
Ashley St. John
Founder, Chief Content Officer and Editor-in-Chief at Chief Learning Officer
Founder, Chief Content Officer and Editor-in-Chief at Chief Talent Officer
Managing Editor, Chief Learning Officer
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3 weeks ago |
chieflearningofficer.com | Ashley St. John
Chief learning officers are familiar with this reality: Billions of dollars are spent annually training people on technical skills, yet our performance still lags. As a scholar practitioner, my doctoral research focused on the lived experiences of firefighters, and I argue that it offers a transcendent warning: If you teach people to “do” but not to “think,” you set them — and your organization — up for failure. There is no other profession analogous to the American fire service.
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3 weeks ago |
chieflearningofficer.com | Ashley St. John
“The Coalition for the Common Good is all about collaboration,” says Dr. John Comerford. “We want partners who want to build something together.
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1 month ago |
chieftalentofficer.co | Ashley St. John
“We believe deeply that education is the lighting of a fire, not the filling of a pail,” says Megan Fanale, chief operations officer of Abilitie. This belief is a through line in the organization, touching everything from Abilitie’s internal team culture to the services and simulations they provide to the lifelong relationships they aspire to build with their clients.
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1 month ago |
chieflearningofficer.com | Ashley St. John
“We believe deeply that education is the lighting of a fire, not the filling of a pail,” says Megan Fanale, chief operations officer of Abilitie. This belief is a through line in the organization, touching everything from Abilitie’s internal team culture to the services and simulations they provide to the lifelong relationships they aspire to build with their clients.
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1 month ago |
chieflearningofficer.com | Ashley St. John
In today’s competitive economy, the most successful companies don’t just develop products — they develop people. Retaining and developing talent is the key to innovation, growth and long-term sustainability. However, for many businesses, the gap between employee potential and available training resources is still too wide. Enter the Coalition for the Common Good, a first-of-its-kind national university system with a mission rooted in equity, access and workforce development.
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