Dispelling Common Microlearning Myths

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by Dora Gao | November 30, 2017

Meeting the time-crunch challenge with microlearning We hear a lot these days about microlearning, an approach that meets today’s time-crunch challenge by providing learning opportunities in short multimedia bursts across a variety of devices. Microlearning is well-suited to the interests and style of today’s learners. They’re comfortable with technology, always have a device on hand, and understand that continuous learning and the agility to quickly adapt to change are crucial to career and personal growth. Organizations are finding that employee recruitment and retention depend on their ability to provide employees – especially Millennials – opportunities to learn, grow, and develop. […]

Reimagining Executive Development: What I Learned In Amsterdam

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by Dalia Molokhia | November 27, 2017

I had the pleasure of attending and heading up a session at the 9th Executive Development Knowledge Exchange Conference hosted by iVentiv earlier this month in the heart of Amsterdam’s thriving city centre. Through my interactions with all of the participating learning leaders, I was yet again reminded of the famous quote by William Ford Gibson who said, “The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed.” In the world of executive development, it certainly describes the current state we’re in. We kicked the day off with a collaborative learning café in which the participants discussed four main […]

Crafting A Career That’s A “Fascinating Journey”

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by Elaine Backman | November 20, 2017

Vinod Parmeshwar’s career at Oxfam America has been “a fascinating journey.” He began by helping set up a large microfinance program for the organization. From there, he moved into communications, serving as Oxfam America’s first brand manager. He then became deputy director of the policy and campaigns division. The next stop on Vinod’s “fascinating journey” was human resources, which he now heads up. When he spoke with us about his career for our latest updates to Harvard ManageMentor®, he explained: “My journey has been propelled, in part, by my own values and how I preferred to move in the absence […]

Adapt, Innovate, Transform: Key Takeaways From Our Kuala Lumpur Forum

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by Neil Porter | November 17, 2017

What does it take to overcome the challenges of today’s global business? Insights from our recent Leadership Forum in Kuala Lumpur shed light on the relationship between leadership, corporate culture, and digital transformation. Our Kuala Lumpur forum convened learning leaders to hear from thought leadership experts and to share their own journeys with one another. Keynote Scott Anthony, co-author of the new Harvard Business Review book “Dual Transformation: How to Reposition Today’s Business While Creating the Future,” illustrated the need for organizations to simultaneously reimagine their current offerings, while creating innovative new transformational offerings. Two virtual sessions highlighted just how […]

The Science Behind The Art Of Storytelling

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by Lani Peterson | November 14, 2017

This is the first of two posts co-written by Lani and Vanessa Boris, Senior Manager, Video Solutions at Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning. Storytelling has the power to engage, influence, teach and inspire listeners. That’s why we argue for organizations to build a storytelling culture and place storytelling at the heart of their learning programs. There’s an art to telling a good story, and we all know a good story when we hear one. But there’s also a science behind the art of storytelling. Here’s how it works, starting with the science of the non-story: We’ve all listened to (and […]