Ah the tentative marriage of Democracy and Capitalism. When times are financially good, incumbents win. When times are tough, the public moves to “throw the bums out!” In many organizations L&D is the long serving incumbent and as we know when organizational times get tough, L&D seems to be the first “bum” to get the boot. But […]
Money Talks, Bullsh*t Walks Read More »
I’m becoming more convinced that organizational efforts to help people build social networks and personal knowledge management skills should not involve L&D any more than the Accounting department. And it appears it not just me. Sam Burrough and Martin Couzins recently co-led a MOOC on Social Learning and asked the question in a final Tweetchat:
L&Ds Business Is Not In Driving Social Business Read More »
Recently it was reported that the Ebola epidemic is not getting the financial support it needs as the donations from wealthy countries is not coming in as hoped. This is surprising due to how horrific and enormous the problem is, and it being coupled with traditional media fear mongering. Or is it surprising? According to
The Efficacy of Social Read More »
In a recent webinar by Luis Suarez (@elsua) he asked the question of the attendees of what the biggest problem was in organizations today. He stated that it was employee disengagement. I do agree that it’s a problem but I believe this disengagement is more a symptom of a greater problem. That problem being space; the
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That title would imply adoption of a social technology but really that is only part of our strategy. We’re “going social” as in placing people and connectedness at the heart of our performance ecosystem. It means we are focused on supporting and fostering relationships in a way that will better connect people for learning and
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