High-Stakes Games: Corporate Learning and Football
This Sunday, February 1, 2015 is Super Bowl XLIX, arguably the most popular professional sports championship of the year. The New England Patriots will battle the Seattle Seahawks for the winner-take-all title. With two closely matched teams facing off, let’s take a look at what both sides will need to do in order to take...
Read moreWhat Matters Most to the Training Industry in 2015
As we kick off another exciting year at Raytheon Professional Services (RPS) we are focused on what will matter most to the training industry in the coming months. In order to determine some key areas of emphasis for 2015, we assessed market conditions, our customer needs, technology advancements and workforce demands. Here are five...
Read moreLearning To Make Whole-Brain Decisions
It’s a given. Business is about numbers. In fact, the impetus behind many decisions often arises out of a numerical issue. The CFO might propose, “We’re spending X thousands of dollars a year on Y – How can we do it for a lot less?” This kind of logical, A + B = C reasoning...
Read moreTraining Trends for 2014: Innovation
Part four of a series reviewing Training Trends for 2014. Check out other insightful perspectives here. In 2013, new tools and technologies continued to change the way we approached and implemented training programs and solutions. Budget constraints continued to push organizations to innovate and find more cost-effective solutions for training and developing a fast moving,...
Read moreAdapt or Die: How Front Line Principles from an American General Can Aide the Training Industry
Raytheon Professional Services recently attended and participated in the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) conference in Dallas, Texas. During the conference, our team had the opportunity to listen to Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch, former head of all U.S. Army installations, provide his viewpoints on the importance of adapting to the challenges of the...
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