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Managing Failure In Your Organization: When Is Failure “Intelligent”?

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Wouldn’t the end result of such behavior be an organization whose members were sloppy, […]. So what, exactly, does that mean? Does this mean that managers are to overlook mistakes and praise and reward those who’ve screwed up?

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Find out how close you are to being a learning culture

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is “How do I start to create a learning culture in my organization?” I''d actually prefer to start with a different question, which is “How close is the current culture in my organization to a learning culture?”. The question I’m asked most frequently these days (besides, “ATM or credit card?”) Learning'

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Who is training the online teachers to teach online?

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Poorly organized content. Some of the worst 'teaching' I have ever tried to learn from has been online. And I'm not alone. Everyone I know has stories about an online class that was a total waste of time. Terrible to no graphics. So many bullet points that the screen ended up being 8pt Arial. Less than a modicum of enthusiasm.

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Only Smart Companies Will Win

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As recently as eight or ten years ago, transforming your organization’s culture from a teacher-led training culture to a learning culture, driven by digital technology, may have been a matter of managerial preference. Today, it’s an absolute necessity. Learning Culture'

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Learning at the Water Cooler and Everyplace Else

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We are in a very real sense Continuous Learning Organisms. It is artifact of the Industrial Revolution and a terrible conceit on the part of the educational institutions we developed. Learning starts BEFORE we are born and (for all we actually know) continues AFTER we are dead.

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A Seat at the Grownups Table

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The short history of the training or education department within corporate organizations is an interesting mirror of the shift in economic paradigms from the Industrial Economy to the Knowledge Economy.

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Why Only Smart Companies Will Win

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This is true despite evidence showing that significant benefits immediately start accruing to organizations that successfully make the transformation. Relatively few leaders have fully grasped the enormous benefits to be gained by transitioning their training culture to a learning culture and changing the way their employees learn.

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