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I have been vocal about our profession’s inability to be viewed as strategic players in the boardroom of corporate executives. Now I believe we are approaching a new frontier for our industry.
Our industry really took off in the 70’s with the popularity of leadership training. Then in the 80’s, with the advent of the personal computer, we created innovative products and services on learning how to use the computer - as well as how to use the computer to learn. Still growing in importance, although not as popular as other advancements, the last few years brought a huge shift in managed learning services.
So what’s next? I believe it is around what Thomas Friedman, author of the book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, claims is the green revolution. Recent conversations with investors in the training industry believe this also. I would argue that the creation of many new alternatives for energy will create a boom in the compliance training market. And if you are a training professional, it could mean many new job opportunities for young entrepreneurs and college graduates.
So as government is asking all of us to to conserve and keep our environment ‘green’, I’m asking all training professionals to submit your ideas or comments on how we can help in finding ways to better educate and train workers to conserve and create innovative learning products and services for the green and energy industry. Your ideas will be used in our winter issue of the Training Industry Quarterly , the industry’s only completely green magazine for training professionals.
