ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

We will go on learning from him and reaping the benefits of all that he has left us with – a veritable legacy in how we approach informal and self-directed learning! As little as a fortnight ago, he was contemplating different platforms for hosting the Real Learning community. Thank you Jay!

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ID Reflections

MAY 22, 2015

It's part of spreading the word about the benefits of "working out loud". The diagram below is a good summary of why one should practise working out loud and what are the likely benefits of this habit. When my comment drew that blank stare, I thought it would be a worthwhile topic for a short blog post. Keep it brief and simple.

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ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Organizations that invest time in coaching people how to work out loud and do it consistently can reap huge benefits. Only when perspectives and processes are out in the open can the combinatorial aspect of innovation and creative thinking come into play. Serendipity is another by-product of working out loud.

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Social Networks PKM Organizational Learning Collaboration 160

ID Reflections

OCTOBER 23, 2015

To illustrate this, I have slightly modified Dion Hinchcliffe’s diagram (see below) to show how the process of #wol can benefit all of us – employees as well as the organization. It is an excellent method for bridging those very gaps and silos – the white spaces – between the defined boxes of the org chart.

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 30, 2010

To build this model, leaders need to detect the barriers to collaboration and overcome them without reducing the benefits of a decentralized structure. Disciplined collaboration requires that organizations be decentralized and yet coordinated. In this environment, a mistake becomes a stepping stone to excellence.

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ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

They can play a critical role in helping the Human Resource department meet the challenges of diversity creatively and meaningfully, helping to create an organization that benefits from the different aspects of a diverse workforce.

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Diversity Training Community Management Culture 166

ID Reflections

AUGUST 13, 2011

My interest in social business expanded beyond the by now well-defined benefits of reduced time to market, increased scope for innovation, customer engagement, and such.

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Instructional Design Community Enterprise Instructional 193

ID Reflections

JULY 5, 2015

This primarily happens because individuals begin to see the impact of their repeated actions and the organization begins to reap the benefits. It's a move that calls for a shift from the tactical to the strategic and must be supported at the highest level for any organization to reap the benefits of the digital evolution.

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ID Reflections

JUNE 29, 2014

While people may still come together to share and learn as they often do without L&D intervention, support from L&D in this area will not only make it more efficient and bridge silos, it will also benefit the organization immensely by providing a platform for the capture of tacit knowledge residing within.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2009

This triggered thoughts related to learner motivation and how even a “business driven” or “business centric” program benefit from motivated learners. The post set me thinking about when do we use “Love vs. Hate” to design a training program. With the advent of technology and the rise of web 2.0,

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ID Reflections

JUNE 25, 2014

L&D needs to be – no, actually MUST BE – in this space enabling employees “learn how to learn”, facilitate networking and knowledge sharing skills, and help to connect the edges of the organization to its center such that all can benefit. Into this space enters MOOCs!

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PKM OER Diversity Training Trust 157

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

When employees work towards a common goal, it benefits the organization. How can facilitating collaboration help the organization? Collaboration and trust elicits the sharing of tacit knowledge that is an accumulation of years of experience and expertise. This is critical for the growth of an organization.

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Collaboration Organization Diversity Training Harbinger 163

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2014

While one would need to be formally trained in using the Hogan Assessment System, the book is a good introduction to the system, its applicability and benefits.

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The greater the benefit users derive from their membership to the community, the higher will be their involvement and engagement. By surfacing hidden gems, community managers enable users to make those serendipitous discoveries that could lead to breakthrough innovations, more engaged participation and a sense of commitment to the community.

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ID Reflections

MAY 31, 2015

The presence of an Enterprise Social Network (ESN) can be a benefit in a PDW. The need is not to train people but to facilitate connection between the right individuals, and enabling the network that exist in all organizations.

Roles 100

Roles Social Networks Community Diversity Training 100

ID Reflections

JANUARY 3, 2011

This is also the hallmark of a creative problem-solver, one who is unfazed by constraints but adapts herself/himself to get the maximum benefit out of the situation. The conditions or constraints need to be taken into account and a solution sought within that. Adaptive Thinking, as the term implies, indicates thinking while performing.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2010

CoPs deliver unique benefits to an organization. A recent study from Forrester Research detailed the rise of social computing—interactions continued through online or other technological means—and its impact on e-learning indicates that more than 80 percent of adult learning takes place outside of the classroom.

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Learning 2.0 Blended Learning Social Networks Gartner 132

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

This is also the hallmark of a creative problem-solver, one who is unfazed by constraints but adapts herself/himself to get the maximum benefit out of the situation. The conditions or constraints need to be taken into account and a solution sought within that. A daptive Thinking, as the term implies, indicates thinking while performing.

Roles 132

Roles Agile Cognitive Attitudes 132

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

They have to be inculcated and deliberately practised for both organizations and individuals to benefit. However, for generations brought up on top-down schooling followed by hierarchical organizations with top-down training, networked learning skills don''t come naturally. collaborative learning future_of_work PLN social learning'

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ID Reflections

JULY 15, 2009

Here's a link to a video that shows the difference in attitude between "hands on learning" and "you shove it down my throat" information, or "pull" vs.

