In the news

Our work in engaging employees has engaged the press as well.

2007

Webber, Jason. "Faces of Progress-A trip through the magical land of Root Learning" City Paper, March 7, 2007

"Building Community", Business Advantage, February 2007

Haudan,Jim & Berens, Rich. "High Tech Learning for Low-Tech Employees", Chief Learning Officer, June 2007

Haudan, Jim. "Successful Strategy Execution Takes People - Not Paper", Employment Relations Today, Winter 2007

Haudan, Jim. "How do you avoid a flavor-of-the-month reaction from employees as new changes are deployed?", Houston Business Journal, April 6, 2007

2006

McLean, Cari. "Playtime: Learning IT", Certification Magazine, October 2006

Fields, K. "Store-Associate Training: The Training Game", Chain Store Age, September 2006

Fields, Anne, "Avoid rewarding stars at the team's expense", Dallas Morning News, August, 2006

Fernandex, Kim. "Purposful Playing" HR Executive, October 2, 2006

Pomeroy, Ann. "Great Communicators, Great Communication", HR Magazine, July 2006

Berta, Dina. "Jack in the Box Charts a Course for Success", Nations Restaurant News, February 16, 2006

"Visualization experts grow, but they don't forget their Root ", Ragan Report , July 10, 2006

Giesen, Lauri. "Rules of Engagement", Stores, September 2006

Weinstein, Margery. "Even Better Than The Real Thing", Training, June 2006

Mui, Ylan. "Boot Camp Before the Blitz", Washington Post, November 2006

2005

Root Learning, Ranked 6th On List of Top 50 Best Small & Medium Companies To Work For In America (Press Release). June 20 2005.

2003

"Can I Be the Race Car?" CFO IT. Summer 2003, p. 16.

McGee, Marianne Kolbasuk. "Games Workers Play." Information Week. May 5, 2003.

Podmolik, Mary Ellen. "All Work and Some Play." Crain's Chicago Business. February 24, 2003, pp.SR1-SR3.

2002

Annemarie Offer, “Software gives Ameren a glimpse of 'what could be'”, St. Louis Business Journal, April 5, 2002 (Award-winning solution)

Crawford, Tom. "Interactivity Levels." Online Learning E-NEWS. October 22, 2002.

Denison, D.C. "Outside the Box." Boston Globe. August 5, 2002, p. C-1 & C5.

"Ensuring Hearts and Minds." Training. February 2002, pp. 46-49.

"Fun & Games, and Business Insight." Computerworld. July 29, 2002, pp. 36-37.

"Playing to Win." Smart Business. June 2002, p. 44.

"Public Servants Told to Think Bold." South China Morning Post. August 26, 2002.

"Save Us, Cash Flow Man!" CFO.com. October, 9, 2002.

Solomon, Melissa. "The Big Picture." Computer World. November 4, 2002.

"Software Puts Pieces Together." Information Week. June 3, 2002, p. 75.

Tarnowski, Joseph. "PG Retailer of the Year: Shopper Tech." Progressive Grocer. December 1, 2002.

"Tops in Training." Human Resource Executive. September 2002, p. 68.

"VA Maps Out Plan." Federal Computer Week. April 1, 2002.

Van, Jon. "Road Map Puts Donnelley on Course." Chicago Tribune. December 28, 2002.

"WFF Hires Consulting Firm in Effort to Rediscover Root of its Mission." Nation's Restaurant News. July 8, 2002, pp. 22, 46.

2001

Becker, Brian E., Huselid, Mark A., and Ulrich, Dave. The HR Scorecard, 2001, pp. 197-205.

"Breaking Out of the Downturn." Business Finance. July 2001.

"Hearts and Minds Set For Recovery." Financial Times. July 23, 2001.

"Mark Spear--Miller Brewing." Training. October 2001, pp. 34-38.

"A Nice Little Learner." The Bulletin, Newsweek. June 5, 2001.

"Sendung mit der Maus für Konzerne." Wirtschaft Unternehmen. June 17, 2001.

"Spiel für Große." Wirtschafts Woche. September 6, 2001.

"University of Michigan Business School's Net Impact Rolls Out the Root Learning Map ®." The Monroe Street Journal. November 12, 2001, p. 9.

2000

Boshyk, Yury. Business-Driven Action Learning. 2000, pp. 19-28.

Teerlink, Rich, and Ozley, Lee. More Than a Motorcycle. 2000, pp. 185-187.

1999

Adams, Marc. "Training Employees as Partners." HR Magazine. February 1999, pp. 65-70.

Dahle, Cheryl. "Big Learning, Fast Futures." Fast Company. June 1999, pp. 46-48.

Grier, Mark. "All Change." The Economist. June-August 1999, pp. 58-70.

1998

Rucci, Anthony, and Kirn, Steven. "The Employee-Company Profit Chain at Sears." Harvard Business Review, January-February 1998.



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