Think Tank White Paper

Chief Learning Officer magazine recently hosted chief learning officers from 13 large, global enterprises at the first CLO Think Tank — a day of open and frank dialogue about changes, challenges and best practices in workforce learning and development. No

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Chief Learning Officer Magazine Think Tank
White Paper from IDC

Chief Learning Officer magazine recently hosted chief learning officers from 13 large, global enterprises at the first CLO Think Tank — a day of open and frank dialogue about changes, challenges and best practices in workforce learning and development. Now, insights and recommendations from this groundbreaking meeting of learning leaders are available in a new white paper from leading IT market research and advisory firm IDC.


“Issues and Opportunities in Learning: A Recap of the Chief Learning Officer Magazine Think Tank” (IDC# 203466)

The white paper focuses on four critical issues identified by think tank participants:



  • Identifying competency gaps in the enterprise
  • Establishing a learning culture
  • Running learning like a business
  • Working with business units to further learning and organizational goals

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CLO Think Tank Participants


  • Frank Anderson, Defense Acquisition University
  • Cedric Coco, Microsoft
  • Cathy Lawson, Wal-Mart
  • Tamar Elkeles, Qualcomm
  • Ted Hoff, IBM
  • Leslie Joyce, The Home Depot
  • Stephen Krempl, Starbucks


  • Mary Larson, Washington Mutual
  • Kevin McNamara, formerly with Dunkin’ Brands
  • Corinne Miller, Motorola
  • Sheila Pierfelice, Bank of America
  • Mary Beth Smith, W.W. Grainger
  • David Vance, Caterpillar
  • Lynne Zappone, InterContinental Hotels Group

“To our knowledge, the CLO Think Tank marked the first time such a high-powered and unique group of senior learning executives assembled in one room with the express purpose of representing all their peers in an intense, face-to-face conversation about important industry topics.”

– Norm Kamikow, editor in chief
Chief Learning Officer magazine