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Soren Kaplan, Leapfrogging to Learning Breakthroughs and Innovation, Opening Keynote at #LSCon

Learning Visions

Soren Kaplan, Redefining Innovation: Harness the power of surprise for business breakthroughs. So how do we create breakthrough innovations? How do you think about what you’re providing. Kaplan went out to research his book and looked for books with the words “Surprise” in the title. InNOvation.

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Kaplan-EduNeering Knowledge Summit Kicks off Today!

Kapp Notes

In the introduction to the event, they announced a number of cool innovations. They also spoke more about explaining what they are doing with the 3D virtual world vendor ProtonMedia which provides a highly interactive 3D environment focused on solving business needs in the lifescience industries. How to prevent errors?

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Workplace as Learning Lab

The Performance Improvement Blog

Michael Noble, in his post for “Chief Learning Officer” titled, How to Build a Learning and Innovation Performance Lab , suggests that learning professionals should start looking for workplace opportunities to try out new ways of learning. Of course, he recognizes the obstacles.

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How HR Can Improve Psychological Safety in the Workplace

KnowledgeCity

When those conditions prevail, valuable strategies and innovations are often brought to the surface. Managers who share lessons learned from mistakes and support calculated risk-taking will “encourage innovation instead of sabotaging it.” Create space for innovative ideas. As Kaplan states, “Ideas themselves are a dime a dozen.

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Presidential Thoughts on Innovation and Technology

Kapp Notes

Gordon Synder of Gordon's Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Blog has a great post titled Obama on Technology and Innovation where Gordon summarizes Obama's policy. Develop a skilled work force - America Must Educate Its Workforce For The Innovation Age. I have reproduced some of it here but check out the entire post.

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The Future of Executive Education Is Here

CLO Magazine

These organizations are quickly moving away from traditional executive education into the realm of business innovation. The talent lab represents the company’s new mindset regarding the interplay between talent and innovation and includes a high-tech physical space to match. The talent lab isn’t the typical corporate university.

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Happy Employees, Happy Company

CLO Magazine

Cheryl Allen, vice president of human resources at Kaplan Professional, an education services company, agrees that creating a positive employee environment has a financial impact. “We That allows for a more productive return on that learning curve as we’re doing our training and it also allows for better innovation and creativity.”.