My 2015 learning resolution? Steal like an artist. And I’ve already gotten started as I stole this resolution from Austin Kleon, who wrote a book with this title and expounded on the concept during his keynote at Training magazine’s 2014 Online Learning Conference this fall in Chicago. Kleon’s perspective is that “creativity is built on what came before.” So rather than wasting time reinventing the wheel—which we do all too often—we should focus on improving the wheel or figuring out new, innovative ways to make the wheel work better for us. ... [more]