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Running learning like a business implies forecasting. Many L&D professionals are uncomfortable forecasting, but it is a skill which can be learned and which gets easier with practice. First, some basics. Forecasting is predicting a future value. Examples would be the number of participants expected to take a program, the Level 1 score on a [...]
All too often, we feel constrained by the limits on the page in front of us. Whether it’s a budget number or an instructional objective, that forced limitation is both necessity and liability. John Kao, dubbed “Mr. Creativity” by none other than the august business journal The Economist, attempted to give L&D professionals a new [...]
For the past two and half years at my real job as the head of learning and collaboration, we’ve been early adopters of a virtual world product called AvayaLive Engage, developed by a company named Avaya. It was formerly known as Web.Alive, and although I’m not a fan of the name change, that’s about the [...]
Eureka! Can you believe the weekend is already here? Where does time go? Here were the top five stories on CLOmedia.com for the week of May 7. 1. Learn From Failure: Learning leaders should not be scared of failure — they should embrace it. Not doing so could quell the potential for innovation and increased [...]
We have talked before about the importance of talking with senior leaders, especially the CEO and key stakeholders. This week we will explore several critical aspects of this communication in more detail. First, the CLO or vice president of training needs to talk with the CEO before the new year begins to understand the organization’s [...]
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