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To improve our knowledge sharing in the year to come, we need to move into the Information Age, where knowledge is on demand; where learning can be fit to me as opposed to me having to fit everything to it.

Consumer brands know they need to keep developing effective new strategies quickly and capture the opportunities in order to survive in China. This has led to the emergence of a new senior executive role at retail brand owners operating in China: the strategic business planner, who directly reports to the China CEO.

Video can facilitate more effective training and higher levels of retention through live Webcasting and dynamic on-demand training modules that employees can watch and process at their own pace.

Dallas-based Allegro Development is a global leader in developing energy trading and risk management software. Allegro provides customers with agile solutions to manage risk across natural gas, power, coal, crude oil, petroleum products, emissions, and other commodity markets, allowing decision-makers to execute with confidence. Recognizing that possessing industry knowledge is central to the success in the delivery of its offering, Allegro maintains an industry-specific knowledge commitment for its employees in the industries where its customers do business.

In this fourth installment of the Skills Gap series, we look at how technology can help bridge skill gaps, available technologies and how to choose the right ones for your organization, and how to determine the training budget for these technologies.

By Lorri Freifeld Technology isn’t the silver bullet solution to the skill gaps—technical, leadership, soft skills, and more—many companies continue to face. But it can help to narrow the distance between the skills employers seek and the skills employees bring to the table.

By Tracy Streebel, VP Marketing, Inavero

By Jill Attkisson, Global Insights and Innovations Research Leader, and Carol Sladek, Partner and Work-Life Consulting Leader, Aon Hewitt

By Lorri Freifeld Never underestimate the power of a Black Belt. Verizon set its sights on operational excellence in 2012, implementing Verizon Lean Six Sigma (VLSS) to transform its culture, satisfy customers, and improve processes that drive results and increase profitability and shareholder value. One of the first VLSS initiatives focused specifically on Learning Effectiveness and led to reduced training time and a projected $4 million savings by the end of 2012.