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In yesterday’s Advisor, River Software’s Randy Emelo and HP’s Becky Simeon, PhD, talked about the big changes in corporate learning and, particularly, the move toward social learning. Today, the benefits of social learning systems.
In the 90s, we all went to e-learning, says River Software’s Randy Emelo, but today, it’s all about micro-learning—bite-sized chunks of learning, the shorter the better. You tear it apart, then talk about what you are doing—that’s social learning.
Special from HR Tech Las Vegas Yesterday’s Advisor featured consultant Andrew McAfee’s thoughts on the rapidly developing world of technology. Today, his take on the role of geeks and HIPPOs.
Special from HR Tech Las Vegas The second machine age is affecting everything—take as examples the abject terror of riding in a driverless car and the pleasure of cows being milked by a robot milker–including HR, says Andrew McAfee, Principal Research Scientist, Massachusetts institute of Technology.
As a result of the attention surrounding the ongoing Ebola outbreak, many employers are wondering how to handle situations involving communicable disease. Not much medical testing of employees is allowed. If however, a pandemic is widespread and is a direct threat, public health authorities say employers can monitor closely for symptoms and illness. Employers can […]
In many national employee attitude surveys, participating organizations were rated lowest on questions related to communication. On the flip side, employees who took the survey said communication was very important to them. In many national employee attitude surveys, participating organizations were rated lowest on questions related to communication. On the flip side, employees who took […]
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Oct. 6 that it would not review two Fair Labor Standards Act rulings. The cases dealt with misclassification and compensable working time. In the misclassification case, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the City of Los Angeles owed fire department dispatchers and paramedics assigned to air ambulance […]
John A. Rubino, who is the founder and president of Rubino Consulting Services in Pound Ridge, NY, offered his tips at a recent BLR®-sponsored webinar.
In fact, he says, it is his goal to eliminate such programs. Why?
Creelman, CEO of Creelman Research, offered his tips at a recent BLR® webinar sponsored by Halogen Software. He was joined by Halogen’s Director of Marketing Communications Connie Costigan.