- March 25, 2022
Automotive Retail: Tips for a Stronger Field Force
Automakers spend massive amounts of money and resources on supporting their franchised dealers. On the front line of that effort...
- March 11, 2022
The Reality of Extended Reality in Learning and Development
What Is Extended Reality? Extended reality (XR) is a catch-all term for virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed...
- February 11, 2022
Organizational Change: Working Through Ambiguity
Get clear on organizational ambiguity Ambiguity, in short, means there is room for more than one interpretation. Thanks to a...
- February 3, 2022
It’s Crunch Time: What’s the Future for L&D?
You can find transformation everywhere. From how we travel via apps, to how we cook using YouTube, and even down...
- January 21, 2022
Seven Learning Trends to Adopt and Develop in 2022
Failure can become our most powerful path to learning if we’re willing to choose courage over comfort. —Brené Brown Organizations...
- January 14, 2022
The Evolution of eLearning for the Modern Learner
Back in the day, eLearning started as a way to get information out to a large audience, and it proved...
- January 11, 2022
Lessons from a US Navy Pilot: How L&D Can Use a Root Cause Analysis to Eliminate Future Mistakes
Learning and Development (L&D) professionals can sometimes find themselves in situations where their solutions fall short of the desired learner...
- January 7, 2022
4 Steps to Improve Your Engagement
Resolutions for Personal and Professional Achievement Full disclosure: A version of this blog appeared nearly a decade ago. Its principles...
- December 30, 2021
GP Strategies’ Top 10 Resources of 2021
Leadership & Learning Strategies for Workforce Transformation 2021 has taught us the importance of being flexible. Our traditional assumptions about...
- December 2, 2021
Virtual Instructor-Led Training: Best Practices to Elevate Virtual Learning Delivery
Virtual instructor-led training (VILT) became the go-to format as many organizations were faced with making decisions on how to move...
- August 6, 2021
Best Practices for Virtual Facilitation: Three Key Roles for Effective Online Training Delivery
Virtual facilitation is here to stay and it’s critical to get it right. Read about the three critical roles for success in a virtual environment.
- June 18, 2021
Retaining Tacit Knowledge: The Aging Aerospace and Defense Workforce
As the aerospace and defense workforce approaches retirement, organizations need a plan for supplementing the critical tribal knowledge learned on-the-job that will be lost.
- June 16, 2021
Addressing the Technology Skills Gap in Aerospace and Defense
Though the next generation of aerospace & defense workers have grown up with modern technology, how can they gain knowledge that can only be acquired…
- June 11, 2021
The Changing Role of the Automotive Salesperson
How is the sales role changing in the automotive industry, and what implications does that have for recruitment, reward, and retention?
- May 20, 2021
BLEND it: Digital Leadership Learning with Human Connection
The challenge―you want to move to a digital learning approach for leadership development, but you are concerned about keeping human connection alive. You need something…
- May 11, 2021
Rebuilding, Reskilling, and Reenergizing the Commercial Airline Workforce
As travel picks up again, airlines are going to need to staff up. But how will the knowledge and skills that dropped out of the…
- March 11, 2021
The Impact of vILT and Virtual Learning on the Financial Sector
The financial sector is at the convergence of multiple disruptions, all of which are changing the face of learning in the industry.
- October 13, 2019
Train Your Brain (and Avoid Brain Drain)!
As a learning practitioner, I often think about what I do in my life outside of work to learn new...
- September 12, 2019
Bridging the Gap Between Vendor and Partner Relationships
According to Training Magazine, in 2018 companies spent an average of 14% of their budgets on training outsourcing—twice what they...
- August 29, 2019
Shaking the Vending Machine: Becoming a Trusted Advisor
Once upon a time, I was sure I’d grow up to work in a vending machine. (That’s right; I thought...

