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The Learning & Development Change Grid, by Don Taylor

April 14, 2014
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| Categories: curated content, L&D, Leadership, Learning, learning & development, learning and development, learning department, Training, Training Manager

Donald H Taylor, chairman of LPI, LSG & the Learning Technologies conference explains how Learning and Development Departments need to change their attitude to risk in order to keep pace with the rest of the business in today's modern world. He describes 4 quadrants in which L&D departments fit: Learning Leadership, Unacknowledged Prophet, Comfortable Extinction and The Training Ghetto and explains how and why all L&D departments should join the quadrant of Learning Leadership.

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What Kept Training Managers Awake in 2012?

December 31, 2012
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| Categories: Blended learning, business environment, cost, eLearning, mobile learning, Social Learning, Training, training effectiveness, Training Manager

So what kept training managers awake during 2012? What challenges they have been facing? During last year I was fortunate enough to be in touch with training managers of various companies in India. While not statistically conclusive, here are some general trends I noticed from my various conversations.Cost: Almost all training managers are pressurized to show some cost savings. Mostly this is resulting in passing on pressure to reduce costs on their training vendors. Cost seems to be their single biggest challenge these days.Uncertain Business Environment: There’s a constant challenge…

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Questions I Want To Explore In 2012

January 2, 2012
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| Categories: Industry, Questions, ROE, ROI, Social Learning, Talent Development, Training, Training Manager, Trends

I am promising to myself to read more and blog more in 2012. Here are some of the questions I want to explore in 2012.What’s changed in the learning and development industry? I will be completing 20 years in the industry and yet I feel the more things change, the more they remain the same.How are the CxOs and Business Heads really viewing talent development? While most CxOs say that talent development is a key driver to the growth of their organizations, what are they really doing about it?What’s keeping…

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