Posts From: Tim Sosbe

I’ve been reading reports again, and I’m ready to make a prediction. You’re sitting there right now thinking about change. How to manage it, how to cope with it, how to create it.

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – or whatever winter holiday you celebrate – most places around the world. The most obvious signs? Bright lights, cold weather and analysts rolling out their forecasts on what 2012 will bring for the training industry, the annual flood of valuable information to help you make educated decisions as we move forward. It’s an exciting time and the food for thought will be flowing freely.

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As the popular book (and new movie) Moneyball shows, baseball is a game of numbers with scientifically determined pathways to success. The same is true for training, even if the computations are more difficult and the stakes more important. Can training be managed with the same statistical exactness? We need a Brad Pitt to show us the way.

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It’s always a loss when someone dies, and the more that person contributed to the fabric of society, the deeper the loss is felt. When Apple founder and resident genius Steve Jobs died Wednesday, he left behind a company, a community, a worldwide legacy that will not be forgotten. But he left a lot more than that too.

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Anytime learning leaders gather you can be sure there will be an open exchange of ideas and a frank discussion of problems and solutions. You can also expect, especially these days, to hear about how technology impacts education. At the recent CLO & Talent Management Forum, the talk this year was about perceptions, participation, coaching, content and tools, ranging from learning portals and communities of practice to invisible gorillas and Cookie Doodle. Training is a rich tapestry.

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One of the opportunities – or challenges– of training is the need to remain on the cutting edge. Technology enables that visionary approach, but training professionals must still be the guinea pigs for all types of new systems and approaches. Learning how to communicate quickly and efficiently is one of the highest hurdles to clear.

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Here’s a statement I hope you’ll agree with: There’s just something about training that’s extremely cinematic. Think about the elements we see every day: The hard work, the ever-shifting mentor-mentee relationship, the agonies of defeat and the multi-layered joys of success. Take all those elements, add a soundtrack and some fluid cinematography, and Oscars are lined up and waiting.

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In his State of the Union address, President Obama announced the launch of Startup America, a public-private partnership designed to create jobs and fuel the economy through innovation and entrepreneurship. While it’s still early in the process, the concept promises to create opportunity for the training industry. It’s going to take passion, innovation and vision. Are you ready to help?

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Now that we’re living in the cloud and into the second decade of the 21st Century, the future seems to be here. But in truth, the “future” is like “tomorrow” … it’s an unattainable goal that’s always just out of reach. That doesn’t stop people from making educated – and often accurate – predictions about the time in front of us. Jump with me onto that bandwagon and let’s see where we’re going next.

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TV fans are in for a good show next February, when “Jeopardy” presents a unique event, pitting its two top human champions against Watson, an artificial intelligence computer created by IBM. For the training industry, this is more than just another ratings stunt: It’s a good glimpse into a possible future that’s not just powered by technology, but driven by it. Answer: A brave new world where computers do more than store data. Question: What lies ahead?

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