This is a brief article which requires only a brief review; it is yet another reference to the holy grail of learning evaluation. It summarises a survey by the market …
‘Winning the self-managed learning war’ by Robin Hoyle, Training Journal, March 2010
The author is clearly an advocate of e-learning and this article has to be judged in this context. What makes it better than most on this topic is that he …
‘Building a company without Borders’, by Bart Becht, Harvard Business Review, April 2010
You have to be an exceptional CEO to be allowed to say how good you are in the HBR and Bart Becht, who runs Reckitt Benckiser (RB), is that good. …
‘Learning with horses’ by Beth Duff, Training Journal, March 2010
This review follows another article a few months ago when the use of horses was recommended to support recruitment decisions; now the benefits are being suggested for learning, particularly around …
‘Going back to the start with ROI’ by Jane Massy and ‘Learning to think like a CFO’ by Neil Twogood, Training Journal, April 2010
I have combined these two articles because neither was worth reviewing on its own but together they provide a sharp contrast and raise interesting issues. At MTP we briefly worked …
‘How the Mighty Fall’ by Jim Collins, published by Harper Collins
It is perhaps a feature of the ‘schadenfreude’ in my make-up that I am more convinced by books and case studies about failure than success. Thus I was less than convinced …
The Big Short; Inside the Doomsday Machine, by Michael Lewis, published by Allen Lane
I confess to choosing this book – despite its unattractive title – because of the excellence of Lewis’s previous offerings, notably his brilliant first book ‘Liar’s Poker’ and more recently …