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An annoying paradox of deep learning
Posted on April 10, 2023 2 Comments
10 April 2023 I’m listening to the popular 2021 book Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein. I feel like I’ve somewhat outgrown these types of books (journalist-authored, story-based, pop social science), but I like the general idea and it was for sale on Apple. I’ve always been more of a […]
How international assignments can develop global leadership capacities
Posted on June 16, 2017 Leave a Comment
In a recent post in The Economist blog Gulliver, B.R. writes that businesses should encourage young employees to take “bleisure” (blending business with pleasure) when they travel abroad, like an extra weekend on one end for personal time. The benefit being that “it might help keep employees’ enthusiasm for a life on the road kindled.” […]
Controversies That Shaped the Field of Human Resource Development
Posted on February 12, 2017 Leave a Comment
The title of this post comes from a recent article by Darlene Russ-Eft at in the Association for Human Resource Development‘s (AHRD) journal Advances in Developing Human Resources, or “Advances” for short. I thought it was worth reflecting on the controversies that shaped the field of HRD because they tend to resurface throughout my reading […]
Conference: Asia-MENA AHRD Conference 2016
Posted on November 8, 2016 Leave a Comment
8 November 2016 This weekend I returned from nine days in Morocco for the 2016 AHRD Conference in Asia and MENA. The conference itself was November 2-4 in Ifrane, Morocco, which is known as the Switzerland of Morocco. In the picture above (courtesy of Dollaya Hemmapattawe who is far left in the picture), a group […]
Conference: ESRI 2016
Posted on April 28, 2016 Leave a Comment
April 28, 2016 Not too long ago we had the Educational Symposium for Research and Innovations (ESRI) here at GW, which is the student-led conference of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the last two years in my capacity as proposal review board member, presenter, and all-around conference enthusiast. My friend […]
Conference: AHRD 2016
Posted on March 2, 2016 Leave a Comment
March 2, 2016 What an amazing conference! Two weeks ago I attended the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) 2016 Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. I consider AHRD my professional home, and I thoroughly enjoyed the conversations and presentations throughout the week. I had the opportunity to present at the conference in three different formats. AHRD […]
Beginning Year Two
Posted on September 17, 2015 Leave a Comment
It was a fantastic summer. Khai and I gallivanted around the US visiting friends and family, my brother was married in Portland to a wonderful woman, Emily, and I was able to work on some exciting academic projects. Alas, summer is ending and year two of my doctoral studies has begun. Here I am with […]
Course: International and Multicultural Issues in Organizations
Posted on June 16, 2015 Leave a Comment
As part of my role as a Graduate Research Assistant at GW, I had the privilege of being the teaching assistant for a course called International and Multicultural Issues in Organizations. This course, led by Dr. Maria Cseh, revolved around the European Human Resource Development conference at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland. Ireland’s Cork […]
My Journey to The George Washington University
Posted on April 18, 2015 2 Comments
Last month I spoke to the Dean’s Council at the Graduate School of Education and Human Development about the story of my journey to GW. I thought I would share some of that story here on my blog as well: My name is Oliver Crocco but you can call me Ozzie. I’m a first year […]
What does diversity and inclusion mean to you?
Posted on April 15, 2015 2 Comments
I attended a half-day conference at The George Washington University last week on diversity and inclusion in the workplace sponsored by one of the big consulting firms in the US. My adviser, Dr. Maria Cseh, co-led one of the breakout sessions entitled Leading and Engaging Our People. I have four short reflections I want to […]
Oliver S. Crocco 