One is technology's impact on training and the second is the drive for corporate competitive advantage. The hurricane-like changes in technology, and the urgency around time to market have created a skills gap of huge proportions. In the past several years companies have watched their intellectual capital walk out the door for more money and other incentives. That is a tangible, fiscal reality. I have taken the liberty of adding some thoughts of my own.
Constant change is inevitable.
This article began with the assumption that learning has come into its own. Companies are realizing the importance of the interdependence between online learning, knowledge management, collaboration, and content in providing an overall strategy for corporate competitiveness. Learning has come into its own because revenues reap respect. Most recently Bourret was a senior analyst with Hurwitz Group, an analyst and research firm providing strategic guidance with e-Business initiatives. Clients include Fortune 2000 IT organizations as well as B2B software and services vendors.