Clarity Learning & Development Blog
Perspectives on the continuous evolution of workplace training, learning and leadership development.

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A Decade of Change – How the World’s Problems Become Business Problems…
by Herb Tieger on February 23, 2012
Interview with Geoffrey Brewer, co-editor, Decade of Change The first decade of the 21st century was one of tumultuous change, and the Gallup Management Journal was there to cover the effects of change on businesses, organizations, and leaders worldwide....

TOPIC : Instructional Design
The Top 7 L&D Pinterest Boards
by Herb Tieger on January 22, 2012
We scoured Pinterest and came up with the top seven boards for L&D inspiration. Most of the boards emphasize eLearning and technology and surprisingly, many of the pinners are outside of the U.S. Here they are, in no particular...

TOPIC : Learning Effectiveness
A 2012 Prediction That Will Come True
by Herb Tieger on January 10, 2012
Interview with David Weinberger
Why did you write Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now that the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room?
Weinberger: Actually, the book began as something...

TOPIC : Learning Technology
Dinosaur? Necessary Evil? Critical Strategic Tool?
by Clarity Consultants on November 12, 2011
Is the learning management system (LMS) as we know it dead? Not at all, judging from the number of calls that Clarity Consultants receives each year from clients seeking help with selection, implementation, integration, and maintenance. But although those...

TOPIC : Learning Effectiveness
Games Make Communications Serious Fun
by Herb Tieger on October 23, 2011
“In The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop, and Keep Tomorrow’s Employees Today (HarperCollins, 2010), authors Jeanne Meister and Karie Willyerd note that several trends are combining to create the workplace of tomorrow. Currently, members of five distinct...

TOPIC : Workplace Issues
The 2020 Workplace: Predictions for the Next Decade
by Lindsey Gacanovic on October 12, 2011
Although the global economy is still down and unemployment is still up, the global talent shortage will be acute by 2020. This and other findings are revealed in The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop, and Keep Tomorrow’s...

TOPIC : Learning Effectiveness
Guess What? We’re All Virtual
by Ian Romero on September 13, 2011
Karen Sobel Lojeski is a professor in the Department of Technology and Society at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. She has written two books on the changes that technology has wrought in the way humans communicate...

TOPIC : Organizational Development
Joining Forces: Building a Great Virtual Consulting Relationship
by Herb Tieger on September 12, 2011
The economic recovery has been slower than we all had hoped. As a result, the business press reports, companies are hoarding cash and continuing to delay the creation of new jobs. But the upturn will come, and companies must...

TOPIC : Instructional Design
How to Prevent/Minimize Scope Creep
by Herb Tieger on August 13, 2011
Interview with Kate Perez
Director, Training and Organizational Effectiveness
Apria Healthcare
How would you define scope creep and why does it occur? Is scope creep always seen in a negative light?
Scope creep occurs when the parameters of what you originally agreed...