Commentary & Opinion

Ask a learning architect: Is it time to break up with your LMS?
This article was written with a humorous twist, but each of these “advice column letters” highlights a real-world issue you may have encountered with your LMS.

Attention, leaders: Don’t ever lie
Nothing erodes an organization like lies. Added up, they can cause irrevocable damage.

Ask the Career Doctor: Helping women advocate for advancement in a post COVID-19 era
HR managers must help talented women seize the current opportunity for advancement with as much vigor and determination as their male counterparts.

A tech company’s novel approach to closing talent and equity gaps
Here's how Anaplan laid the foundation for a stronger and more inclusive pipeline of talent as demand for its services continues to increase.

Scaling what works: The case for synchronous learning in the ‘age of the MOOC’
Though nearly a decade has passed since 2012 — the original “year of the MOOC” — the story remains the same.

Open learning and knowledge sharing in a remote working world
Our digital workplace wealth comes at a price of limited attention.

Rebuilding learning equity: The key to overcoming the skills gap
Rather than get distracted by timely skill gaps, L&D must instead address the pervasive and damaging lack of opportunity.

How automation can streamline the role of L&D professionals
L&D’s role is more vital than ever, but menial tasks could be holding you back.

Supercharge your learning programs with follow-up coaching
Coaches can be invaluable in helping people apply what they’ve learned.

Where the leadership pipeline truly begins
What if leadership development began before entering the workforce?

Standards and inclusion
In the rush to implement DEI into corporate culture, there are a bunch of questions I don't often hear anyone ask. And yet, because DEI can represent a fundamental sea-change in corporate culture, in the way we are expected to work, act and comport ourselves, and, indeed, in the way we should even think, difficult questions and conversations are more important than ever.

Don’t run out of attention widgets
Our attention widgets are valuable. They are the currency we use to accomplish our organization’s goals. Leaders must be mindful of how many attention widgets they have at their disposal and carefully prioritize the many activities they ask their organization to engage in.

No time to waste: Setting learners up for success now and for the future
3 areas where higher ed can evolve to meet the changing needs of the workplace, and how corporate L&D can lend a critical hand.

Ask the Career Doctor: Retaining women in a post COVID-19 world
With the right approaches implemented proactively, HR leaders can help support and expand the role of women in a post-COVID-19 era.