, which was a market leader in inexpensive juvenile bicycles primarily sold through mass-merchandisers like Wal-Mart, T
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Southwest Airlines: Employee Education Takes Flight
With more than 35,000 employees, Southwest Airlines takes a unique approach to learning, empowering its people to build relationships with the company, with each other and with customers to ensure the success of the business. Taking this approach has help












