Learning Executives Briefing

Technology and social media are changing the way informal learning can be applied to help the enterprise. Experts and attendees of ASTD's International Conference in May discussed and debated social media, social learning, and informal learning in general

A new book by Tony Bingham and Marcia Connor examines the use of social media for learning, exploring a specific social media approach in depth in each chapter and elaborating on how it leads to tacit and explicit learning. The authors spoke with Learning

Research indicates that knowing you have a problem turning strategy into action is easy enough, but many companies aren't sure what to do about it. Richard Lepsinger, author of Closing the Execution Gap: How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results (

Increased recognition of your learning organization's value comes with high expectations.

Will Apple's tablet-like tool be the great game changer? Will it finally bring about a truly effective learning portal and device? Few gadgets released to the public have garnered as much anticipation as Apple's iPad, but early buzz on how the device migh

According to a new study, the adoption, use, and effectiveness of social media as a workplace learning tool has more to do with age than many other factors. A new study from ASTD goes a long way toward finally establishing true parameters to understand th

From Latin American board rooms to the American Ivory Tower, Fernando Sanchez-Arias has followed an interesting path to the C-suite. He speaks with Learning Executives Briefing about his unique climb to the CLO position, as well as his endless pursuit of

The notion of storytelling as a workplace learning tool is neither new, nor particularly mind-boggling, but we have seen a noticeable increase in the subject on conference agendas and in blog posts. Is something driving this renewed interest?

Learning leaders from both the public and private sectors met recently to offer solutions to current organizational and human capital challenges. Engaging employees, developing talent, and managing change are among the myriad challenges facing learning le

According to author Steve Gladis, the adaptive leader must know when to deal with the heat of change in an organization.

George A. Wolfe and Shawn E. Merritt spoke with Learning Executives Briefing on the value the learning organization can bring to the planning and implementation of new technology initiatives in any company.

As the economy has improved in recent months, so have the fortunes of many learning departments, but those departments may never resemble the way they looked or operated before the recession. Recent findings suggest that many companies had to cut back dra

A new employee study suggests that fewer than one in three workers worldwide are fully engaged. Moreover, 17 percent are completely disengaged. This global study explores five levels of employee engagement in the workforce.

In some ways you have to wonder why we had to wait this long for the PC tablet to emerge. But if we use this amazing new power tool like it is a stone ax, what is the point?

While recognizing the importance of innovation, very few companies have mastered what it takes to create an innovative culture—one that supports risk taking.

At Hilton Worldwide, learning is just right, on time, quick, easy, accessible, fast, and bite-sized. Kimo Kippen, CLO at Hilton, is rebuilding the learning function at the 92-year-old company.

The new global economy and the emerging generations are changing expectations in the workplace.

Business leaders often complain that the learning function is removed from the business, but these same business leaders fund the learning investment. So what do these leaders want?

Toni Handler, chief talent officer at MetLife, discusses how the organization is making great strides to understand the capabilities of our talent, further grow and develop that talent to meet the changing needs of the organization and the industry, and a

In today's fast-paced business world, how can we slow down enough to do the hard work that creativity and innovation requires? According to Steve Gottlieb, of VisionMining, a great barrier to corporate creativity and innovation occurs because our culture