Performance Matters Blog
- August 16, 2022
5 Powerful Conversations L&D Leaders Should Have with their Business Partners
How do you build trust and engage your business leaders? Responding to the continuously changing business ecosystem where the work,...
- August 12, 2022
State of Disruption: A Snapshot of the Automotive Industry
I took a 13-year time-out from my 40+-year career in autos to run a tech company. (With impeccable timing: I...
- July 11, 2022
The Future of L&D
With so many changes taking place in the learning space, Learning & Development (L&D) can now get future ready. From...
- July 1, 2022
The Metaverse and Corporate Learning
Virtual reality (VR), extended reality (XR), the metaverse. Many organizations are grappling with how to use these technologies effectively. Michael...
- May 27, 2022
XR Learning Programs for Lean Organizations
Most of our personal and work lives take place in the cloud. The cloud is the global network of software...
- May 13, 2022
The Return to In-Person Training with Lessons from a Virtual World
In the early parts of 2020, companies around the world had to rapidly shift their training plans away from in-person...
- April 29, 2022
Rethinking Design for Sustainable Learning
The past two years have shown that learning and development (L&D) can deliver experiences at scale with a hybrid strategy...
- April 15, 2022
It’s Time to Gauge Your Organizational Resilience: Here Are the Top Five Indicators
In the midst of a pandemic, social unrest, and political challenges facing our world, many are turning their attention to...
- April 7, 2022
Human-Centered Design Is Critical for Digital Learning: 8 Ways to Make Sure It Works for You
In its infancy, digital learning was largely seen as one learner sitting in front of a computer working through text-based...
- March 25, 2022
Automotive Retail: Tips for a Stronger Field Force
Automakers spend massive amounts of money and resources on supporting their franchised dealers. On the front line of that effort...
- March 15, 2022
Unleash Your Organization’s Innovation Potential
In an ever-changing work environment, there is increasing demand for innovation and new ways of working—whether it’s pressure from your...
- March 11, 2022
The Reality of Extended Reality in Learning and Development
What Is Extended Reality? Extended reality (XR) is a catch-all term for virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed...
- February 11, 2022
Organizational Change: Working Through Ambiguity
Get clear on organizational ambiguity Ambiguity, in short, means there is room for more than one interpretation. Thanks to a...
- February 3, 2022
It’s Crunch Time: What’s the Future for L&D?
You can find transformation everywhere. From how we travel via apps, to how we cook using YouTube, and even down...
- January 21, 2022
Seven Learning Trends to Adopt and Develop in 2022
Failure can become our most powerful path to learning if we’re willing to choose courage over comfort. —Brené Brown Organizations...
- January 11, 2022
Lessons from a US Navy Pilot: How L&D Can Use a Root Cause Analysis to Eliminate Future Mistakes
Learning and Development (L&D) professionals can sometimes find themselves in situations where their solutions fall short of the desired learner...
- January 7, 2022
4 Steps to Improve Your Engagement
Resolutions for Personal and Professional Achievement Full disclosure: A version of this blog appeared nearly a decade ago. Its principles...
- December 30, 2021
GP Strategies’ Top 10 Resources of 2021
Leadership & Learning Strategies for Workforce Transformation 2021 has taught us the importance of being flexible. Our traditional assumptions about...
- July 27, 2021
6 Tips to Get Your Measurement Mojo Back
Has it been a while since your last employee engagement survey? Are you ready to re-engage but don’t know where to start? Here are six…
- June 18, 2021
Retaining Tacit Knowledge: The Aging Aerospace and Defense Workforce
As the aerospace and defense workforce approaches retirement, organizations need a plan for supplementing the critical tribal knowledge learned on-the-job that will be lost.

