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Continue reading →: Chief Learning Officer Magazine Takes Miami – Day 2Kate Everson and I recapping the days events on day 2 of the Chief Learning Officer magazine Spring Symposium at the Trump National Doral in Miami, FL.
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Continue reading →: LinkedIn to Acquire Lynda.com for $1.5 Billion in Notable Effort to Link Education and Global OpportunityToday, LinkedIn Corp. announced it has agreed to buy Lynda.com, an online learning company based in Carpinteria, California, in a deal valued at $1.5 billion. The deal is expected to close second quarter this year, and LinkedIn will pay some 52 percent in cash and 48 percent stock for the company.…
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Continue reading →: Must We State the Obvious? Jay Z’s more than a Black BusinessmanSo Jay Z launched Tidal.com this week, his new music streaming service. I poked around a little. It looks like a haven for music lovers. For a fee you can gorge yourself on whatever genre of music you want, and apparently you’ll be able to access exclusive content from artists…
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Continue reading →: Trevor Noah, I’m Looking Forward to this
I don’t watch much TV – Scandal and House of Cards don’t count because I watch them online – but I occasionally caught Jon Stewart and/or blogged about what he was up to. South African comedian Trevor Noah has been selected to succeed him. If this video is representative of what’s…
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Continue reading →: Indiana Is Officially Not Gay FriendlyIndiana Governor Mike Pence made it legal this past week for businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers in the name of “religious freedom.” There is one big thing wrong with that statement — besides the obvious — and its one word: legal. What’s next? Will it be legal…
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Continue reading →: My Three Cures For Diversity FatigueI spent most of last week at the 27th annual Forum on Workplace Inclusion in Minneapolis. “Making Waves” was the theme, and it was perfect. Over the past 40 years, making waves is something diversity hasn’t done much of. A few ripples here and there maybe, but for the most part,…
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Continue reading →: Uber Wants 1 Million Female Drivers by 2020In a recent blog post, car service app Uber pledged to sign up 1 million female drivers globally by 2020. Currently, some 14 percent of its 160,000 drivers in the U.S. are female. The company didn’t offer comparable global figures, but apparently it adds thousands of new drivers each month.…
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Continue reading →: Women Will Hold Back Their Opinions To Avoid The “B” Word – BossyAccording to an online survey Deloitte Global conducted in February and March of more than 1,700 professionals, 65 percent believe their organization is improving representation of senior women thanks to flexible work programs, gender diversity targets and executive commitment. But, while 80 percent of respondents believe ideas were welcomed in…
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Continue reading →: $1.55M MOOC Project to Expand Global EducationThe U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and CourseTalk.com, an online course review company, are launching a two-year, $1.55 million project to expand quality education and career training globally. The companies have committed cash resources of $1.05 million, plus an additional $500,000 of in-kind services and support. The two-year initiative, Advancing MOOCs for…
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