Nov 20, 2020
Careers pursuits evolve over time. Take for example when you were entering college. There is a good chance that your aspirations as a young adult changed by the time you were a few years into a career. Probably, as we progress through mid to the end of our careers, interests and goals shift as well.
Consultant and...
Nov 10, 2020
A brilliant report from McKinsey notes we need to foster intentional learning by feeding our curiosity. The report states that “inspiration is strongly correlated with an intrinsic desire to learn. Curiosity sparks inspiration. You learn more and more frequently because you are curious. Second, curiosity marks the...
Oct 28, 2020
IBM executive Naguib Attia was facing a difficult task. It was January 2014 and in his role as Chief Technology Officer, Naguib was involved in a project in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). There was a lack of talent in the region to deliver on a particular project’s objectives.
To address this challenge, he...
Feb 26, 2019
Instead of just encouraging employees to consume learning content,
have you ever considered mobilizing them to actually create videos
and share their knowledge with others in the organization? On
episode 14 of the Learning and Development Stories podcast, Toby
Newman made a compelling case on why you might want to...
Jan 30, 2019
What is the return on investment for a company to invest significant amounts of money send their up and coming talents to different business schools to earn an MBA degree?
Dan Pontefract, currently the founder and CEO of the Pontefract Group, was investigating this question back in 2011 in his role as Chief Learning...