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Bright Corporate Outlook for Employee Development Doesn’t Mean You Need a Bigger Budget

Mindflash

Chief Learning Officer magazine recently reported that its Business Intelligence Board (BIB) of learning leaders is more optimistic about the outlook for 2011 than they were in 2010. Sixty percent of learning executives report feeling more optimistic about employee development in 2011. Tap into social software apps.

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Is There a Better Way to Social Learning?

Xyleme

However, those vendors who rely solely on this argument are very likely to find themselves quickly marginalized. To stay relevant, George believes training vendors should do two things: Stop talking “learning” and start talking “capacity” and “execution” like the rest of the C-suite.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Vendors churned out page-turners and shovelware. Training is imposed on people (for example, by the training department), as if they are cogs. Studies) Most corporate training is an example of the “Streetlight Effect.”. Most workers have better connections to the Internet and social software at home than on the job.