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Learning’s Role in Innovation

CLO Magazine

However, research has documented instead that innovation is the product of an environment where ideas can gestate and interact. In short, innovation is about creating an environment where people can be exposed to different concepts, interact productively, experiment safely and be allowed time to reflect. And you should.

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Study: Enhanced Employee Development Needed in 2013

CLO Magazine

And since only 32 percent of executives plan to hire to meet their goals, companies will need to develop and transform existing workforces to achieve high performance and greater productivity, according to the study.

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Why You Should Embrace The Gig Economy For Strategic Advantage

EI Design

Gig economy is the buzzword referring to a work environment that supports short-term contracts, often with individuals working virtually together regardless of physical location. This new paradigm is optimized for knowledge work, like L&D. The Solution.

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The Rise of the Servant Leader

CLO Magazine

During the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century, efficient production of goods was the name of the game. In the 20th century, information became as important as materials, leading to what my friend and mentor Peter Drucker called knowledge work.

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The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: opportunities and challenges for the L&D profession

Performance Learning Productivity

The findings make salutary reading for any CLO, learning leader or L&D professional. The way organisations work today is almost unrecognisably different from the structured and closely-managed systems in pre-Internet and pre-ubiquitous connectivity times. They, themselves, expect immediacy and real-time responses.

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Curated Insights: The Human Side of Extracting Business Value from Information

CLO Magazine

Aligned insights have a direct relation to business performance metrics (growth of intellectual capital, employee engagement, financial return, sales growth, customer satisfaction, talent turnover, productivity) that you control and influence. Writing insights effectively is important to their adoption, fruition and use.

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The 70:20:10 Model – Today, Tomorrow & Beyond

Learnnovators

It comprises stimulating discussions with industry experts and product evangelists on emerging trends in the learning landscape. Jobs are changing where there is a clear move from role-based work to task-based work, less transactional work and more work that requires decision-making and dealing with ambiguity.