From the monthly archives:
November 2012

New Book Explains Human Capital Analytics

on November 30, 2012 · Comments · in The Business Of Learning

Gene Pease, Boyce Byerly and Jac Fitz-enz have just published a new book on human capital analytics called Human Capital Analytics: How to Harness the Potential of Your Organization’s Greatest Asset. Most know Jac, who is regarded as the father of human capital analytics. He published the first books on measuring human capital in the [...]

The Week That Was

on November 29, 2012 · Comments · in The Week That Was

Still recovering from the massive brawl you got into on Black Friday when trying to get that 80 percent discounted, 72-inch flat screen TV? Don’t worry, recover here with the top five stories from CLOmedia.com for the week of Nov. 26. 1. ‘I Quit But I Forgot to Tell You’: Many young people enter the workforce [...]

The Week That Was

on November 15, 2012 · Comments · in The Week That Was

Take a break from planning next week’s annual Turkey Bowl football game with your buddies to read these top five stories from CLOmedia.com for the week of Nov. 12. 1. The Diminishing Shelf Life of Learning: Redesign offerings to match the realities of today’s pace of business. The classroom needs to be less about information dissemination [...]

Measurement and Evaluation: What Is Your Strategy?

on November 15, 2012 · Comments · in The Business Of Learning

Every important learning program as well as every training function should have a measurement and evaluation strategy. Both the measurement and evaluation parts are important. You can certainly measure without evaluating the results (for example, just collecting level 1 data), and you can evaluate without formal measurement (for example, using the case study method or [...]

Are You Ready to Stand Up?

on November 9, 2012 · Comments · in Uncategorized

I’ve always struggled a bit with the need versus want scale. It’s not hard for me to pinpoint which end of the spectrum a European vacation belongs compared to getting my — five years delayed and counting — wisdom teeth out. But as much as I desire the plane tickets and hostel reservations, I’m not [...]