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Survey Says…U.S. Businesses Fail at Employee Engagement 1 Aug 2013 | 08:44 pm
I usually take the results of public opinion surveys with a grain of salt. Polls can be skewed in any number of ways — how the questions are worded, who’s asked to participate, when the surveys are ta...
CFOs Aren’t Playing with a Full Financial Deck 28 Jun 2013 | 12:29 am
The Wall Street Journal recently convened chief financial officers from some of the world’s largest companies for a conference in Washington, D.C., and asked them to discuss the most-pressing issues t...
What’s up with all those project management tools? 25 Jun 2013 | 06:24 pm
At Paradigm Learning, I hear the word “tools” a lot. Project managers are forever thinking of the next best tool to pull out of their toolkit. So, on weekends, the last thing I want to think about is ...
HR’s Role in Driving Business Impact 1 Jun 2013 | 12:30 am
In my previous blog, I discussed how the L&OD team learned to speak the language of business and facilitate Paradigm Learning’s Zodiak ®: the Game of Business Strategy and Finance simulation. Now I w...
Isn’t It Time to Change the RFP Process…for Everyone’s Sake? 20 Apr 2013 | 12:46 am
I had one of those “YES!” moments reading a blog by Susan Abbott at IdeaStudio. I don’t know her or her company, but what she wrote about the RFP process – calling it a “barrier to innovation and prod...
HR Professionals with Business Acumen Earn More Respect! 16 Apr 2013 | 12:23 am
HR professionals want to be seen as strategic business partners, yet many struggle to speak the language of finance and business. The reality is they are not alone. Many business managers and leaders...
The Unexpected Benefits of ‘Second-Time Around’ Training 5 Apr 2013 | 12:03 am
Why would you want to see the same movie a second time? If it is a great cinematic production, you look forward to reliving favorite scenes. You remember the dialogue, the characters and the sets. A...
Small Team Learning: McDonald’s Jumps on Board 6 Mar 2013 | 08:31 pm
In the October 2012 issue of Chief Learning Officer, the article Super-Sized Learning caught my eye. Over the years, I have enjoyed reading about how McDonald’s continues to innovate around employee t...
Gold Medal Affirms the Power of Discovery Learning 23 Feb 2013 | 02:13 am
Occasionally, we like to share good news about our company, especially when that news confirms and reinforces our company’s underlying learning design principles. Recently, out of more than 6,000 entr...
Musings from a Walking Dead Fan: Courageous Project Leaders Don’t Hide from Zombies 4 Jan 2013 | 01:52 am
Who would have thought that a TV series about zombies could be such a hit? I admit I’m hooked on AMC’s The Walking Dead—along with 11.5 million other viewers. During a recent episode, as I watched sur...
