Ensuring literacy skills for all people will pave the way for every member of thesociety to participate in a range of learning opportunities throughout life.
Diminishing social mobility, the cult of the celebrity society, the decline in serious learning, the increasing disregard for empiricism and social attitudes verging on valuephobia threaten to cast a shadow on the enlightened western liberalism which has taken us so far.
He is a co-author of three books on teams, including the best-selling, Self-Directed Work Teams: The New American Challenge In 2011 he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Training and Development, their highest recognition for contributions to the workforce learning and development profession.
That appears to be changing: According to the American Societyfor Training and Development, U.S. employers spent 36% more on learning and development in 2010 than in 2009.