The Masie Institute recently conducted a “flash survey” on Technology Competencies for Learning Leaders (e.g. CLO). This was part of founder Elliott Masie’s work as academic director at the Wharton/UPenn CLO Program. Over 930 colleagues from organizations around the world responded.
Here are the percentage of respondents that cited certain competencies in a CLO:
- Integrates learning, talent and IT strategies with business strategy (87%)
- Leads key decisions about learning and technology for the enterprise (85%)
- Assesses organizational readiness and need for talent/learning software (73%)
- Collaborates with the Chief Information Officer (CIO) effectively (68%)
- Effectively scouts for new and emerging technology trends and discerns (61%)
- Leverages collaborative technology to increase organizational capability (59%)
- Displays fluency in techniques/models of technical process and change (46%)
- Applies understanding of quality improvement and business process (41%)