Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

This week’s thoughts about happiness and well-being in the workplace. What’s the secret to happy employees? Having no secrets. When it comes to your team’s happiness at the workplace, sharing really is caring. Another reason to narrate your work. Sonja Lyubomirsky says happiness is 50% inherited, 10% circumstantial, and 40% up to you. But she confuses happiness and well-being, two entirely different things.

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Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Cloud computing. Some people think their credit card information and Amazon preferences are stored a mile overhead in a cumulus cloud. It’s not that mysterious. Just think of the cloud as a humongous computer that is connected to endless warehouses of rack-mounted servers spread around the globe. Is it safe? Like walking across the street in Manhattan, it’s perfectly safe if you know what you are doing.

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Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Fourth post in a series. In case you missed them, here are the first , second , and third posts. Is your organization ready? How ready are you to tackle Big L Learning? Where does your organization fit on the progression from Hierarchical Organization to Collaborative Organization? You can take this survey online. We’ll report the aggregate results in a couple of weeks.

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Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

. Dear 6.002x Student, Our course team is excited for the beginning of 6.002x tomorrow, September 5th, 2012. You will be joining thousands of other students from around the world in MIT’s online course exploring circuits and electronics. We hope that you have set aside adequate time to fully explore the extensive course materials, problem sets and labs.

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Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Jurgen Appelo plays with more models of how things ought to work than anyone I else I know. His book Management 3.0 presents, assesses, and sometimes interconnects with agile, people-oriented processes relentlessly. I’m a fan. See his blog. And this presentation: Management 3.0 in 50 minutes from Jurgen Appelo. Jurgen and I met at the Stoos gathering.

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Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

I cannot imagine missing the Singularity Summit. It will take me 45 minutes to get there from my house (thanks to public trans). October 13-14th, 2012 in San Francisco. Put this in your stash — mp3s of brilliant people selling inspirational ideas. That’s a recording of every Singularity Summit from the beginning, in 2006. I remember sitting in the second row at that one.

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Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

What Universities Must Learning About Social Networks. By Jay Cross | Chief Executive Officer, Internet Time Alliance. Increasingly, businesses are looking to more social approaches to employee learning and development. Higher education institutions must capitalize on this shift. Co-written with Chris Sessums | Director of Educational Research, Internet Time Lab.

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