Stress is one of the most common and insidious factors which affects the health of individuals. It delivers a one-two punch of negatively impacting mental and physical health. That’s why National Stress Awareness Month is a vital highlight…

Companies that don’t keep up with the times will quickly find themselves behind the times, and this is where building a learning culture comes in. Not only should companies keep abreast of trends in the work world, but…

The work world seems to be settling into an uneasy truce between workers who want to remain full-time, work-from-home (WFH) employees, and the managers who want them to return to their cubicles and desks. As a compromise, hybrid…

Some folks in the corporate world say that soft skills should be a thing of the past. To be clear, they’re not calling for the skills themselves to be abolished, or saying they’re no longer useful, but they…

Chances are very good that you’ve purchased something online. Maybe you’ve bought a pair of shoes or booked a family vacation. Whatever the case, you’ve taken part in ecommerce. That means you should have digital footprint awareness and…

The gold painted letters on the frosted-glass door read, “A. Trainer, Private Eye,” and told her she was in the right place. She knocked. “It’s open,” a whiskey-soaked voice called. She entered and stared at the lanky figure…

Sometimes you want to share a bit of information to everyone who has you listed as a contact without directly sending them a message. That’s where personal notes are useful in Skype for Business. Personal notes are short…

One-quarter of respondents to a recent poll say they expect learning with user-generated content (learners creating and sharing their own learning materials or content) to increase. In addition to user-generated content being used for learning, it is also…

I’ve been thinking a lot about digital badges lately. And I have some questions. Are they good? Bad? A fad? I guess my questions boil down to: what is their value? Compared to traditional means of showing academic…

“Lies, damn lies, and statistics” is credited to Mark Twain, Benjamin Disraeli, and others; regardless of where it originated that sentiment can be held by a business owner drowning in data. Data can anchor your business, but is…

Everything we do these days is shared, so why not learning? I teach you, you teach me, and we all learn together in collaboration. Everyone has something to offer, a viewpoint with value. I’ve often taken the stance…