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Informal Learning – the other 80%

Jay Cross

To create intellectual capital it can use, a company needs to foster teamwork, communities of practice, and other social forms of learning. In sum, communities are much more than a way to make up for knowledge deficiencies of some individuals. The hunger for proprietary knowledge does not stop at the firewall.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Training directors learned enough accounting to talk about ROI. The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) reports that companies spend $1,067 per employee (2.7% ASTD measures only formal training, the workshops, classes, and assignments meted out by training departments. Corporate Learning Today. References.