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LCMS: Converging Content and Technology
The LMS and the LCMS are two systems separated by more than simply the letter "C." Learn about the benefits of learning content management systems and their integral position within learning departments.
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The Evolution of Training Outsourcing
For decades, companies have been employing outsourcing strategies to achieve greater scale, efficiency and expertise in a wide array of business functions. More recently, however, a number of organizations have begun to apply the outsourcing model to thei
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It Takes Two to Tango: Can Learning Executives Learn to Dance?
Contrary to popular belief, LMS software is only half of the equation for success. To effectively automate organizational learning using an LMS, it truly takes two to tango.
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The New CLO
The challenges are mounting for CLOs. The upcoming retirement of the baby boomer generation will bring significant knowledge gaps, and the incoming generation of employees has a very different learning style. Most enterprises will expect people to develop new competencies at a faster pace than ever before as product life cycles get shorter and organizations…
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Best Practices in Learning Governance
Many organizations now view learning less as a cost center and more as a driver of enterprise value. With this shift in perception, enterprise-learning governance becomes more important and more strategic to an organization’s ability to thrive.
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General Motors’ Donnee Ramelli Drives Innovation to Boost Business
To address the unrelenting economic and competitive pressures General Motors has recently faced, the automaker charged Donnee Ramelli, president of General Motors University, with ensuring GM’s 80,000 employees focus on innovation, technology and mission-
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How Much Business Is in Your Business Plan?
Over the years, I’ve reviewed many planning documents for learning organizations of all shapes and sizes. Most are internally focused and detail staff resources, budgets, planned technology purchases, planned programs and new courses. Missing in most is a strong business perspective — the outward view that brings business credibility to the learning organization. Effective business…
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Five Innovation Technologies
Here are five technologies innovative CLOs use to make their training more engaging. 1. Podcasts Podcasts provide a way to distribute an audio or video episode via the Internet for playback at any time on any MP3 device or PC. Podcasts allow training in the form of event capture, new product information, sales tips, orientation,…
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Equifax: Showing Employees “The Way”
As a technology solutions provider, Equifax follows a core philosophy: “It’s all about growth, innovation and the deployment of technology, led by the greatest people anywhere.” It’s up to CLO Lynn Slavenski and Equifax University to ensure the workforce
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NCR: The Innovative Talent Factory
NCR Corp. has a long history in innovation, leadership and learning. In 1884, John H. Patterson founded the National Cash Register Company, maker of the first mechanical cash registers. Patterson is clearly one of the leading innovators in American business history, not just in technology, but in teaching and building talent. Patterson was also a…







