As we move from the industrial economy of the past into a knowledge economy, we are faced with a striking and unexpected new challenge. Unlike workers of the past, whose work was clear and well defined, today’s knowledge workers are “in the dark” much of
Many years of evaluating many training initiatives in many different companies has made one fact very clear: Sometimes training works very well to help achieve business results, and sometimes (unfortunately many times) it does not. It is also becoming cle
As companies struggle with the many realities of today’s business world, business leaders are finding a need to shift their strategies in order to stay competitive.
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The business process outsourcing (BPO) market has been a reality for decades. Many of the core functions of a corporation, such as information technology, retirement and payroll processing, have been outsourced. Now, the issue on the minds of chief learni
Many organizations have already implemented online training in their corporate learning programs, and some even have entire departments devoted exclusively to e-learning. Unfortunately, many of these organizations have libraries full of courses that emplo
To the uninitiated or unfamiliar, life at QUALCOMM might be predicted as boring. A high-tech communications company populated by engineers working with chips and circuits and wireless equipment may be cutting-edge, but all that raises a stereotypic image
Public- and private-sector organizations have much to learn from each other when it comes to learning management strategies. While public-sector organizations have embraced automation of training and competencies much faster than private-sector companies,
As I write this month’s column, I am sitting on an airplane after wrapping up my third business trip in the past four weeks. It is mid-June, and I know you will not be reading this until some time in September. (This should give you some idea of a magazin
In many boardrooms and senior staff meetings, a grim ritual is taking place. Companies are going through the process of organizational reformulation, reconfiguration or reengineering. It is often a process of reverse-birth, undoing size and holdings to be


