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Jeanette Graebener: Engineering an Inventory of Minds at SAIC
Jeanette Graebener loves her job. Now, as the vice president for corporate education at SAIC and chief learning officer for SAIC University, with the responsibility of educating more than 43,000 people worldwide, her passion for her work and the strides s
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The Promise and Reality of Technology-Based Simulations
Technology-based simulations have been a niche for several decades limited largely to specialized processes such as flying an aircraft, operating on a patient or managing disorder at a nuclear power plant. However, corporate decision makers are applying t
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Creating an Effective IT Learning Program
Today, organizations are discovering the positive impact that learning has on productivity. This is apparent with the recent inclusion of world-class behaviors and employee development at executive levels. Both trends place an increased importance on the
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U.S. Department of State: Retaining the Best and the Brightest
Secretary of State Colin Powell has called our diplomatic personnel “America’s first line of offense.” To make sure we have the best and brightest IT personnel supporting this mission, the Department embarked on an ambitious program to attract, train and
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Study Reveals Best Practices in Blended Leadership Development
A new study from learning industry analysts Bersin & Associates reveals that blended learning is an ideal solution for leadership development initiatives. In the study, participants focused on best practices that helped ensure the success of t
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Chief Learning Officer for What?
In charting a new course for the chief learning officer, many complex issues should be addressed and indeed the position should be the most productivity-critical one within an organization. The following areas include some that are often neglected and oth
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Targeting Training Through Skills Testing
Business leaders face a challenge when hiring new employees: how to get the best possible fit between the people they hire and the jobs that the new employees will perform.
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Business-Based Learning: Innovative Delivery to Increase Productivity
Within today’s fast-paced business economy, learning can no longer be isolated from daily business activities. Learning must be repackaged so that it transforms from an overhead expense to a strategic business tool. In other words, how do learning consume











