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November 2008
Joke programmes?
Among the awards hopefuls in the ‘Bespoke Learning Solution of the Year’ category at this year’s WOLCE Awards – announced in Birmingham on [...]
Too late for boreout
On 30th October, Kogan Page published Philippe Rothlin’s and Peter R. Werder’s book ‘Boreout! Overcoming Workplace Boredom’ (£14.99). ‘Boreout’, say the authors, is [...]
Berry’s bon mots
According to the Australian management and business consultant, Ian Berry: “Someone once said that the definition of stupidity is expecting a different result [...]
Make mobile devices, not babies
At The Digital Educational Content Marketplaces conference (DECOM 2008), which took place in Sestri Levante, Italy, at the end of October, one of [...]
October 2008
Who needs training?
Recently, I was chatting to someone who, after more than 25 years in the corporate learning industry, is about to retire. He observed [...]
HR perspective
The latest Hays HR Salary and Benefits Survey appears to show that: There has been significant growth in junior roles - at HR [...]
Schmoller schmooze
At its annual conference on learning technology, ALT-C, in September, the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) [...]
September 2008
Black tie overload
Time was when, if you were involved in the e-learning world, your dinner jacket would hardly see the light of day. These days, [...]
Your secrets are not safe with your IT department
If you are making people redundant - in these credit crunch influenced, potentially recessionary times - you should exercise extreme caution when it [...]
August 2008
And now, the news you’ve known all along
A recent study by IBM and the Human Capital Institute (HCI) shows that while 84 per cent of organisations know workforce effectiveness is [...]
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