Of all of the various groups in which you're involved, be they social, professional, religious or otherwise, have you noticed that there is typically a core group of people that keep the momentum of the group?  That's precisely what Tony Burgess ...

Check out a real-time Digg Swarm.  This is a fascinating view of the chaotic rhythm of a crowd seeking the information it wants.  It's messy, it's unpredictable and it's reality.  And it's precisely the reason that formal training programs account for ...

What typically happens when someone has a question about how something works in an organization?  Most people don't wait for the next scheduled training class.  They ask someone they ...

I had an opportunity today to have the dedicated ears of 18 mid-level managers at a large organization where we are just at the launch phase of creating a community of practice.  This is a group of sales people in ...

In a recent article from CLO magazine, they profile an organ procurement organization that shares information across the country to ensure that patients are getting what they need in time to save their life. It's this approach that I ...

I just read a great article in Fortune magazine about Social Network Analysis (SNA) and the benefits it can yield in an organization. To me this is further fodder on what have been relatively obscure tools coming more into the ...

Just yesterday I wrote a post lamenting about the seeming divide between the world of CLOs and the implementation of informal learning methodologies such as communities of practice (CoP). I have to eat a little crow on that one - not ...

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I'm a day late on April's Big Question from LCB but here are my thoughts to the following question:   ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What Should they Do?...

LCB is at it again this month with another great big question - or is it a great, big question?  And...has it been a month already??? The question for March is:  What would you do to support new managers?...