This article from Ingeborg:
Recruiting, training and managing will continue to be in great demand, but they are about to undergo substantial change. Prominent thought leaders in the field of learning and work (Malcolm Gladwell, Howard Gardner and Richard Florida) forecast the skills that will be needed in the upcoming labor market and the future challenges for workplace training. How will organizations attract and retain top talent? What will be the prevailing personality of the next generation of managers? The reflections consider characteristics of the future workforce, the importance of learning in hiring and retention, the changing role of trainers, and the importance of coaching.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Today's term
Being here at the ASTD 2008 Conference in the US I've had the chance to update my knowledge of the training world. Yes, the emphasis is on the training world in the US, but there is a very strong international contingent. There are 100 members of the NVO2 group from the Netherlands alone, and a very strong representation from South America, all parts of Asia and the Middle East. Germany has a huge area reserved in the Expo, the trade show portion of the conference.
Anyhoo, today's term is "SME". In my experience, recently updated by my interactions here, has always been that "SME" is the equivalent of the Dutch "MKB", small and medium enterprises. However, the most common use of "SME" in the training world appears to be "Subject Matter Expert." These are the content-providers within companies: those who provide the technical background and knowledge for training: technicians, professors, and others who provide the raw content matter for the particular training that is being delivered. A minor use of the term "SME" is "self-made expert", someone who by the dint of their own efforts has become an authority on a given subject.
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Anyhoo, today's term is "SME". In my experience, recently updated by my interactions here, has always been that "SME" is the equivalent of the Dutch "MKB", small and medium enterprises. However, the most common use of "SME" in the training world appears to be "Subject Matter Expert." These are the content-providers within companies: those who provide the technical background and knowledge for training: technicians, professors, and others who provide the raw content matter for the particular training that is being delivered. A minor use of the term "SME" is "self-made expert", someone who by the dint of their own efforts has become an authority on a given subject.
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Sunday, June 1, 2008
Repatriation
This adaptation from an email to a colleague:
"How is it being back in the US? Being here is great. It's a different world. Even though it's my own country, it's always a shock coming back: the tempo, the commercialization, what's important/not important. When I come back here I think back to my adopted country and think of all those people there who are warning against the "Americanization" of Europe, the Netherlands in particular. Sure, there are some trends, largely symbolic, that may look American to an outsider. But in terms of what these trends mean in terms of value systems . . . Like I said, it's a different world."
"How is it being back in the US? Being here is great. It's a different world. Even though it's my own country, it's always a shock coming back: the tempo, the commercialization, what's important/not important. When I come back here I think back to my adopted country and think of all those people there who are warning against the "Americanization" of Europe, the Netherlands in particular. Sure, there are some trends, largely symbolic, that may look American to an outsider. But in terms of what these trends mean in terms of value systems . . . Like I said, it's a different world."
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