Articles by Ave Rio
Inside L&D: Aligning Learning With Business at Nationwide
Kathy Smith, vice president of talent management and development at Nationwide Insurance and Diane August, chief learning architect at Nationwide, describe how they develop learning strategies that align with business outcomes from a design, development and delivery perspective.
Your Career: Igniting Your Seeking System
Dan Cable, a professor at London Business School and author of “Alive at Work: The Neuroscience of Helping Your People Love What They Do,” says learning leaders can help employees ignite the part of the brain that urges us to explore and to push beyond what we already know.
Leadership Through Learning: Practice What You Preach
Allison Horn, managing director of learning and leadership development at Accenture, says learning leaders have the responsibility to help their organizations stay at the forefront of where the learning industry is headed.
Career Advice from Miya Maysent
Miya Maysent, vice president of talent development and diversity at J.C. Penney, shares her career journey and how she came into L&D.
Inside L&D: Vi’s Learning Council
Judy Whitcomb, chief human resources and learning officer for Vi, a national developer, owner and operator of resort-like senior living communities, says having a learning counsel at the company sets the tone for aligning learning with the firm’s business objectives.
Inside L&D: Vi’s Learning Council
Judy Whitcomb, chief human resources and learning officer for Vi, a national developer, owner and operator of resort-like senior living communities, says having a learning counsel at the company sets the tone for aligning learning with the firm’s business objectives.
Inside L&D: Vi’s Learning Council
Judy Whitcomb, chief human resources and learning officer for Vi, a national developer, owner and operator of resort-like senior living communities, says having a learning counsel at the company sets the tone for aligning learning with the firm’s business objectives.
The Talent Management Award
The Talent Management Award is for learning executives who have developed a program that effectively integrates learning into broader talent management initiatives such as employee engagement, onboarding, succession planning, recruiting or performance management.
Brenda Sugrue Is the 2018 CLO of the Year
Treating learning as a science and a business has Brenda Sugrue and EY looking forward to 2020.
Your Career: The Mind of the Leader
Jacqueline Carter, co-author of “The Mind of the Leader,” says meaningful leadership starts with changing how we manage and understand our minds.
Your Career: The Mind of the Leader
Jacqueline Carter, co-author of “The Mind of the Leader,” says meaningful leadership starts with changing how we manage and understand our minds.
Your Career: The Mind of the Leader
Jacqueline Carter, co-author of “The Mind of the Leader,” says meaningful leadership starts with changing how we manage and understand our minds.
L&D: A Safe Place for Women
Many industries are notoriously bad for women. But the learning and development industry doesn’t seem to fall into the same category.
L&D: A Safe Place for Women
Many industries are notoriously bad for women. But the learning and development industry doesn’t seem to fall into the same category.

Women in Ed Tech: Technically Proficient
There are more women in education technology when compared to the technology industry as a whole, but far fewer when compared to the L&D industry. Several factors can explain the disparity within these three related fields.