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ID Reflections

JULY 20, 2011

And it looks like the folks at TELUS share a similar experience; while they may not have achieved just yet 100% penetration with their social tools, the ones who are making active use of them are helping everyone else get enough value, perhaps not just producing valuable content, but digesting it as well.

Communities of Practice 203

Communities of Practice IBM Community Jive 203

ID Reflections

MARCH 13, 2011

The possibilities of converting these potential ties into actual ones reap tremendous benefits for an organization. They can become aware of the existence of the other and reach out for help when needed due to the connection between Sam and Alex.

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Expertise Enterprise Convert Collaboration 147

ID Reflections

MAY 25, 2015

The same conversation practised in the open not only invite wider participation, diverse thinking and contribution but is also of immense benefit to others. Their inbox is deleted. The exchanges are lost. The organizational hive mind gets captured, context is built and conversation takes place.

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ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

In both cases, we will fall short and will not be able to perceive the benefits of a MOOC ecosystem. We run the risk of evaluating MOOCs using traditional learning principles. Worse still, we will end up trying to design MOOCs to reflect traditional, linear learning models. Here are a couple of things that MOOCs are NOT.

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ID Reflections

JANUARY 28, 2015

While developing the skills do take some effort and persistence, the benefits are tremendous and provide the necessary motivation. Building one''s PLN in the online world requires skills like networking, participating in communities of practices, collaborating online, and curation and aggregation to process the information.

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Network Diversity Training Personal Learning Social Networks 100

ID Reflections

JULY 15, 2009

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Case Study Performance Support Training Train 100

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

If you can give without stinting, without holding back, you will gradually reap the benefits. As in all successful relationships, engaging with social media requires us to be patient, caring, respectful, and most of all, giving. The more you give, the more you will receive. But this giving has to be whole-hearted, uncalculated and honest.

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Social Media Media Social Social Networks 140

ID Reflections

JULY 17, 2009

a) We sat down b) We discussed possible solutions that would be cheap enough for the client c) We discussed solutions that would, most importantly, fulfill the needs mentioned above d) We discussed solutions that would impact the learners e) Most importantly, the solution should result in an ROI from the business perspective (point 4 above) f) It should (..)

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ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Ability to participate or just “be”, depending on my mood and still benefit 9. Opportunities to lurk on interesting conversations that erupt in an atmosphere where most are seeking to learn 8.

Tools 104

Tools Evernote Delicious Wiki 104

ID Reflections

JULY 31, 2014

This approach should help both L&D and business recognize where training can play an important role and show visible business benefits, and where other interventions (beyond training) are required. Most often, the perfect solution lies in a combination of interventions.

Performance Support 163

Performance Support Performance Business ROI 163

ID Reflections

JANUARY 15, 2015

To build this model, leaders need to detect the barriers to collaboration and overcome them without reducing the benefits of a decentralized structure.” “Disciplined collaboration requires that organizations be decentralized and yet coordinated. In this environment, a mistake becomes a stepping stone to excellence.

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Agile Social Networks Expertise Collaboration 100

ID Reflections

AUGUST 16, 2011

Then there are the cautious and the wary, dipping their toes in so to speak--but not quite willing to see all the benefits yet. As typically happens--there are early adopters who embraced the change and became active contributors on the platform. And of course there are the sceptics--the quiet and the vociferous.

Community 147

Community Jive Diversity Training Enterprise 147

ID Reflections

MARCH 7, 2014

In this post, I am going to focus my attention on how micro-learning and learning flows can be an integral part of a MOOC and how this may benefit the corporate world. I will discuss this in a later post. As is evident, I am referring to xMOOCs here and not the original Connectivist cMOOCs that fired our imagination a few years back.

Micro-Learning 192

Micro-Learning Lecture Module Virtual World 192

ID Reflections

AUGUST 7, 2014

If I know that someone will benefit from my 2 minute video on how I restarted my Note 3 after it crashed, I am more likely to create it. The other way to look at such micro-learning artifacts could be to see them as social objects (a concept popularized by Hugh Macleod) that give people a reason to create, converse and collaborate.

Micro-Learning 222

Micro-Learning Informal Roles Wikipedia 222

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

While people may still come together to share and learn as they often do without L&D intervention, support from L&D in this area will not only make it more efficient and bridge silos but will also benefit the organization by providing a platform for the capture of the organizational hive mind.

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PKM Diversity Training Community Communities of Practice 100

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Thus, CUs can benefit by integrating MOOCs into their larger organizational learning strategy. MOOC-providers like Coursera have also started Specialization tracks where a targeted sequence of courses lead to certifications. LinkedIn has tied up with Coursera to facilitate direct publication of these certificates to one''s profile.

Roles 100

Roles Blended Learning Diversity Training SAP 100

ID Reflections

JULY 9, 2015

I wrote about the strategies and benefits of working out loud earlier here and here. In this post, I want to break down the activities based on the tools/platforms we already have at our disposal, and often access on a daily basis.

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Social Networks Slideshare Tools Cognitive 100