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My Learning Resolution For The Year (Hint: It's not “to be.

Dashe & Thomson

When Im not busy helping to change the face of corporate learning, I like to train with the Dashe & Thomson company bike team, travel and read. How did this come about, you might wonder? My goal is to make sure that no matter the size of the project, each company that comes to us gets immediate, attentive, personal service.

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The ongoing work of learning standards

Litmos

As Stephen Johnson tells us, in his book Where Good Ideas Come From , the openness of standards fosters innovation. . And we want to know whether or how well someone did for critical business skills. The idea is not to simply track data, but start relating activity data to business outcomes. The outcome: VHS won.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

The figure was highest among large businesses, 42% of which spent money on informal learning during the year. Among industries, a greater number of technology companies and business services/consulting firms spent money on these tools. Can you say future book deal? In dollar figures, spending is minimal. Properly d.

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Jeffrey Gitomer's Reciprocation: The Old Give and Take…and Take.

Dashe & Thomson

For those of you that don’t know Jeffrey, he’s one of the foremost sales speakers and writers in America today; author of The New York Times best sellers The Sales Bible, The Little Red Book of Selling and The Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude. Well, it’s fair to say that he blew them out of the water. Properly d.

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Jeffrey Gitomer's Reciprocation: The Old Give and Take…and Take

Dashe & Thomson

For those of you that don’t know Jeffrey, he’s one of the foremost sales speakers and writers in America today; author of The New York Times best sellers The Sales Bible, The Little Red Book of Selling and The Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude. Well, it’s fair to say that he blew them out of the water. Properly d.

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Leveraging the Law of the Few to Manage Change in the Workplace.

Dashe & Thomson

I haven’t read the book yet, but Jay Cross’ latest blog gave me a taste, and now that I’ve referenced the book in my own blog post, I feel obligated to follow through. In the decade since this book was published, it seems Gladwell has become quite the divisive figure. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d.

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Facebook or Kanye West: Which Pop Icon Has a Future in Enterprise.

Dashe & Thomson

Kanye then proclaims that he hates reading and brags about never reading books, choosing instead to learn from those around him (check out Jon’s post on peer-to-peer learning here ). During the performance Kanye starts freestyling about how he creates lyrics. He mentions that he loves movies and often uses movie quotes in songs. Properly d.