Today I’m going to consider the wider implications of the benefits of learning and professional development in the current global economic environment.
Entries Tagged as 'economic downturn'
Job-Hunting Tips for Recessionistas: Benefits of Learning Programs in a Depressed Economy
May 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Corporate social network · corporate learning environment · corprate development · e-learning · economic downturn · formal learning · instructional design · learning and development · organizational development
E-Learning and Depression 2.0 Revisited
January 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Prologue: Today’s post was meant to be a short piece about how the e-learning industry is faring in current market conditions, but as I carried out my research for the article, something a little more worrying emerged from the source information.
Now read on…
About a year ago, I began commenting on the affects of [...]
Tags: Depression 2.0 · bersin and associates · definition of e-learning · economic downturn · elearning research and development · recession
Economic downturn – a Systems Interpretation?
December 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Sadly, I don’t have much time to blog this week, as I’m facilitating a symposium later in the week. I’ll talk more about the event in the future, but today I just want to point you towards Donald ‘Plan B’ Clark’s article concerning the role of leadership training in our current economic troubles. Real soul [...]
Tags: analysis · economic downturn · leadership training · recession
Recession, the challenge to e-learning, and HMH in Ireland
September 15th, 2008 · No Comments
I’ll start this post by issuing a mixed metaphor alert: today, we’re going to talk about an elephant in the room, which also happens to be an 800lb gorilla.
Intrigued? Now read on…
Back in February this year, I wrote the first of my occasional series on Recession and the challenge to e-learning; in that first [...]
Tags: HMH · challenge to e-learning · digital native · e-learning industry · economic downturn · elearning research and development · ireland · recession
Recession, the challenge to e-learning, and HMH in Ireland
September 15th, 2008 · No Comments
In my view, this investment will prove to be a game-changer. As it is, you could say that HMH are the only game in (e-learning) town – if they manage the innovations and outputs afforded by this R&D centre correctly, HMH will grow to become the Google of e-learning.
Tags: HMH · challenge to e-learning · digital native · e-learning industry · economic downturn · elearning research and development · ireland · recession
The Half-Life of the Knowledge Worker
August 20th, 2008 · No Comments
If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.
Gen. Eric Shinseki
The US and EuroZone economies are in recession, China is ascendant, Russia is asserting it’s regional dominance, all the knowledge jobs are going to India, and it hasn’t stopped raining for two weeks.
As you know if you’re a regular reader [...]
Tags: Knowledge Economy · New Asian Tigers · congnitive enterprise · definition of knowledge work · economic downturn · knowledge ecosystem · knowledge worker
The Half-Life of the Knowledge Worker
August 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment
If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.
Gen. Eric Shinseki
The US and EuroZone economies are in recession, China is ascendant, Russia is asserting it’s regional dominance, all the knowledge jobs are going to India, and it hasn’t stopped raining for two weeks.
As you know if you’re a regular reader [...]
Tags: Knowledge Economy · New Asian Tigers · congnitive enterprise · definition of knowledge work · economic downturn · knowledge ecosystem · knowledge worker
E-Learning and the Economic Downturn: A Salutary Excursus
July 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
And Lo! it came to pass that a friend of mine who would describe herself as a training practitioner based out of Hartford, CT. found herself bereft of employment, for the economic downturn that is called Recession was cast upon the land, and the days were dark.
Straitly was she in need of employment, [...]
Tags: credit crunch · e-learning · economic downturn · elearning · learning · recession · sub prime sector
E-Learning and the Economic Downturn: A Salutary Lesson
July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
And Lo! it came to pass that a friend of mine who would describe herself as a training practitioner based out of Hartford, CT. found herself bereft of employment, for the economic downturn that is called Recession was cast upon the land, and the days were dark.
Straitly was she in need of employment, [...]
Tags: credit crunch · e-learning · economic downturn · elearning · learning · recession · sub prime sector
E-Learning and the Economic Downturn: A Salutary Excursus
July 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
And Lo! it came to pass that a friend of mine who would describe herself as a training practitioner based out of Hartford, CT. found herself bereft of employment, for the economic downturn that is called Recession was cast upon the land, and the days were dark.
Straitly was she in need of employment, [...]
Tags: credit crunch · e-learning · economic downturn · elearning · learning · recession · sub prime sector