Jay Cross, one of the biggest proponents of the power of informal learning, is releasing a book on the subject in November titled, Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance.  It is now available for ...

I am part of the inaugural class of both the CLO Academy and the CLO Institute and am summarizing my experiences to date through a comparison and contrast of the two programs for anyone that is considering attending either ...

Days 2 & 3 of the CLO (Chief Learning Officer) Academywere excellent.  We spent most of our time working through a case study as teams in separate rooms while CLOs and Learning Executives rotated throughout the rooms.  At the end of ...

I have just returned to my room after the first day of the CLO Academy in Lansdowne, VA.  The sessions started at 5pm so I've only seen a glimpse of what we're we will be experiencing but so ...

A friend of mine sells large-scale consulting services for a big firm.  She was extremely frustrated with the company's President on Friday because he refuses to invest in some up-front costs that would payoff down the line in the form of more ...

In an e-seminar hosted by CLO Magazine yesterday, presenter Josh Bersin of Bersin and Associates facilitated a talk titled, "Increasing the Strategic Value of Learning Organizations."  You can find the slides here - the recording ...

I stumbled across the site Word Spy today which tells about the first uses of new words or terms.  They list the earliest use of the official term 'Chief Learning Officer' as being in 1993 with the ...

In a Chief Learning Officer magazine article titled "People, the Neglected Part of Technology", author David Miller explains his perspective on how learning and knowledge management should be integrated with the implementation of new technologies, such as a new ERP ...

It turns out there are quite a few.  Some organizations are relying on the collective brainpower of participants to deliver value in gatherings rather than a rigid agenda. I was reminded of this today when I read the Performance Express ...

Training Outsourcing recently added forums to its website, allowing visitors to "find solutions...exchange ideas."  It looks like the first posts were only about two weeks ago so don't expect much content just yet but they're definitely worth ...