Adaptability

Adaptability

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Individuals and organizations can maintain a strong and enduring identity by repeatedly remaking themselves.
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Research consistently points to a set of leadership skills that are high-impact, difficult to develop, and not easily replicated by technology.
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American students are being compelled to specialize earlier and earlier. Here's what it takes to build a successful physics foundation.
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"The more I unleash myself from the tethers of domestication, the happier I feel."
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A few key moments are linked to significant shifts in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
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Time to rewrite our understanding of structural engineering.
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Studies on "growth mindset" interventions fail to show significant benefits.
business acumen training
Business acumen training can help everyone from individual contributors to directors learn how to seize opportunities for growth.
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Tardigrades can completely dehydrate and later rehydrate themselves, a survival trick that scientists are harnessing to preserve medicines in hot temperatures.
on-the-job training
To gain its full value, L&D leaders must be open to challenging assumptions about how they approach on-the-job training.
ATD 2023
ATD 2023 encouraged L&D professionals to create a world that works better – whether by rethinking old assumptions, optimizing how we gather, or creating new measures for success.
emerging leaders program
An emerging leaders program can help organizations harness leaders from the inside. Read on to learn how to design one.
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Intelligence is not fixed but fluid. A growth mindset allows our brains to flourish while lowering our stress levels.
competency framework
A competency framework is a way to align individual performance with organizational goals. Read on to learn how.
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Without modularization, many epic projects simply would be impossible.
learning and development quotes
This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
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Just like with AI, people worried about job security and the spread of disinformation. Machines were destroyed and book merchants were chased out of town.
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This was largely a philosophical question until 2005, when a surgical team in France performed the first partial face transplant.
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At least one of Earth's creatures is able to survive the vacuum of space.
The first "running machine" — later known as the bicycle — symbolizes a key design idea.
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Quelle horreur! Paris isn't just a 15-minute city; it's a five-minute city.
Ev Fedorenko’s Interesting Brains Project highlights the human brain’s remarkable capacity to adapt, reorganize in the face of early damage.
3D-printing robots are being used to build a 100-home housing development in the US state of Texas.
skills based training
To keep up with the pace of change, organizations that haven’t already can benefit greatly from exploring skills-based training. 
Are you a video gaming master? Put it on your résumé.
Crisis management training
With crisis management training, organizations can develop the agility to recover from crises with as little disruption as possible.
Video games matter. Their continued technological and artistic development is reshaping the way we satisfy our ancient need to tell stories.
“It's a liquid, but it’s not just a liquid."