eLearning in New BrunswickDidn't a bunch of eLearning companies close last year in New Brunswick?

I think the trend you are talking about is already upon us. The eLearning industry switched from a growth industry to a commodity industry just about one year ago.

The problem is that technologies come and go so fast, that to stay ahead of the curve means you must keep sending your clients to cheaper producer and always be pushing the next thing. You must not produce so much as learn all the time about new things.

I'm afraid it might become as difficult as competing with Asia, because, frankly, you may be able to charge more, but you spend so much in learning and training yourself that you have a huge overhead to your services.

What is needed, what we are all waiting for, is a new paradigm. We can't keep doing business the way we used to. The pace at which we go will destroy our families (late nights anyone).

What is needed is to get this outsourcing thing under control. You simply can't keep sending work oversea and hope to maintain your salary and have a decent life. It won't work: the trends are accelerating all the time and we devote already too much of our time for work. The rubber band is stretched as far as it will go.

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Daniel Lemire