I spoke with a lady yesterday that asked me a valid question that inspired me to write this post. She asked, "What does it cost to do a change readiness assessment?" I responded, "It depends - what insights are you trying to ...READ»
Effective change leaders know that there is no “single way” to move through the process of change. There are various entry points. A golfer for instance is going to choose a different strategy if the wind is blowing, if the greens ...READ»
During these tough economic times, people need to work smarter, not harder.
We highly recommend making sure your team members have all the tools to deliver and be as productive as possible.READ»
Corporate learning guru and analyst Josh Bersin has recently released a six-page brief on the company, Expertus (www.expertus.com). He takes an insightful look at the challenges and best practices in managing technology and ...READ»
Living and working in Asia it is interesting to find that many companies that operate here, including some multinationals, still don’t seem to fully grasp either the concept of the manager as a leader, nor the need to ...READ»
Learning Resource Center Columnist Jim Bolt says, "Even though the methodology is actually more than 60 years old, in recent years, action learning has struck a deep chord for many executives, and for a good reason."
Read Bolt's ...READ»
"Mobile learning offers people something traditional education cannot: integration into life," says Learning Resource Center columnist Marcia Conner. Read her latest column, "Go and Learn," to discover why she feels that mobile ...READ»
Marcia Conner, managing director of Ageless Learner, a global advisory practice that helps companies and people learn and adapt to new technologies, processes, and information, in her recent Fast Company Learning Resource Center ...READ»
With a "leaders teaching leaders" model becoming the trend in executive-level training at many corporations, Fastcompany.com columnist, Jim Bolt, Chairman and founder of Executive Development Associates Inc. (EDA), examines the pros ...READ»
In an age where markets influence moods, mercies, and marriages, I thought it time to break from the business of learning, per se, to focus on its place in what matters most. I work hard to create time each day, amongst my agendas ...READ»
In my older years, I have decided to "give away as much as I can". My new Web site features lots of my Fast Company columns, articles, interviews, audios and even lots of free video. Please feel free to download, copy, send and use ...READ»
I just met with Tom Wilson, the President of Allstate Protection. He had a lot of interesting things to say about how he's trying to transform the culture of his organization. We started talking about what it means to educate one's ...READ»
Last night, before watching the Office, I was reading a little of the first Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective book by Donald Sobol. And I was surprised how many ideas and lessons for the world of work there were in just the first ...READ»
Last night I found myself re-reading some of John Gardner's excellent writings, in particular a speech on personal renewal that he delivered to McKinsey & Co. partners in 1990. As always, I was struck by how his words so completely ...READ»
A school district in Spring, Texas, is forging ahead to "1984," thanks to RFID technology. It's planning to equip some 28,000 kids with computerized ID badges so their parents can track their whereabouts to and from school, as ...READ»
I don't know which I find more amusing: the collegiate culture of a cappella singing -- or the fact that it spills over into business schools, as well. The Summer 2004 edition of Northwestern University's alumni magazine reports that ...READ»
CNN reports today that Donald Trump has applied for a trademark on the name "Trump University," indicating that the school would offer university-level sales and marketing, management, entrepreneurship, and real estate courses -- ...READ»
How is it that a company, having no organic means of memory, can learn? And if it can indeed learn, how can it do so faster and better?
For the first anniversary Fast Company Now Blog Jam I thought this may be an appropriate issue ...READ»
Last week, I was at a conference known as Unity 2004, where almost 10,000 journalists from across the country mingled. One of the things I got out of it is what's called "convergence," which involves journalists working across ...READ»
More and more video games are being developed to mirror the realities -- and competition -- of business development. Games such as Lemonade Tycoon, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Railroad Tycoon, John Deere American Farmer, Vegas Tycoon, and ...READ»
