Funding for learning and development has continued to fall as employer budgets feel the squeeze, according to the Chartered Institute of Learning and Development (CIPD)’s recently published annual Learning and Talent Development survey. According to the survey, some 40% of organisations have either decreased funding for learning and development this year or anticipate doing so, [...]
The global economic changes are not only challenging the traditional world order, they are also throwing up new – and therefore confusing – acronyms. So, just in case you’re not too sure about the terms for the new groupings of growing economies, they are: BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India and China. N-11 (the ‘next 11’): Bangladesh, [...]
The Reddtich-based Righttrack Consultancy is celebrating the success of its customer service training programme in Kuwait. IKEA Kuwait asked Righttrack to develop a bespoke programme to boost the skills of the furniture retailer’s customer service staff – and, after experiencing this programme - IKEA has been voted best furniture retailer in the recent Kuwait Service [...]
Apparently the Duke of Wellington had an unusual approach to developing his battlefield strategies: he played with toy soldiers. In a large room, he’d build model landscapes over which he would set warring miniature armies against each other. But, unusually, he would act as the general of both armies - conflicting roles he immersed himself [...]
Anyone who has found their mind wandering during meetings might, on reflection – and the Christmas/ New Year period is a great time for reflection – decide to improve their concentration and focus because that should improve their performance. According to the management consultant and former Chairman of the Academy of Chief Executives in [...]
In contrast to the extremely negative reaction from the UK’s student community, research conducted by Home Learning College, a provider of professional distance learning, shows that large sectors of the population see the benefit of increased tuition fees. Some 51% of the adults questioned believe higher fees will encourage more people into vocational study and [...]
There is no chance of successfully delivering any of the UK’s energy strategy for the next 20 years or so unless the organisations involved engage in effective collaboration. That was the message of energy experts at the Energy conference held in the grounds of the iconic Battersea Power Station on 30th November. Steve Wildman, of [...]
Europe’s top e-learning strategists, content and systems developers attending the recent European e-learning Summit, held in the UK, agreed that: The use of technology to develop, deliver, store and manage training (a definition of e-learning) is core to the whole training sector. The e-learning industry needs a single, independent and impartial (in terms of e-learning [...]
European e-learning Summit delegates’ discussions (see: Summit urges wider recognition for e-learning above) were informed not only by their experience of the e-learning world but also by the latest – third - definitive report into the UK e-learning sector. The report complements similar reports of 2007 and 2009 and, this year, provides analysis on e-learning [...]
Aren’t Royal Families great? Well, not all of them all of the time, of course - like every family and everyone. But we do quite like it when they do something that gives the rest of us a chance for some well earned time off work – like a Royal Wedding. So roll on [...]
