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Solving the "Knowledge Lost" Problem (SLEC/LEIC 08.29.12)

During the June, 2012 SLEC and LEIC meetings, we grappled with defining the following problems: Baby boomers retiring and taking their unique knowledge and skill set with them; Employees changing roles within the organization - typical of fast growing companies; and Employees leaving the organization for other opportunities. During this meeting, we identified that solving the problem of losing knowledge through these forms of attrition is - on the whole - important or critical to learning leaders. With that knowledge, we combined both groups for this month's meeting so that we could share strategies that companies are using to capture knowledge before ... Watch Video »

5 Sep 2012

Yapi Kredi Bank: Using Online Gaming in the Corporate University

The Problem: Influx of Generation “Y” Employees The merger in 2008 with Koçbank and the opening of 170 new branches across Turkey in 2009 brought an influx of new employees to Yapi Kredi Bank of Istanbul, Turkey. There was a need to quickly educate them about the bank’s products and services. Many were recent university graduates who tended to be comfortable with computers and online life, including online gaming. So why not find a way to match their love of games and simulations with the training courses they needed? The question became how to do it. The Solution ... Read More »

14 Aug 2012

CorpU Webinar - PayPal TechJams: Concentrated Collaboration & Innovation Events to Assess & Select Technologies (Slide Deck)

What do an old blanket, a combination lock, and PayPal have in common? They are all symbols of security. Millions of times a day, people all around the world choose PayPal for its convenience, ease-of-use, and safety. But it goes beyond keeping personal data safe. It extends to being there when customers need them to speed them on their way – whether online or in a store. This webinar conveyed the story of how PayPal’s Technology Education (TechEd) team provided technologists with virtual collaborative team sites and face-to-face “hackathon” style assessments of technologies with peers from domains across the company ... Read More »

7 Aug 2012

Solving the Problem of Capturing the Knowledge of Your Most Skilled Workers (SLEC 06.28.12)

During this Social Learning Executive Council meeting this month, we discussed whether members are you grappling with one or more of the following problems... Baby boomers retiring and taking their unique knowledge and skill set with them Employees changing roles within the organization - typical of fast growing companies Employees leaving the organization for other opportunities Members had have an opportunity to share their unique “brain drain” challenges, as well as some of the solutions that have been attempted. Every person who attended walked away with new insights and ideas as to how to capture the knowledge of your most skilled ... Watch Video »

6 Jul 2012

Is Your Company Prepared for "Brain Drain"? (SLEC 06.28.12)

Are you grappling with one or more of the following problems? Baby boomers retiring and taking their unique knowledge and skill set with them Employees changing roles within the organization - typical of fast growing companies Employees leaving the organization for other opportunities During this month’s SLEC meeting, members had an opportunity to share their unique “brain drain” challenges and share possible solutions. Watch Video »

5 Jul 2012

The Jobs Mismatch in Corporate Talent Development Expert CorpU Analysis of over 2,100 Job Openings and What You Need To Know

Learning Leader Roundtable Meeting, May 17, 2012 "Se vogliamo che tutto rimanga come è, bisogna che tutto cambi" "If you want things to stay the same, things are going to have to change." --Giuseppe di Lampedusa, Il Gattopardo / The Leopard (1958) At the International House at the University of Pennsylvania, two dozen senior learning leaders met to discuss some of the recent findings from CorpU's investigation into the skills needed for 21st century learning and development functions, which was based on two research efforts: an informal survey sent to senior learning leaders regarding the kinds of skills they felt they ... Read More »

8 Jun 2012

21st Century Learning & Development Skills (SLEC 04.24.12)

This month's Social Learning Executive Council meeting discussion centered around the definition of the future of learning and the skills that will be needed to support the agile, organic learning of the future. Several companies shared their perspective on skills that are needed for their L&D group to prepare for this future, including the Institute for Habits of Mind, the DFS Group, FMC Technologies, Coca-Cola, Lowe's, and Evans Analytical Group. Watch Video »

27 Apr 2012

Getting to Collaboration and Complex Problem Solving (SLEC 03.29.12)

This month’s Social Learning Executive Council meeting featured a panel of learning leaders who gathered to share their learnings from CorpU’s January, 2012, Social Learning Roundtable in Philadelphia. During this panel discussion, we heard briefly about the panelists’ recent social learning initiatives. In addition, we explored the panelists’ perspectives on the following key concepts that emerged during the Social Learning Roundtable: The changing role of the learning organization and the need for rapid up-skilling of learning professionals Working with or overcoming culture to increase collaboration and complex problem solving engagement Supporting people at their 5 Moments of Learning ... Watch Video »

18 Apr 2012

Collaborative Leadership Development at Capgemini Starts with Onboarding (Recording)

During this session, Ling Sian Tan from Capgemini explained the company’s Next Generation Learning (NGL) philosophy and how they have applied the NGL attitudes and principles to the design of their VP orientation program. See how one of the NGL attitudes – “Connect to Learn” – is driving the success of collaborative learning. She also reviewed fundamental principles that support the corporate attitude of “Connect to Learn”: Use the power of teams in connections Bring experience to create and co-create Connect with many in many ways Watch Video »

13 Mar 2012

Barn Raising at Hitachi Data Systems: Removing Barriers to Participation in Social Knowledge Co-Creation

"Because its function is to put knowledge to work — on tools, processes, and products; on work; on knowledge itself — it must be organized for constant change. It must be organized for innovation." --Peter Drucker, "The Post Capitalist Society" (1993) The fiercening of competition in our globally-connected world has accelerated the need to release products more quickly and innovate products and services to take advantage of emerging opportunities. The struggle for companies to reorganize for constant change has resulted in many oft-told tales: complaints about out-of-date documentation, confusion as to where one finds the latest documents, increased on-boarding time needed to ... Read More »

28 Feb 2012

Growing Interest in Social Learning: Results from a Recent Poll of Practitioners

For the last three years, Corporate University Xchange has been hosting an ongoing community of learning leaders who have an interest in advancing workforce learning through the use of social media (i.e., "social learning"). This community — the CorpU Social Learning Executive Council — includes many widely recognizable global brands: The monthly dialogue among senior leaders of these learning organizations has been timely, lively, and instructive: the leaders have shared their experiences about what has been working with respect to different approaches, tools, designs, and measurements of introducing technology-enhanced social learning across the enterprise. Over this time, the awareness, maturity, tactical ... Read More »

29 Dec 2011

SLEC 12.15.11 Meeting Recording: Taking the Pulse of Social Learning

During this month’s meeting, we reviewed the results of our “Taking the Pulse of Social Learning” survey. Then, all SLEC members in attendance shared their answers to the following three questions: Is leadership support for social learning at your company growing, remaining the same, or waning? Is budget support for social learning at your company growing, remaining the same, or waning? What are your plans/initiatives for social learning in 2012? This meeting served, in essence, as a focus group on the current state and direction of social learning. Everyone will receive a compilation and analysis of the responses ... Watch Video »

21 Dec 2011