At Agilent Technologies, creating a sustainable competitive advantage drives learning and development.

2009 brings an array of new challenges for corporate learning and development executives: do more with fewer resources, identify new cost efficiencies, and align more closely with talent management.

Daisy Ng, senior vice president of talent management at Darden Restaurants, talks about building organizational capability, capacity, and engagement at Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze, and Seasons 52.

Baby boomers may be hanging around in the workplace longer than imagined, which gives learning executives time to mine their brains for critical knowledge.

Even in the current turbulent and challenging economic times, learning executives are cautiously optimistic about the capabilities of their learning functions for the coming six months. While nearly one-third of the respondents expect overall conditions w

Convincing upper management to use simulation-based learning is part of the battle.

It's understandable for senior executives to be dubious about the new era of 3-D games and immersive worlds now making their entrance onto the corporate learning stage. Al

A decidedly different measure of success drives learning and development at the U.S. General Services Administration.

Linda Osgood, director of the Human Capital Asset Management Division in the General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service

Will the virtual world be the best place for learning? A research team at North Carolina State University has developed a new way to measure how "real" online virtual worlds can be.

As the economy continues to sour, how worried should you be about your learning organization? There is plenty to chew on in the new ASTD State of the Industry report.