Once again, it's time to start worrying about a new generation coming into the workforce.  In fact, the worrying has already begun. A recent study showed that managers are not excited to welcome Generation Z, which has already begun to enter the workforce. They're voicing concerns familiar to anyone who has ever read a think […]

With the latest research showing that "Americans check their phone on average once every 12 minutes" (yes, that's 80 times a day) as reported by the New York Post, it's no wonder that all eyes in corporate learning are also on mobile. Almost literally, "all eyes" are staring at phones a large percentage of the time in […]

You've still got a couple of weeks to set your New Year's resolutions, so be sure to add this one to your list: Be a hero at work! Save your people from boring learning that at worst feels like torture and at best lulls them to sleep. Give them the ongoing gift of training and […]

The recent data about mobile device usage is a strong signal for what the future has in store. "Mobile devices will account for 75% of global internet use next year, according to Zenith’s new Mobile Advertising Forecasts, published today. The mobile proportion of internet use has increased rapidly, from 40% in 2012 to 68% in […]

The L&D industry is being disrupted by new technologies...like every other industry. But what does that mean? It's easy to talk about other industries and relate how what happened to them might happen to us. It's also easy to simply ignore that anything is changing at all. Or worse, we see change coming and do […]

Earlier this year I attended CES2016 (Read more here, and here.) and discovered some very cool new tech. One of my favorites was not ready to ship until February. And once it arrived I was not disappointed. The Training and Development industry talks a lot about mobile learning in the sense that mobile devices are […]

L&D Week in Review, Dec. 18 This week was Star Wars week, but that didn't stop us from focusing on what really matters in L&D. In this first episode of L&D Week in Review we discussed Mobile Learning: Is it a thing? Christmas List Items for the L&D Professional in your life 5 Hot Topics […]

Let me start with full disclosure: I am a big Tim Ferriss fan, and have been since The 4-Hour Workweek. As I see it, he is the ultimate learning and development professional. Every single podcast he releases is a 2+ hour soft skills learning experience. And his other show "The Tim Ferriss Experiment" will blow […]

The L&D industry talks a lot about mobile learning. But what about mobile training? With as much as we focus on the learner these days, its equally important to focus on the instruction. Many will argue that you can't/shouldn't deliver entire classes on mobile devices. Let's put aside the notion that "courses" are wrong, and that […]

Lately I've been following their Think With Google site thinkwithgoogle.com. They share great insights. As you might guess, Google has some excellent data on user habits. One of their latest articles is titled "I Want-to-Do Moments: From Home to Beauty". At first glance you may not think this article would apply to the work you […]