A few years ago, the world was a dramatically different place, and so was the workplace. If you had a cold, you wouldn’t think of staying home from work — you might just bring an extra box of tissues with you. You didn’t disinfect your hands whenever you opened a door... more
The size of the remote workforce has grown significantly over the past few years and even with many organizations shifting back to on-site work, the remote population will remain large enough to change the ways organizations manage many of their processes, procedures and workflows. Learning and Development teams became acutely... more
The old lament was that Learning & Development (L&D) didn’t get enough respect from leadership. There was never enough support for the learning initiatives you wanted to implement. You didn’t get a say in decisions that would definitely affect your learning strategies. Learning culture buy-in was a struggle. And of... more
We tend to see caterpillars come out in the springtime. They crawl around on their numerous legs and eat some leaves for a few weeks, before setting up their chrysalides so they can turn into butterflies. Now, not that there’s anything wrong with caterpillars. They’re beautiful creatures. But can they... more
Our understanding of “climate change” can be traced back almost 200 years to one French mathematician and physicist called Joseph Fourier. In 1824, Fourier first reasoned that the Earth’s atmosphere was responsible for trapping heat from the Sun like a greenhouse and this is how it maintains a habitable climate... more
The last two years have been a lot for workers. Pandemic stress, paired with shifts in the job market have meant that more workers are burning out, and more have been re-examining their lives and careers. If another disaster were to hit tomorrow, would they be happy at their current... more
2022 has already brought its share of strangeness and uncertainty, hasn’t it? The ongoing global pandemic, a heartbreaking and horrific invasion in Ukraine, resulting economic and political concerns — and we’re not even halfway through the year. Of course, there are many positive happenings as well, so don’t stop reading... more
The labor market has undergone a dramatic shift in the last year. Unemployment is at an historic low, and it’s a job seeker’s market. That also means it’s a learners’ market — learners have long seen training as a perk, so they’ll be shopping around for the best learning experience... more
Creativity is one of those concepts we all think we understand and a word we easily toss around. But, if you actually had to explain it, you’d soon find out it’s quite a tricky thing to pin down. Go on. Try it; define creativity. Exactly. It’s a very broad term... more
You may be a bit burned out on post-pandemic topics. We get it. Everyone’s ready to move on. However, you may want to make an exception for a webinar with three training experts who live and breathe training every day – and who have crystal clear insights on what’s working... more
