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Recent Posts

Building a Culture of Curiosity

Learning programs only succeed when everyone buys in. Naysayers -- perhaps a senior finance person or an employee with a bad attitude -- can stymie such programs and need to be dealt with -- the sooner the better.

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Dealing with WIIFM

Getting employees to embrace training can be as fun as herding cats.

Adult learners often ask, 'Why do I have to do this?' or more likely, 'What's in it for me?'

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Have Your Experts Tell Stories People Want to Hear

Synapse® was founded on the simple premise that all too often, companies fail because the collective knowledge of their in-house professionals goes uncaptured and unnoticed.

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When Employees Cry Tears of Joy for Training

As the L&D function is currently being redesigned and redeveloped -- especially as there may soon be a Chief Experience Officer, as referenced in a previous blogpost -- learning leaders are looking for more ways to engage their internal customers.

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Welcome, Chief Experience Officer, We've Been Expecting You

Employees must be seen as continuous learners, consuming technology as they would on their own.

Applicants and even longstanding employees are increasingly viewing a role less as a job and more as an experience.

The human resources function is at a crossroads. OK, so it's been at a crossroads for...

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Online Universities Get a C+, But You Don't Have To

How You Can Thrive When Dealing with an Uncertain Market

The news last month that the parent company of the University of Phoenix (UoP) was sold for $1.1 billion to buyout fund Apollo Global Management is no surprise: online universities have not provided the bottom-line results they've promised...

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