The Progressive Corp. in Cleveland uses TeckChek to measure the efficacy of its own training programs. Progressive's manager of IS training, Pat Grimm, notes that the test also allows the company to check the instructors who are sent by vendors to teach the courses. Grimm has been shocked by the poor scores that some so-called experts have received. But, you know, she wasn't really amused. Sun Microsystems Inc. He goes on to highlight the benefits of geographical technology clusters in which venture capitalists rub elbows with programmers who meet hardware designers who eat with university faculty, producing a crosspollination of ideas.
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Thoughtful and well-documented, The Growth Warriors hits the mark. We recently caught up with Mark Weiser, chief technologist at PARC, to see what's cooking at the lab and how the new technologies he's working on might find their way into the business world. In the corporate world it will make people more effective. They can compute while doing other work or talking to people. One sample use is in capturing the context of meetings.