Jay Cross

APRIL 18, 2013

Too bad the article appeared ten years ago and didn’t make waves. By applying these strategies, companies may save money, develop more proficient managers, and gain a competitive advantage.” ” Michael D. Enos, Marijke Thamm Kehrhahn, Alexandra Bell. Read those lines again. Think about how you develop managers. Just Jay'

Management 52

Management Develop Informal Learning Study 52

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The lead article in the current issue of Chief Learning Officer is Building a Performance Ecosystem by Clark Quinn.

Organization 84

Organization Social Networks Communities of Practice Sun 84

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 21, 2009

I’ve read a little over half of the 14 articles. Two articles on literature searches puzzled me. Here’s the rub: both articles were looking in the wrong places. The inaugural issue of Impact, the Journal of Applied Research in Workplace E-learning just appeared on the web.

Journal 46

Journal Case Study Corporate eLearning eLearning 46

Jay Cross

AUGUST 23, 2011

Then they would select the greatest videos and articles on the web and link to them. Making it easy for people to converse about issues is far more important than amassing a bunch of articles. Things had to be tip-top quality, for the program’s tuition will be $60,000 a year. It shouldn’t be too challenging to.

Content 57

Content Engineering Knowledge Management Knowledge 57

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

For more information, see David Garvin’s HBR article How Google Sold Its Engineers on Management. . .” “My managers helps me understand how my work impacts the organization.” ” Managers’ scores have been rising across the organization. Management Innovation Working Smarter'

Skills 43

Skills Google Behavior Score 43

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Here’s a provocative article by John Seely Brown and Doug Thomas, Cultivating the Imagination: Building Learning Environments for Innovation. JSB and Doug Thomas argue that imagination and creativity are entirely different from one another. Creativity is problem-solving; imagination is building worlds in the mind.

Problem 56

Problem Learning Environment Innovation Environment 56

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

For the current issue, I wrote an article entitled Making Business Decision: the Hand and the Heart. to create both articles. Inside Learning Technologies is an important magazine in the U.K. Isn’t it odd that while the net spans the globe, learning magazines remain confined to their home countries?).

Metrics 41

Metrics Business Organizational Learning Sound 41

Jay Cross

MARCH 5, 2012

An academic tells me the 70:20:10 numbers are without basis because six PhD students who combed the past 50 years of peer-reviewed articles couldn’t find any empirical research to back them up. These variations don’t mean that 70:20:10 and 100 ° aren’t useful. I think he is using the wrong yardstick.

Compliance Training 86

Compliance Training Ratio Coaching Compliance 86

Jay Cross

JULY 13, 2010

Bob Morris pointed me toward this article that appeared in Strategy+Business last November: What’s So Special about Special Ops? The article describes how Green Berets, SEALs, and Air Force Special Tactics units learn to do their extraordinary jobs. by Andrew Sobel. The story contains invaluable lessons for corporations.

Simulations 54

Simulations Classroom PowerPoint Tagging 54

Jay Cross

JUNE 27, 2011

Sadly, while social networks are becoming the prime way people learn from one another in organizations, the Times article doesn’t mention learning. Show it to your boss if she hasn’t gotten the clue about social business.

Social Networks 40

Social Networks Social Network Network Report 40

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 16, 2008

This article from the October issue of Harvard Business Review has fueled my thinking about the profound changes going on in the world economy. The gist of the article: Redefining the terms of competition for a market sector, an industry, or an entire global ecosystem is a tall order. Related post: Learnscape Shapeshifting.

Industry 36

Industry Metrics Network Authoring 36

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Topics include Sharepoint, Jive, learning+working, rough drafts of articles, resource lists, and notes for various articles. The Oxford video accompanied an article in eLearn, so it’s not typical. I only wrote a handful of articles, for example: Working Smarter Glossary . Greg Oxton, 19. Offboarding, Kevin 67.

Photo 41

Photo Journal Slideshare Social Networks 41

Jay Cross

OCTOBER 8, 2012

To pay the bills while I do my research, I’ve opened a new business, writing high-end white papers, research reports, magazine articles, and marketing collateral. A delightful side benefit is that following my own advice is making me more satisfied with my life, happy in the now, and optimistic about the future.

