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CLO Symposium: Day 1 Recap
For attendees of the 2023 CLO Symposium, Day 1 felt like returning to summer camp after a long year — or four — of not seeing your favorite camp buddies. Festivities began Sunday evening with the 13th annual LearningElite Awards Gala, where 59 learning and development organizations were honored for their outstanding achievements in L&D, including KPMG LLP, this year’s recipient of the prestigious LearningElite Organization of the Year award.
Microcredentials and badges are the future
A traditional four-year degree has long been the gold standard indicator of an individual’s ability to perform well in a career of their choice. But the world we live in at the height of the Information Age is much different (i.e., faster-paced) than it was decades ago. The need for agility is only increasing in the workplace and elsewhere. There are valid questions about how well traditional educational pathways serve this need for speed in our advancing world. Today, the .
Congratulations to the 2023 Learning in Practice Award Winners
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Essential skills today’s leaders need to navigate ambiguity and activate talent
In today’s quickly shifting business landscape, leaders and employees are facing global economic challenges, rapid advancements in artificial intelligence and frequent corporate restructuring. The speed of change is overwhelming for many leaders and employees. Choices aren’t clear-cut and the future is unpredictable, thus leaders and employees need more than directives, targets and traditional performance reviews.
Manage conflict across organizations more constructively: Learn through story listening
It feels like the first day of school! It’s exciting to think about the new relationships that will develop and the conversations we’ll have with design and development teammates, subject matter experts, stakeholders and members of the target audience. In the “honeymoon stage,” everything is new, conversations are intriguing and ideas are flowing in every interaction. This is an instructional designer’s dream. However, reality can be a rude awakening.
Letter: Pull those statues down
The argument that offensive statues should be left standing because they are a part of our history is disingenuous. Nobody argues that we should erect a statue to Adolf Hitler or Joseph Goebbels, and these are men who inspired many Americans to fight (and die) so that other people could be free from murderous tyranny. They are a part of our history. We don't have statues of Hitler and Goebbels, not because they were not American, but because they represent values that Americans abhor.
Here’s How Higher Education Was Destroyed in 5 Basic Steps
A few years back, Paul E. Lingenfelter began his report on the defunding of public education by saying, “In 1920 H.G. Wells wrote, ‘History is becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe.’ I think he got it right. Nothing is more important to the future of the United States and the world than the breadth and effectiveness of education, especially of higher education.
Article: What Does Trump's Pardon of Sheriff Arpaio Signify?
What does this signify? Trump has assaulted the system of justice in the United States. His crime was repeatedly disobeying a specific, personal court order and ordering the people he supervised to continue violating the constitutional rights of American citizens if they didn't look white enough. It wasn't a violation of an existing law. It was a direct repudiation and failure to obey the court.
The .01% Solution: How to Pamper a Plutocrat Pet
Does your dog lack muscle tone? Want Fido to surf alongside you? Is he or she in need of a personal stylist? Few Hamptonites would face the summer without indulging in a facial or taking a paddle board lesson. So why shouldn’t Buddy? Look no further than Hamptons Canine Concierge, a consortium of dog experts that seems to believe that what’s good for the master is good for the hound.
Shelter Island’s Ram’s Head Inn is for sale
Ah, memories of dining at the Ram’s Head Inn on Shelter Island! It was built in 1929, a less than opportune moment in which to attract guests. Yet the atmospheric hotel has thrived for nearly a century. And now it’s on the market for just shy of $12M. Whoever buys the waterfront property with stunning views can keep it going as an inn or convert it into a private home.
Price reduced a million bucks on Fleetwood-designed house at Two Trees Farm
You just might catch a glimpse of Nachos Figueras wielding his mallet on the polo field visible from the living room windows. Or, if you’re feeling sporty, you can saddle up one of the steeds stabled at the horse farm next door, and ride it over the adjoining 65 rolling acres.
