The Sky's the Limit

Appirio Acquires VMG

It is with great pleasure and pride that I announce that VMG has been acquired by Appirio. Appirio has been a strong partner to VMG since VMG’s founding, and this is a natural evolution of the growing partnership between our two organizations. We are proud to join the amazing Appirio ... Read More

~ posted by Glenn Oclassen on 11 Apr 11
   tagged as :cloud

The Classroom Is Empty: Learning in the Cloud

This post was originally published in the September 2010 VMG newsletter. Sign up for our newsletter to get first-look at new articles like this:  ... Read More

~ posted by Thomas Kraack on 30 Sep 10
   tagged as :change, cloud, content, disruption, eLearning, learning industry, LMS, SaaS

Underpants Gnomes Business Strategy

One of the great gifts of being a consultant (and a good reason to hire one occasionally) is the capacity it provides to observe an organization as an outsider. Over my career, on numerous occasions, I’ve been astounded at the ability of very smart business people to ignore ... Read More

~ posted by Thomas Kraack on 14 Jul 10
   tagged as :business, business of learning, cloud, gnomes, strategy

The Miracle of 2×2 Tables

A totally random blog in the middle of my enlightening set of observations about the emergence of the cloud computing market.  Being chairman of anything provides amazing degrees of freedom! Last week one of my former colleagues at Accenture was making a call on a new client. In the course of ... Read More

~ posted by Thomas Kraack on 10 May 10
   tagged as :2x2 table, outsourcing

Change Management in the Cloud

I’ve heard from a number of people that they are actually reading (and a few actually said they were enjoying!) this series of blogs. Someone once told me that you don’t get credit for putting out fires you started. So… now that I’ve lit the fire, I guess I’m ... Read More

~ posted by Thomas Kraack on 26 Apr 10
   

Different and the Same

When I was a kid, I really liked doing a little puzzle game that presented two pictures. On the surface, they looked the same. But there were differences, and my job was to figure out what was the same and what was different. My obsession with this game is probably ... Read More

~ posted by Thomas Kraack on 5 Apr 10
   tagged as :cloud, cloudsourcing

The Next Big Thing

In December of 2009, I retired from Accenture after 8 terrific years. This month I joined VMG, a new venture startup. I have an unorthodox career history. I recall some job choices that left my professional colleagues believing that my consumption of adult beverages combined with long Minnesota winters had ... Read More

~ posted by Thomas Kraack on 22 Mar 10
   tagged as :BPO, cloud, cloudsourcing, professional services