Jay Cross

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Checklist: transforming corporate learning

Jay Cross

Experience has taught us that making over a training department into a business learning function requires these activities: Sell the vision of learning as a value-creating component of social business. articulate the vision and value of Working Smarter to executive management. If you don’t get this, it will get you.

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Snake Oil 2.0: Lipstick on a pig

Jay Cross

Several large LMS companies added “informal learning&# to their sales shticks this week. One says “All documents accessed can be tracked as informal learning events.&# (Documents are events?) Unfortunately, she points to Articulate’s witty April Fool’s Day spoof. (It’s Related: Informal Snake Oil.

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Secrets of Working Smarter

Jay Cross

Working Smarter: Informal Learning in the Cloud by Jay Cross and Friends. One of the most active of these professionals is the prolific Jay Cross. Jay, with his colleagues in the Internet Time Alliance, has recently produced the 2010 version of his “unbook,” Working Smarter: Informal Learning in the Cloud. By Jane Bozarth.

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Rachel Happe on Community Maturity Model

Jay Cross

That lack of clear articulation can create a lot of pressure and/or missed expectations for community managers. The more informal you make it, the more you recognize opportunities to learn. Identify your Cheeseheads — the active folks who make it happen. Important aspect: keep the vertical columns congruent. Vital element.