Learning: The Magic of Making Training FUN

What does the year 2010 hold for the learning and development community? We need innovations in Human Capital development to ensure learning stays on the agenda during these competitive times. ASTD and others list three key areas: 1. New ways to work with the Gen Y 2. 21st century Mentoring 3. Working with the Social evolution and breakthrough technologies

Making Innovation work for you I had the opportunity this morning to review Martin Lee’s article in the morning newspaper. The second paragraph quoting Jeff Immelt of General Electric made a lot of sense - the only source of profit, the only reason to invest in companies is their ability to innovate and differentiate. Five simple principles made the article readable: 1. Lead the way, as a leader walk the talk and show that you are an innovator. 2. Look for good ideas – as they say in Procter and Gamble – search and re apply. 3. Check out your assumptions – the business school professors gave a C to Fred Smith’s idea of overnight packaging service FEDEX. He went to create history. 4. Acquire the habit of creative thinking, set aside some time for brainstorming. 5. Innovation is not about mega ideas; it could be about small things too.