Why is learning evaluation so widely ignored? Too many people are sticking their heads in the sand, and I think there are five types. It’s too hard! Many people think it’s too difficult to measure the outcomes of learning and their contribution to business performance, but as Peter Drucker said “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”. think this fear derives mainly from the unfamiliarity of HR and L&D professionals with research methods and statistical analysis – but this specialised help is readily available. Yet qualitative data is also measurable, with just a little more thought. MORE >>

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve written about processes around engaging and working with e-learning providers. Refer to: What to include in an e-learning Request for Quotation Milestones of a typical e-learning project Today I thought I’d share my observations about why some e-learning projects fail. I’ll use the themes of cost, quality and time. Learning [.]. Project Management MORE >>

BigData is Big News. Splunk , a company that uses BigData technology to analyze huge amounts of customer and transaction data, just went public with a valuation at 28X revenue ($ 3.2 billion ). This valuation trumps the hot companies in social networking: Jive trades at 20X revenue, Google trades at 5X revenue, and Facebook, well we'll see. Why the huge valuation? Because BigData is BigBusiness. now live in the world of corporate talent management and HR, but in my prior life I was the director of data warehousing products for a database company. Let me give you an example. MORE >>

“But your knowledge has value. You’ve invested time and money into learning your craft and it’s not fair for people to expect you to give it away for free. Even friends need to understand there are boundaries.” ” Adrienne Graham: “ No, You Can’t Pick My Brain. It Costs Too Much “ I typically offer free advice to a point. Especially with friends and family. But, I do ask for referrals in return, and I don’t extend the free service friends of friends. want to make my passion my business and my livelihood. Quotes Work MORE >>

Recently I’ve had the privilege to work with an organisation who is implementing a well known work-based collaboration application for customer data management. have admired this platform and the company from afar for years, and now that I’ve have played with it, it hasn’t disappointed. For the team receiving this application, they are facing 2 changes – the introduction of a mobile tablet to their day-to-day tools of the trade, and the application itself. The cloud-based application enables real-time customer data entry & retrieval. Transparency. Reputation. MORE >>