Palatial Montauk house sells for more than it asked for
For those who remember when Montauk was just a little fishing village, seemingly last year, properties like this one on Soundview are positively jaw dropping. Winner of 2016 Hamptons Cottages & Gardens Design Award, the palatial dwelling is a far cry from the hamlet’s shanties of yore. The classic gambrel structure was built in 2010 but transformed in 2014 into the imposing pile you see here.
Peekabo! New “Glass House” really is see through, wants $5.5M
Almost everything in the new "Glass House" in East Hampton is visible from outside. Not a problem as the 1.9-acre property is surrounded by woods including a 20-acre rear reserve and a 50-foot side reserve. The vision of owner Juan A. Figueroa, the super cool edifice was engineered by Jeff Smilow, structural engineer of Freedom Tower. Low-E glass outside walls are kept in place by a steel beam and concrete structure.
Rare Andrew Geller abode gets price reduction, now asks $1.995M
It’s not every day that an Andrew Geller-designed house crops up on the market. The sad truth is that many of the midcentury modernist’s edifices have been demolished. This 1963 specimen is typical of the architect’s quirky, angled beach houses. The boxy exterior looks like it could sail away, what with its wild triangular windows with projecting flaps that look like a ship’s sails.
Sean Avery and Hilary Rhoda’s remodeled cottage in Southampton Village Reduces Price
It’s rare to find a spanking new house replete with Gunite pool for under $2M in Southampton Village. This one was just reduced from $1.925M to $1.89M. The house started out life decades ago, but the new owners—Hilary Rhoda and Sean Avery—stripped it down to its studs. Only the footprint of the former structure remains. The four-bedroom, four-bathroom house, is an impressive hybrid of old (traditional exterior) and new (everything inside).
$8.75M for a great deal on Further Lane
You can’t get farther south of the highway (unless you’re on the ocean) than this Further Lane manse. The 9,000-square-foot stucco residence can’t be more than a thousand feet from the surf as the seagull flies. And its new $500K price reduction ($9.25M to $8.75M) has made it unofficially a “deal.” The two-acre spread, accessed by a long driveway, features specimen trees and extensive gardens.
Splendid Amagansett Shingle-Style manse asks $18M
Built in 1909, this sprawling 6,500-square-foot “cottage” evokes a bygone time when well-heeled summer colonists sought refuge in the seaside hamlet. Which is great for those who those who love nostalgia. The thing is, the house doesn’t look as if it’s been modernized much since the days when its laundresses used washboards. And while some will appreciate its old-world feel—think wainscoting—most buyers will want the $18M price tag to reflect updates that can be traced to the current century.
Sagaponack abode offers multiple views of ocean, pond and farmland, asks $23.5M
This pretty glass and wood structure is ideally situated for enjoying the views for which the Hamptons are renowned. According to the listing, every space including the deck and outside entertaining spaces were designed to maximize the views of Sagg Pond, the Atlantic and next-door reserve. Built as much for comfort as style, the 6-bedroom, 6-bath dwelling boasts a pair of fireplaces and radiant heat throughout.
Philanthropist and art collector Beth DeWoody is selling Arts & Crafts gem
When one of the 12 properties in Southampton’s historic Art Village comes on the market, it’s something to talk about. The cluster of Arts & Crafts houses were built at the turn of the last century to house wealthy supporters of the Shinnecock Summer School of Art, headed by acclaimed portrait and still-life painter William Merritt Chase.
Original Devon Colony mansion still on market after 2.5 years
Think of croquet on the great lawn. Lemonade served by uniformed staff. This historic home harks back to a time when the wealthy founders of Procter & Gamble made the Devon Colony their summer enclave away from their home base in Cincinnati. One of only five Devon manses, it has been on the market since 2014 and we’re wondering why. It started out at $13M in 2014, went down to $11.5M in 2015 and has stayed at $9.3M since last May.
How Higher Education in the US Was Destroyed in 5 Basic Steps
A few years back, Paul E. Lingenfelter began his report on the defunding of public education by saying, In the last few years, conversations have been growing like gathering storm clouds about the ways in which our universities are failing. There is talk about the poor educational outcomes apparent in our graduates, the out-of-control tuitions and crippling student loan debt.
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