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I am thrilled to see this blog devoted to HCI. HCI leverages the world or talent as a competitive advantage for business.
Look forward to visiting this site and learning about the other ...READ»
I just got back from the American Society for Training & Development’s International Conference and Exhibition in San Diego where I was a speaker. This was a great conference – one of the best I’ve ever been to and I’ve ...READ»
ChangeThis was built in the summer of 2004 by Amit Gupta, Catherine Hickey, Noah Weiss, Phoebe Espiritu and Michelle Sriwongtong. You can read their bios in this blog entry. The original idea behind ChangeThis came from Seth Godin. ...READ»
Search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN handle 16 Billion searches each month in North America. These three Internet giants control the most popular websites in Canada. Knowing the terms your customers use when searching for ...READ»
The Basics of Search Engine Optimization or SEO
Key Points:Page 1 of Google
Most People select websites from the First Page of search results
The higher up on the page, the better
Bring in “Free” Traffic Using ...READ»
Welcome to the world of the Human Capital Institute on Fast Company!
If you aren't already familiar with the work we do, I encourage you to check us out at www.humancapitalinstitute.org
As the next few days go by, I will ...READ»
I was once told that there are two kinds of people in this world. Those who divide the world into two kinds of people and those who don’t. Anyway, I’ve heard the discussion a lot about the different between education, training ...READ»
In business you here terms like coaching, mentoring or even a buddy program tossed around and used interchangeably. I like to look at these as three separate things that have a unique role and value. Here’s how I define ...READ»
I've sat in dozens of discussions with different companies over a basic question about new hires. Should we look for experience or hire someone out of college? This is actually not an easy question to answer because both choices ...READ»
On a gut level, you might say that kids today just don't read and write like we used to...or most adults just don't read books.
However, when you dig into it a little what's really evident is that reading and writing have ...READ»
Recently I had an opportunity to lead a number of process improvement sessions. One of the things that’s challenging is that it’s really a divergent/convergent process. By divergent I’m mean that early on the discussion is ...READ»
I've been blogging about accelerated learning for months now. I'm surprised by all the resistance to speeding up the learning process. I've yet to see the value of slow learning but there are a lot of people adamant about it. ...READ»
There’s always talk about how to get a seat at the big table where decisions are made. Training usually doesn’t get a seat unless a company has decided to have a Chief Learning Officer or the Senior HR person is also the ...READ»
Education traditionally focuses on knowledge acquisition and retention. However, it usually misses a key element. That’s the element of speed. In other words, how fast can you recall information and how fast can you apply it? ...READ»
If you were going to teach a lesson about U.S. trade, a good place to start is to ask the question, “What do you believe is true about U.S. trade with other countries?”
Write down what everyone says or a least the key ...READ»
If you ever do strategy or planning sessions, here’s something you always run into. If I ask something like, “on average, how long does it take new salespeople to get up to speed?” Some people will think through their ...READ»
So what's a guy on a surfboard have to do with measuring learning? I mean other than surf pictures are already great. Well first I'd say he's proficient. I might even say he's a high performer.
What makes him so is not ...READ»
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