In 2009, the likes of Lynn Wu (IBM Research and MIT Sloan Management School), Ching-Yung Lin (IBM Watson Research Center) Sinan Aral (NYU Stern Business School and MIT Sloan Management School) and Erik Brynjolfsson (MIT Sloan Management School) produced a study entitled “ Value of Social Network — A Large-Scale Analysis on Network Structure Impact to Financial Revenue of Information Technology Consultants ” and set out to prove this hypothesis. The technology investments, which cost US$81 million to deploy, provided a 900 percent return on investment (ROI). MORE >>

2010: “excellence in execution” and “how do we grow the business” IBM Study: Capitalizing on Complexity (interviews of thousands of CEOs) [link] Common themes of study: global integration (can’t just take US learning solutions and plop them into another country) global climate chain talent “events, threats and opportunities…are less predictable” – Samuel Palmisano, IBM CEO – We need to be able to think through complex issues. IBM Global Student study 2010 IBM Study: inheriting a complex word [link] “Tomorrows leaders will be markedly different than previous generations.” MORE >>

If an organization is committed to Microsoft Sharepoint, IBM Lotus, Salesforce, SAP, or another proprietary solution for in-house communication and project management, the workscape designer tweaks that platform for optimal learning rather than trying to replace it. ROI is in the mind of the beholder    159. Network Era Productivity: Not Your Father’s ROI    194. Traditional ROI    195. IBM’s Social Media Program    343. We just cut the price of the eBook to $12. eBook , $12. Paper, $24. By Charles Jennings, Harold Jarche, ?Clark Excerpt. Workscapes. Contents. MORE >>

An IBM Global CEO Study conducted in 2010 concluded that complexity was the primary challenge emerging out of its conversations with 1,500 CEOs and senior government officials.  Creating a Return on Investment (ROI) calculation for Enterprise 2.0 Working Smarter Daily points to ideas from design thinking, network optimization, brain science, user experience design, learning theory, organizational development, social business, technology, collaboration, web 2.0 patterns, social psychology, value network analysis, anthropology, complexity theory, and more. Here’s how. JULY 16, 2012. MORE >>

Personal Learning Informal Learning Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning Software Blended e-Learning e-Learning Tools Learning Management Systems (LMS) e-Learning ROI and Metrics Search via eLearning Learning for first time visitors Thursday, September 10, 2009 eLearning Costs : eLearning Technology A reader sent a note asking my opinion on the vendor pricing in The Great eTrain Robbery? eLearning Technology Tony Karrers eLearning Blog on e-Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 eLearning Solutions Enterprise 2.0 Or not. MORE >>