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Learning In a Day, and Other Myths of Professional Development
by Andrew Speer

It’s a tough shift to move from teaching lots all at once to keep face, to providing a little bit of learning, with lots of application support, more often.

When ‘Word of Success’ Isn’t Enough
by Andrew Speer

In today’s consulting landscape, word of success isn’t enough. There’s no hard data to backup your claims about your impact.

Reduce Your Learning Landfill: Small Changes Equal Big Results
by Louise Davis

We have a waste issue with learning: the culture of learning could be described as ‘disposable,’ as the majority of it gets left behind in the classroom.

Changing Behaviors Through Precision Consulting
by Sara Saddington

Organizations bring in consultants to help them become better equipped to handle challenges and adopt the behaviors that will allow them to thrive.

Adaptive Consulting in a Digital Learning Landscape
by Sara Saddington

Learning technologies, and specifically adaptive learning platforms, represent an opportunity to deploy learning more systemically throughout organizations.

Technology Change: Overcoming Resistance
by Alyssa Burkus

Technology change is here to stay. Those who make it an integrated part of their work will be able to use those strategies for agility in their businesses.

Metrics that Matter: Influencing Organizational Agility
by Sara Saddington

Your approach to measuring agility must also be agile—focused on the metrics that matter, and taking into account the ways the organization is changing.

Evolving L&D — Selling the Future of Work
by Alyssa Burkus

The role of evolving L&D then becomes helping teams improve and integrate learning directly into their work, moving beyond content, into context.

Selling The Future of Work: The Hard Sell Of Soft Skills
by Alyssa Burkus

The future of work is here, and it’s bringing with it a renewed focus and emphasis on what have long been called “soft skills.”

Forget Content, Context is King
by Sara Saddington

Expanding your offerings to include strategies and tactics to maximize peer-to-peer and hands-on learning will allow you to clearly demonstrate the ROI of your work to your clients.

Small Data Creates Opportunities for Insight
by Sara Saddington

I’m not suggesting that you ignore the big data altogether. Instead, it’s worthwhile to examine both the big data and the small data to figure out what the right data is to solve the issue.

How to Help your Clients Retain their Millennial Workforce
by Alyssa Burkus

If your clients are serious about retaining their millennial workforce, use our infographic to start a conversation with them about new offerings they should consider for their 2017 plans.

The Shifting Learning Landscape — Context over Content
by Chris Taylor

The learning landscape is currently experiencing a value shift—from paying for content to paying for context and immediate applicability.

How Technology Is Driving The Demand For Learning ROI
by Chris Taylor

Technology is driving significant change in the learning space. What are you doing to evolve your business to meet the demand for analytics and data-driven ROI?

The Shifting Learning Landscape — Time and Attention are at a Premium
by Chris Taylor

In our increasingly connected world, time and attention are becoming as important a consideration as the actual dollars spent on new initiatives.

The Shifting Learning Landscape — The Need for Learning ROI
by Chris Taylor

By shifting your practice along with the changes in the industry, you can increase your relevance in the marketplace, increase sales, and make a measurable difference for your clients.

Do Your Clients Benefit From The ROI of Conversations?
by Alyssa Burkus

Want to know the true ROI for those conversations your clients never make time for? It’s directly connected to employee engagement, which in turn, has tangible ROI for businesses.

Lessons in Business Agility from a Children’s Book
by Louise Davis

Business today requires you to be at the ready—relax for too long and it can feel like the rug has been pulled from underneath you.