Were We Responsible for the Financial Mess...?

Eric Shepherd, CEO of Questionmark, asks a great question on his blog.

"As Learning and Assessment Professionals What Could We Have Done to Prevent the Financial Crisis?"

Click to check it out.

Eric provides a great list of things on the learning side. I added some things as well.

I'm a great believer that we all have some ability to influence, so I'm inclined to say, "YES," we could have done some things better.

Not that we have control. Not that others aren't more responsible. Certainly the incompetence of the former presidential administration, the deregulatory mindset we'd bought into, the senior management we work for. But, we could have done some things differently. What do you think?

Comments

[John Araiza]

I just posted a blog entry regarding this article. Please let me know what you think: http://araizagroup.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/could-elearning-professionals-have-prevented-our-current-financial-crisis/

[Will Thalheimer]

John,

I like your post's acknowledgment that we learning professionals are not always heard. On the other hand, no need to insinuate that Eric doesn't understand corporate hierarchies just because he is now a CEO. Also, there is no benefit to admitting our powerlessness. We always have some influence surely. At least, we can ALL of us do things differently to get more influence. Personally, I always think I have responsibility to do a little bit more--to try and be at least a little more influential, and look for opportunities to make things better.

--Will

[Dubai Real Estate]

This article has great information about financial crisis. You can not blame a single person for this world economical condition. There is a need to control this bad situation. It is not good to blame our leaders for this bad condition. Only it is time wastage.

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for his many years in leading the workplace learning