Category: Trendspotters
TrendSpotters: The Last Hurrah
By Carol Haig, CPT, and Roger Addison, CPT, EdD Welcome to our final TrendSpotters column. Here we wrap up our efforts for 2012 and bring to a close 10 years of vibrant conversations with our many gracious guests. It has been an educational journey for us here at TrendSpotters Central, beginning with our first column [...]
TrendSpotters: 4 Motivational Switches
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Jimmy, the expert’s expert, to TrendSpotters this month. By all accounts a brilliant student, Dr. Jimmy, drjimmyexpert@gmail.com, relates that he mastered Latin, Greek, Yiddish, and Svengali before attending college.
TrendSpotters: The Knowledge Worker’s Tool Room
Welcome to Fred Nickols, CPT, tool maker for knowledge workers, our guest this month. Fred, fred@nickols.us, has been affiliated with ISPI since 1968. His professional background includes a career in the U.S. Navy, another in consulting, and two executive-level positions with former clients. Fred currently leads Distance Consulting LLC, where he focuses on the performance of organizations, operations, and individuals.
TrendSpotters: Success Map Template
Some years ago, Carol had a client who managed an 8-week classroom training program for financial professionals. They were hired and immediately enrolled in a rigorous course of study in financial products and selling skills.
TrendSpotters: atTract New Business
We are delighted to welcome Joanne Black to TrendSpotters this month. A colleague we have known and learned from for many years, Joanne, is a lifelong sales professional who is an authority on referral selling. Through her company, No More Cold Calling®, Joanne leads workshops, speaks at events, and offers consulting services to private clients.
TrendSpotters: HPT Book Group
We are delighted to welcome Tony Moore, CPT, to TrendSpotters. Tony, has been president of Moore Performance Improvement, Inc., based in Ohio, since 1993. Moore Performance helps clients with critical business issues. Tony cites Tom Gilbert and Joe Harless as his biggest professional influences. He describes himself as “really skilled at recognizing good methodology and then following it religiously.”
TrendSpotters: Where Were You In ’62?
Where were you in 1962? We took a quick survey here at TrendSpotters Central to answer that question. Roger was working at Teaching Machines Inc. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, while he figured out where to go to college and what to study. Carol was in her junior year at Bayside High School in New York City. She had never heard of human performance technology (HPT) or performance improvement.
TrendSpotters: WIIFM for the Environment
Our guest this month is Eric Landen, president of Landen Consulting, a firm specializing in environmental business strategy, ecosystem services, operational excellence, and organizational development and transformation.
TrendSpotters: The Case for Evidence-Based Practice
Our guest this month is Dick Clark, CPT, EdD, professor of Educational Psychology and Technology, and clinical research professor of Surgery at the University of California Rossier School of Education.
TrendSpotters: Showcasing the Updated Behavioral Engineering Model
At TrendSpotters Central, we continue to revisit established models and tools that practitioners have relied on over time to learn how their originators have adapted them to the changing workplace.
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