Editors Note

In 1971, America's great, late futurist Alvin Toffler predicted that by the turn of the century, most of us would be in a state of "future shock." He characterized it as a paralysis from trying to absorb too much change in too short a period of time. He also told us that the future would belong to those of us who develop the capability to learn, unlearn, and learn again.

Becoming Active “Unlearners”: Why we must unlearn our past

In 1971, America's great, late futurist Alvin Toffler predicted that by the turn of the century, most of us would be in a state of "future shock." He characterized it as a paralysis from trying to absorb too much change in too short a period of time. He also told us that the future would belong to those of us who develop the capability to learn, unlearn, and learn again.

Gamification In Corporate Training: It keeps learners engaged and motivated

Much of the blame for a lack of productivity in the workplace is placed on a lack of engagement. Many employees just aren’t invested or even interested in their jobs. It isn’t hard to connect the dots between a lack of interest and a lack of productivity.

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Effective Learning Process: How it can lead to management effectiveness

Learning is defined as a facilitator of knowledge exploitation. This approach reflects a strategic and practical perspective in today’s hypercompetitive economic conditions. This approach is process oriented and most applicable in the context of leading organizations.

Corporate Training For Retail Sales Associates: 5 best practices

From onboarding to new product rollouts to customer service, investing in effective corporate training programs for sales associates is essential for retail organizations. Check out these five best practices from our extensive experience for this audience.

Leadership Training: The case for face-to-face interaction

To resolve these contradictions, we need to reveal the core. And leadership, at its core, is not just about skill, it’s about people: it is about developing relationships, emotional intelligence, and managing diversity. This is precisely why the classroom, which is inherently social, remains such an essential part of leadership development – it provides the environment and learning opportunity developing leaders need for success. Technology should enhance, complement and optimize, but never replace or overshadow face-to-face interaction.

Learning To Make Mistakes: Building a failure strategy

I’ve made a lot of mistakes, and I will continue to make them in the future. Although it’s very hard to accept at the time, the more mistakes I make, the better I become. No one is an expert, or even any good, after the first or even after several attempts at a new skill. Failure and mistakes are the way we learn and develop skills. This is particularly true of interpersonal business skills that require an improvisational approach such as leadership, sales or coaching conversations.

Why Diversity Training Must Be Partnered With Inclusion Strategies

As Millennials are now a majority of the workforce, Generation Y is powering this shift through a concept titled Cognitive Inclusion and Diversity, or CID, which goes beyond visible aspects, compositional diversity, and encompasses the diversity of thought and perspective. These factors combine to create a unique individual with his or her own set of values and beliefs, and it is this combination that provides organizations added benefit from diversity initiatives.

Rethinking The LMS: 10 steps to set the rethinking in motion

Before we begin, let’s rewind to circa 2007; to a time when the word “digital” meant something pretty different from what it means today. Almost synonymous with “I.T.”, it didn’t have much of an existence in the corporate space. Companies did not have a digital strategy, leave alone a mobile presence for engaging with their customers or helping their employees collaborate. Social platforms in eLearning hadn’t even made their debut!