Comments on: Opportunities in difficult times

By: Harold Jarche » Wake up and smell the coffee

Harold Jarche » Wake up and smell the coffee — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:57:50 +0000

[...] I said in Opportunities in Difficult Times, there may be a silver lining, but not for everyone in our business. When your department is number [...]

By: Jay Cross

Jay Cross — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:01:25 +0000

Responding to Beth’s observation, I think economic Darwinsim comes into play. Tough times thin the herd. Corporations that don’t find social networking compelling are living without a clue. Many lack the stamina to survive the trials ahead.

By: Dealing with Tough Times « eLearning Weekly

Dealing with Tough Times « eLearning Weekly — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:21:30 +0000

[...] Jarche wrote an excellent blog post yesterday called "Opportunities in difficult times." It’s definitely worth a read. Harold explains that there are opportunities out there [...]

By: Harold Jarche

Harold Jarche — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:26:50 +0000

The training department may want to retreat to what is known, but this is an opportunity for training & development folks to show how they can help the organisation. I’m not even talking about extremely innovative approaches here, but a shift from training delivery to performance improvement. The innovation will be in applying it to your particular circumstances. Things like – “here’s how we can save money and still get new hires up to speed” or “let’s support the sales force with web based job aids so they don’t need as much training” – might get more attention when everyone is focused on the bottom line.

By: Beth Chmielowski

Beth Chmielowski — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:18:36 +0000

Harold, agree that there’s a clear case to be made for innovative approaches to learning, now more than ever. How do you respond to clients that may still see this as risky or experimental? Have you found that when budgets are being curtailed, there is a tendency to retreat to what is known?

By: Jon Husband

Jon Husband — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:13:12 +0000

I agree with you.