Back After Long! Hiatus

After a very long hiatus from blogging, I decided as one of my New Year's resolutions to start it up again. The reasons for ceasing were many, foremost of which was that my obligations as CEO sapped my energy to write about what was going on. But, we have built a great team at Altus over the last few years and many of my previous day-to-day responsibilities are now being handily managed by others more capable than myself. And the reasons for starting up again? I strongly believe that the current financial crisis that is so negatively impacting companies small and large today actually poses a tremendous opportunity for those of us in the collaborative knowledge sharing space--if only we understand how to take advantage of that opportunity (more to come on this critical point in the future). And times have dramatically evolved in many other ways in the last few years (for the better I believe!)--hence the change in the name of this blog from Rapid elearning News to Collaborative Knowledge Sharing. I didn't start a new blog, since much of what has been said here is as true today as it was a few years ago--and the points made then continue to serve as a s strong foundation and background for what will be said here in the months ahead. And the focus of the blog will change, from the general to the specific—from reflections on the learning industry in general to what is actually happening on the street, in Altus Learning Systems, delivering CKS solutions to many of today's most advanced, technology-based, global companies.