In response to a query about why someone would question the concept of the LMS, I penned the (slightly altered, for clarity) response that follows: What seems to me to be the need is to have a unified performer-facing environment.  It should provide access to courses when those are relevant, resources/job aids, and eCommunity tools too.  Yes, but.  MORE >>

Recently, VizThinker Sunni Brown gave a talk as part of a TEDx event held at the University of Texas at Austin – centered on the topic of visual note-taking, Sunni laid out the case for why incorporating visuals into one’s note-taking process has benefits for  listening, comprehension, retention, and creativity. Liked this article? MORE >>

Would you rather go to a doctor who is in the band-aid business or the healing business? Prescribing training for all organizational learning is like handing out band-aids without a diagnosis. Training is often a solution in search of a problem. But how much organizational effort is put into training, above all else? What is the reason for this? MORE >>

( image ). We're used to buzz around Apple, and in particular, we're quite used to buzz about how Apple goes to market. CEO Steve Jobs is widely considered the greatest marketer alive, and nearly every marketer I've worked with has expressed sincere admiration for the magic the man is capable of weaving. Well, yes and no. Classic Jobs). Stay tuned. MORE >>

The official white paper for this June’s Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston is now available for free download here, and was written by myself and Sameer Patel of the Sovos Group.Formerly the ‘Collaborative Technologies Conference’, the mid-decade name change reflected the distinction between the old order and Web 2.0’s MORE >>