Profiles

Sony Pictures’ Martin Lowery

Katie Kuehner-Hebert - 4/15/13

Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Lowery has brought traditional and experiential development initiatives to bear in a creative industry that is largely unfamiliar with many of the players in learning.

Learning Guaranteed: Aflac’s Greg Miller

Frank Kalman - 3/20/13

Aflac Vice President and Chief Learning Officer Greg Miller hopes to instill a culture of experiential development at the insurance company.

ESPN’s Top Play: Learning

Frank Kalman - 2/22/13

Tonya Harris Cornileus has implanted a culture of individual accountability for learning and development at sports media company ESPN.

Power to the People: Deloitte’s Nick van Dam

Deanna Hartley - 1/28/13

By providing a career map and a variety of learning opportunities, Deloitte encourages employees to be proactive about their own development.

Housing a Love for Learning: Coldwell Banker’s David Birnbaum

Jeffrey Cattel - 12/17/12

David Birnbaum, Coldwell Banker’s vice president of learning, rediscovered his interest in education after years in research and development and has since transformed the company’s learning arm into a sales tool.

First Data Corp.’s David Kuhl: Crowdsourcing Development

Jeffrey Cattel - 10/15/12

David Kuhl, senior vice president of HR at First Data Corp., got a little help from his learning friends to build a virtual corporate university to address employee needs.

Super-Sized Learning: McDonald’s Chris Lyons

Frank Kalman - 9/17/12

As McDonald’s vice president of worldwide training, learning and development, Chris Lyons has created a learning framework to reach employees and restaurant operators from Topeka to Shanghai.

What's the Cure for Conventional Learning?

Deanna Hartley - 8/20/12

By creating a consolidated infrastructure, Justin Lombardo isn’t just injecting change into Children’s Medical Center of Dallas; he’s leading the way for other pediatrics facilities across the nation.