-
Microsoft: Learning Outside the Box
Unlike many organizations its size, Microsoft has no single chief learning officer. Instead, Microsoft’s nearly 65,000 employees fall under one of four major learning organizations.
-
Social Learning Arrives: Is Your Organization Ready?
Social Learning Arrives: Is Your Organization Ready?
-
Konica Minolta: Using Learning to Create a Unified Culture
Like many organizations going through a merger, three years ago Konica Minolta found itself in that not terrible, but not desirable void between two company cultures. The imaging technology company found that learning was the perfect bridge to bring the t
-
LCMS: Converging Content and Technology
The LMS and the LCMS are two systems separated by more than simply the letter "C." Learn about the benefits of learning content management systems and their integral position within learning departments.
-
Energizing Thoughts
Like so many of you, I find I’m spending far too much time on airplanes these days. I don’t need to get into the rigors of business travel—you know those all too well. But I am writing this letter while sitting on an American Airlines flight that is taking me home from Seattle. Unlike most…
-
The ROI Basics: A Different Perspective
The authors agree with much of the May 24 article “The ROI Basics” by Kellye Whitney. Further, we think Mr. (D. Verne) Morland (managing partner, ROI Learning Services) is generally correct in the desire for measurements that prove the value of learning initiatives. However, we disagree that ROI will work in all or even many…
-
Tell the Story of Learning: Build a Business Case
One of the primary job tasks for the CLO is to leverage learning for business advantage. At least, it should be. Of course, that’s often much easier said than done, but clever CLOs are always on the look out for ways to press the importance of the learnin
-
Going from CLO to CDO (Chief Destruction Officer)
Corporate mental modeling often penalizes failure, eliminates dissent and crushes the potential for creativity. However, a CDO (chief destruction officer) can help mitigate the effect of corporate groupthink and propel an organization to greater heights.












