Performance Matters Blog
- June 16, 2021
Addressing the Technology Skills Gap in Aerospace and Defense
Though the next generation of aerospace & defense workers have grown up with modern technology, how can they gain knowledge that can only be acquired…
- May 21, 2021
Getting Started with Learning in the Flow of Work: Make Learning a Part of Your Everyday
Online training can leave learners passive and isolated, but, it’s possible to make learning a part of everyday work, and to deliver it effectively.
- May 11, 2021
Rebuilding, Reskilling, and Reenergizing the Commercial Airline Workforce
As travel picks up again, airlines are going to need to staff up. But how will the knowledge and skills that dropped out of the…
- April 15, 2021
Aprendendo com nossos vizinhos: aplicando práticas ágeis para L&D
More L&D departments are moving toward the agile way of working for a consistent, fast, and industry-informed delivery of workforce learning needs.
- April 15, 2021
Learning From Our Neighbors: Applying Agile Practices to L&D
More L&D departments are moving toward the agile way of working for a consistent, fast, and industry-informed delivery of workforce learning needs.
- February 3, 2021
Future Workplace: Viability of Virtual and Augmented Reality for Business and Learning Professionals
Many companies are interested in using AR and VR but don’t know where to get started. Read about the differences between them and how companies…
- December 24, 2020
8 Truths to Shape Your Success
I’ve spent the better part of the year talking and writing about resilience, personal and organizational engagement strategies, and future-proofing...
- May 27, 2020
Attention: What Is Remote Work? Not This.
“I am working more hours now than I did before. I am exhausted. Remote work is exhausting; I honestly can’t...
- May 19, 2020
Reskilling Dealerships for the New Normal from Surviving to Thriving
No one could have predicted the ways in which 2020 would expose organizational vulnerabilities while simultaneously forcing those same organizations...
- April 30, 2020
In the Future of Work, Learning Is Beautiful
I have seen the future, and I want to tell you about it. For the last few years, I have...
- April 21, 2020
Future-Prepare Yourself with Transferable Skills
Have you ever worried about the future of your job? Given that the unemployment rate in the US has jumped...
- April 17, 2020
Virtual Design Thinking: Can It Work?
Overnight your world has shifted. You have experienced an accelerated workforce transformation from in-person to virtual. Everyone is adjusting to...
- February 7, 2020
Webinar Q&A | 5 Learning Trends for 2020: Rehumanizing L&D for the Workforce of the Future
The needs of today’s learners are changing in challenging ways. On one hand, learners’ thirst for anywhere/anytime digital learning is...
- January 15, 2020
The Gift of Being Wrong
Some of us found our way to L&D because we were happiest in the classroom, while others are here to...
- October 13, 2019
Train Your Brain (and Avoid Brain Drain)!
As a learning practitioner, I often think about what I do in my life outside of work to learn new...
- September 4, 2019
Decision-Making Hacks for Leaders
Consider this—some sources indicate that the average person makes 35,000 decisions a day,* so the ability to make decisions quickly...
- August 20, 2019
Workforce of the Future – Workforce of the Past
We spend a lot of time focusing on the workforce of the future and our needs as a business to...
- August 5, 2019
Even Socrates went to the Marketplace: Soft Skills for ISDs and Other Thinkers
Like many intellectuals and creatives, we ISDs tend to be a bunch of beautiful eccentrics. That’s a great thing: our...
- July 23, 2019
Bridging the Skills Trade Gap: Ways to Ensure Future Success
The most pressing issue facing North American manufacturing is the lack of qualified technical labor. According to the U.S. Census...
- June 6, 2019
Using Design Thinking to Be Better L&D Business Partners
A senior manager in a learning organization recently said, “The business is our most important client; they have the money.”...