Articulate 50

Articulate Brain vendor Research 50

Jay Cross

JANUARY 19, 2010

“Articles are included from the likes of the Harvard Business Review, Henry Mintzberg, HR Magazine, Jeffrey Pfeffer, MIT Sloan Review, Nokia, SuccessFactors and the Wall Street Journal.&# (I am proud to be among such company.). Leadership, Intangibles, and Talent Review. When learning is pushed on people—people resent it.”.

Metrics 37

Metrics Journal Stock Organizational Learning 37

Jay Cross

JANUARY 16, 2011

Wikipedia features more than 16 million articles in over 260 languages. This evening I discovered that there are already dozens of “how to edit&# articles on YouTube. Some new articles would be better positioned as “not ready&# rather than “not good enough.&# We touched on many topics.

Wiki 50

Wiki Wikipedia Micro-Learning Picture 50

Jay Cross

OCTOBER 18, 2014

Find the most important articles daily at [link]. When I write on my personal blog (which is reasonably popular) an article will get roughly 5,000-10,000 views. Ten important posts on working smarter. Our algorithms highlighted them as the most popular this year. DAWN OF LEARNING. MAY 16, 2014. MORE >> 71 Tweets.

Case Study 46

Case Study Slideshare Library Slides 46

Jay Cross

MARCH 14, 2015

We need not continue to be just a place to read funky articles. As we grow to trust one another, we will form deeper relationships. At least it wouldn’t hurt to post a few questions and see what happens. Google makes it easy to set up a Hangout from within the Community.

Community 36

Community Organization Long Tail Diversity Training 36

Jay Cross

AUGUST 25, 2013

I read fifty books and articles on the subject, but I could never get my arms around it. Slowing time down would pack more pleasurable experiences into my life. Shortening time-to-delivery would revolutionize commerce. Stretching time would make it possible to get more done. Now I’m back for another round. Maybe enough time has passed.

Apple 41

Apple Streaming Picture Quality 41

Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

I devoured the few magazine articles and articles on the web. The hardware cost so much I had no money left to buy software; I used the BASIC editor to write articles. The marketplace is a blur. Buying video gear these days reminds me of buying PCs at the end of the last century. My first IBM-PC was a major, major purchase.

Video 48

Video IBM Microphone PENS 48

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Note: This is the version of the article I submitted to CLO under the title H0w Will You Take Advantage of Your In-House Social Network? The article that appears in the magazine was edited by CLO editors. Social network – for online conversation, connecting with people, and all of the above functions.

Social Networks 55

Social Networks Social Social Network SocialText 55

Jay Cross

APRIL 30, 2011

An article by Jonah Lehrer in today’s Wall Street Journal describes the impact of the color of workplace walls on performance. I work with these disciplines because that’s where I have experience. However, they’re only the tip of the working smarter iceberg. Working Smarter is a holistic approach to doing business.

Toys 65

Toys Journal Theory Enterprise 65

Jay Cross

MARCH 11, 2008

My ideal chunk of content (article, video, mp3, whatever) in this future scenario had these characteristics: simple to upload. Background: Two days ago I began uploading articles to Internet Time Group on Scribd. If Joe reads 38 articles, the statistics report 38 visits. once online, easy to read. easy to find online.

Summary 36

Summary Statistics Tagging Enterprise 36

Jay Cross

JUNE 12, 2010

Here’s a self-serving article from HRExaminer – written before I joined the Advisory Board. Article continues here. I am pleased to note that I have been named a founding member of the Editorial Advisory Board of HRExaminer. Check out our weekly magazine for a brilliant take on talent management and HR. Working Smarter.

Metrics 41

Metrics Mash-up Mashups PDF 41

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

In this lopsided Wall Street Journal article , a professor slams training for all the wrong reasons. THE JOURNAL REPORT: LEADERSHIP IN HUMAN RESOURCES. So Much Training, So Little to Show for It. An expert on corporate programs reveals why they often are a waste of time and money.

Journal 46

Journal Lecture Learning Theory Theory 46

Jay Cross

JANUARY 23, 2013

The Center has amassed an impressive collection of articles and programs on its core theme. .” The print magazine morphed into a web publication , which appears to be its major outreach program. They host events (check this out; I wouldn’t miss it.). I plan to spend more time there. For example, here are Stories for Managers.

Summary 40

Summary Internationalization Brain Trust 40

Jay Cross

JUNE 10, 2014

This article appears in the June issue of CLO Magazine. There’s little formal training. If Google doesn’t value college credentials, it makes one wonder about the national drive for STEM education. . I’ve posted answers to the brainteasers at [link]. Informal Learning ITAshare'

Google 70

Google Cognitive Analytics CLO 70

Jay Cross

JANUARY 18, 2010

One newspaper article stated: “The photograph of George used here was copied from the Web where it stated that there was no clear copyright or other source material provided.&# I took this shot of George Leonard at his home when we talked about informal learning several years ago. George died earlier this month.

Photo 38

Photo Google Tagging Attention 38

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

“Contributing&# is writing articles, sharing tips. . “Making explicit&# is tagging and pigeon-holing. “Retrieving&# is recall. “Connecting&# is following people. “Exchanging&# is conversation, swaps, etc. They switch over time. Microblogging is new. Your blog is homebase. Delicious is delicious.

PKM 40

PKM LearnTrends KM Folksonomy 40

Jay Cross

JULY 31, 2012

This is the lead article in the new issue of my free and highly intermittent newsletter, JOHO. 50 best articles on Working Smarter for the first half of 2012 JAY CROSS | MONDAY, JULY 2, 2012. We can officially declare massive open online courses (MOOCs) as the higher education buzzword for 2012. MOOCs are a platform. JULY 8, 2012.

Google Docs 51

Google Docs Doc Social Networks PKM 51

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 18, 2010

Jonah Lehrer has written some great articles lately on the believability of science and credibility of knowledge. This article led me to the Big Think site. We should be incorporating his thinking in our approach to all of educational reform, not just how people learn science. I’ll be back. Play within a play.

Engineering 58

Engineering Research Education Write Blog 58

Jay Cross

MAY 2, 2015

More than 50 articles. Early conceptualizer. Wrote Implementing eLearning. informal learning. Thought leader and chief proponent of informal learning. Book (2008). Presentations worldwide. In ten years, took an object of derision and made it the #1 or #2 priority of virtually every Chief Learning Officer in America.

Change 36

Change Case Study ISPI Virtual World 36

Jay Cross

MARCH 26, 2011

You simply can’t condense a dozen years of blog, articles, and photographs into 300 words. You don’t have to read far to see that this is what the Mad Hatter might make up for his resume in one of his more manic moments. At first blush, I thought this was slander. Upon re-reading, I decided it’s machine translation run amok.

Version 46

Version Site Internet Alternatives 46

Jay Cross

MARCH 10, 2010

I’ve been happy to share my thoughts in blogs and free articles for more than a decade. Do not use frames to make it difficult to get to the original post. Do not remove links to the original material. I enjoy the exposure. But I don’t enjoy being abused.

Social Networks 50

Social Networks Social Network Stock Site 50

Jay Cross

AUGUST 31, 2010

Lo and behold, the business section of this morning’s New York Times had a big article on our drug. Another article in today’s Times explains why cardiologists prescribe this awful drug. I told my pill-popping pal that big pharma was coming up with new and safer drugs for us. He wanted to know more.

Association 44

Association Site Brain Tagging 44

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Their editor told me not to submit articles because I wasn’t a full-time journalist. Julie Groshans managed not only the Training conference but also the Training Directors Forum, Online Learning, and other events. Leah Nelson somehow worked magic to make events go smoothly. This is quite a contrast to the Nielsen regime.

Training 49

Training Train Tagging Forum 49

Jay Cross

JULY 5, 2008

Harvard B-School’s Andrew McAfee has posted an article and a link to a free HBR article on Investing in the IT That Makes a Difference. and propagate them widely and with very high fidelity.

Business 36

Business Pinnacle Create Customer Service 36

Jay Cross

APRIL 13, 2008

From an article I wrote in January 2007 : Microsoft hates losing business to upstart Google, first in search, then in advertising, and now threatening the Office monopoly. To try to make up for lost ground, Microsoft will buy Yahoo! I guess I’ll have to wait for Wal*Mart to acquire Amazon. More papers and predictions

Yahoo 36

Yahoo Microsoft Predictions Google 36