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Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company: Ensuring Educated Employees
In business for 140 years, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (FFIC) provides business insurance for specific industries, including marine, entertainment, manufacturing and real estate, and personal insurance to protect the homes and assets of families and
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The Vital CLO: Accountability to the Enterprise and Beyond
In many organizations, CLOs have the keys to the kingdom: Having earned a seat at the big table, they contribute on a daily basis to the organization’s development, as an […]
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Working With Vendors: Equipping Corporate Educators
When a CLO invests in a vendor, the consequences involve more than acquiring a product’s technical capabilities. The CLO is also buying into a set of multi-year relationships that may drive future strategic and tactical choices in areas as diverse as cont
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M-Learning: The Next Wave for Training and Development
Mobile devices and wireless networks are booming. According to Gartner Inc., more than 50 percent of professional notebooks will have wireless LAN (WLAN) capability by the end of 2004. In the same time period, Gartner says that through WLAN hot spots, tra
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Are Your Top Leaders Battling to Build Energy?
Although the economy may be showing signs of recovery, senior leaders are just beginning to feel some of the repercussions of the economic downturn, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Business School and eePulse Inc., which delivers
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Learning Investments: More for Less
In the dot-com days, many companies were willing to invest more to get more. Companies would invest in changing a process to improve customer satisfaction, even if it took more labor hours. They would purchase more capable technology, even if it cost more
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Bob Corcoran: The Power of GE Education
More and more companies today are realizing the value of workforce learning and development, reaping the return on investments into human capital. Ask chief learning officers to name the leading companies in the enterprise education movement, and it’s alm
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Friends in High Places
“As technology transforms the way almost every job is done, America becomes more productive and workers need new skills.” –President George W. Bush Along with many Americans in late January, […]











