Jay Cross

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My new gig(s)

Jay Cross

They need a third party to articulate their value proposition, the sophistication of their thinking, and fresh insights into what they’re doing. I enjoy explaining things, promoting a cause, and crafting a good story. Do you know vendors and ventures that are doing great things but struggling to get the words out? I’m their man.

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Checklist: transforming corporate learning

Jay Cross

articulate the vision and value of Working Smarter to executive management. 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. assess organizational hurdles and needs of stakeholders.

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The Designer’s Toolbox

Jay Cross

vary the diversity of situations and articulate the common aspects so that students can transfer what they learn. Be fast, not right. No negatives (Yes, and…) We did word games. We fenced with our hands. We did living sculpture.

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Snake Oil 2.0: Lipstick on a pig

Jay Cross

Unfortunately, she points to Articulate’s witty April Fool’s Day spoof. (It’s It’s a joke.). I’m delivering a presentation on The Cluetrain Manifesto at the Swiss eLearning Conference next week.

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21st Century Leadership

Jay Cross

I’ve struggled to articulate what this new world will look like. .&# Barriers that wall off customers from suppliers would come tumbling down. Collaboration would crowd out giving orders. We’d end up enjoying one another’s company. Change or Die.

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Keeping the end in mind

Jay Cross

When I asked my friend Kim over lunch, she told me “The Grit scale alone, or any other timely model, scientifically validated or not, remains undervalued if not made accessible via well articulated practices and ‘labs’ in which to actually practice them. I went back to Flourish and retook the test.

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Top posts on Working Smarter for April 2014

Jay Cross

‘We all have a personal narrative, even though few of us have made the effort to articulate it. MORE >> JOHN HAGEL. APRIL 24, 2014. Personal Narratives: Insight and Impact. That’s a shame because our personal narrative can be a source of deep insight as well as a great way to amplify impact.

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