Putting the Smile Back in Learning and Development Program Measurement
As learning and development consultants, we all desire more from our measurement data, but continue to be underwhelmed by the results. Why is that?...
Can Training and Professional Development Drive Bottom Line Results?
A great deal of training and professional development does not even purport to affect bottom-line results. Many corporate education efforts have been...
Training and Professional Development in a Post-Meltdown World
The 2008 global economic meltdown was a watershed event that has transformed the corporate landscape and from which no country, company or corporate...
Five Ways That Brain Science Can Contribute to Effective Leadership Training
David Rock, editor of the NeuroLeadership Journal, has said that by better understanding the brain, leaders can align the way they work with the...
Effective Leadership Training Means Rethinking Assessment
Dr. Paul Camp, a professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, who for more than thirty years has been studying the ways we learn, describes the...
Taking the Road Less Traveled: Applying Socrates’ Insight to Professional Development Training Programs
Socrates was sitting outside the gates of Athens when a man came up to him and said, “I am thinking about moving into Athens. Can you please tell me...
Play, Learn, Repeat - How Business Simulations 'Predict'
In the film Edge of Tomorrow, Tom Cruise must save the world from total annihilation yet again. He is completely overmatched by his enemies, an alien...
Learn How to Think Not What to Think for Effective Training and Professional Development
Starting at an early age, the accepted standard both of teaching and learning focuses on what to think. In some cases, this approach proves...
Co-creation for Effective Leadership Training
To conclude our series of posts on design thinking for more effective leadership training, we’ll dive a bit deeper into the fourth rule of design...
Business Simulations That Focus on the Problem First
In recent posts, we’ve highlighted the value of incorporating design thinking principles and focusing on divergence before convergence when creating...
Divergence Before Convergence for Experiential Learning
Divergence Before Convergence: Patience pays for leadership development consulting firms.
Better Business Simulations through Design Thinking: Create Empathy for Users
Following on our last post, let’s dive a bit deeper into the first rule of Design Thinking: