Digital Intelligence Series Part One: A New Kind of Intelligence

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by Ryan Kehr | November 19, 2020

Whatever their industry, whatever their role, few things are more critical to an organization’s wellbeing than leaders that are equipped to take advantage of the digital world we now inhabit. Today’s leaders need not only the awareness and knowledge of digital matters, but the acumen and mindset to apply that awareness and knowledge. As learning and development professionals, it’s imperative that we make sure our organization’s leaders get on board with a new capability: Digital Intelligence. The digital revolution Over the last twenty-plus years, new digital technologies have emerged with breathtaking speed. Communication tools like Slack and Zoom have changed […]

Leadership Imperatives for Success: Reskilling for Opportunity (3 of 3)

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by Larry Clark | November 4, 2020

Since Covid-19 struck, the primary response by many organizations has been to focus on protecting its people, protecting the firm, and just getting through things. When there’s so much upheaval, mind-boggling change, and such profound uncertainty, this seems to be the obvious and sensible course. Some organizations, on the other hand, also saw the fog of uncertainty as a singular opportunity to not just shift their game strategy, but to rewrite the rules of the game itself. This shift in leadership approach was just one of many we observed in organizations adapting rapidly to the pandemic, and we wanted to […]

Leadership Imperatives for Success: Cultivating Trust (2 of 3)

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by Larry Clark | October 20, 2020

Early in my career, I worked for a large tech firm where employees frequently talked about The Deal—the sum of all the explicit and implicit aspects of give vs. get between the employee and the firm. There were the obvious aspects of compensation, benefits, advancement, working conditions, etc. But the less obvious aspects of The Deal held much more power—things like leader support, being part of a technology “movement” we were trying to create to better society, or the freedom and autonomy to work out a unique, maybe crazy idea that might never get any traction but was worth trying […]

How L&D Can Build Inclusive Learning Programs

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by Cevin Owens | October 13, 2020

In the keynote opening of our 2020 Partners’ Meeting this past June, Frances Frei said, “Meaningful change only happens quickly. With inclusion, do it quickly and do it now. Do it without a sense of perfection, simply do it better tomorrow than you do today.” That is the spirit in which I’m writing this blog. Andrea Lipton and I hosted a Partners’ Meeting session on “Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging: Retaining and Leveraging Diverse Talent in the Next Normal”, where we discussed some of the ways to start building more inclusive learning as a T&D organization. We discussed and distributed ideas […]

Seven Conversations about Inclusion That Leaders Should Be Having Now

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by Laura Morgan Roberts | October 2, 2020

A host of leaders today are pledging to ensure their organizations are diverse, inclusive, and equitable. Yet many struggle with where to begin. And with how to make changes that are deep and enduring—not just cosmetic and reactive. As Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, my research and consulting focus is on building diverse organizations and communities. This was the topic of Leadership Qualities that Enable Organizational Inclusivity, a webinar I recently conducted for Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning. I offered seven conversations that leaders should be having—but typically aren’t—about diversity, inclusion, and positive […]