Jul
29
2008

Inspiration(s) of Innovation- What’s Learning Got to Do With It?

One of the most exciting organizational capabilities and talent competencies is innovation.  While undoubtedly innovation inspires more innovation, what stimulates innovation at its root?   Moving past the “chicken-egg” reflection, who could argue that learning inspires new thought and hence innovation?  Learning is undergoing a revolution, drawing on new technology with a global reach.  I hope you’ll weigh in on how learning inspires innovation and share your thoughts on learning technologies and tools that further break-through ideas and related practices.  

The above cartoon implies that break-thru thinking is needed to inspire innovation :-)  What are the learning practices in your organization that inspire innovation?

Please also join our post webcast discussion…

Title: Leverage Learning Innovations for Millennial Talent Management
When: Wed, Aug 20 2008 / 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET
 
Presented By: Jeanne C. Meister , Founder New Learning Playbook  blog, New Learning Playbook
Allan Schweyer , Exec. Director & SVP, Research , Talent Economy blog, Human Capital Institute (HCI) 
Register:  Click Here »
 
 
Over 80 million people born between the years 1982 and 1994, referred to as the “Millennial Generation,” are entering the workforce with expectations about learning that are vastly different from traditional approaches. They have grown up on Facebook and have social networking in their DNA.
This webcast will cover innovative approaches to re-invent corporate learning capabilities. Leverage peer-to-peer learning, collaboration, and “wearable learning” to integrate learning with productivity and how work is done by the Millennial generation.

Don’t miss these webcast take aways:

  1. Identify the needs for learning and career development for four generations in the workplace–with a focus on recent research about Millennials
    2. Define benefits and barriers to investing in Web 2.0 technologies for corporate learning and talent development
    3. Integrate corporate social networking into your new talent on-boarding
    4. Create online communities of practice for various job families

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