• Organizations want training.  Research shows that training does much more than grow skills. Those who receive good training feel that their company has invested in them. Interactive training sparks innovation, engages people and makes it significantly more likely that they will stay with the company and bring their heads, as well as their bodies, to work.

    The problem is how to invest in people, but achieve this with  short, affordable, effective training designs, that deliver a considerable amount of customized, sustainable learning and attitude change. Businesses need training interventions that provide

    • powerfully interactive experiences: they need these to cost as little as possible,
    • real lasting learning: they need these to take people off the job for the shortest time possible, and
    • engaging training experiences that spark innovation and collaboration: they need these to be custom targeted on the specific needs of their organization so that people feel  “invested in”

    It’s hard to blame them.  Organizations are “doing more with less,” and their alternatives are often minimal canned training, on-line non-collaborative training, or no training at all.

    CPS began addressing this need by using accelerated learning techniques, such as jigsaw training designs, often mixed with plays and/or multiple intelligence work.  These most powerful, interactive learning methods work well for all generations. The collaborative nature of the work is ideal for innovation and cross-functional problem solving. Continue reading »

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  • First there was IQ, then emotional intelligence. Studies show that EQ still beats IQ as a factor in business success, but now there is a new predictor for business that win, people that succeed, and economic achievement.

    CQ, or collaborative intelligence, combines the ability to think well, and to think collaboratively with other people. It is a key to innovation, corporate earnings, individual wealth and national success in the 21st Century. Continue reading »

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