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What is the Important Work?

Clark Quinn

In essence, to do the important work faster. Call it knowledge work, call it concept work, the point is that execution will only be the cost of entry, innovation will be the necessary differentiator. The fact is, our brains are really good at pattern matching, and bad at rote work.

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Concept Worker

Tony Karrer

But then he describes how we've really moved on past that to a new age where the dominant value for most organizations are created by high-end knowledge workers working on concepts. That is to make emphasis on his focus on the right-brain aspects. The person in the call center does quite a bit of routine knowledge work.

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More Curious Learning

Learning Rebels

I suppose it will take bigger brains that mine to figure out why people just accept what they are told or what they believe as final word, regardless of facts and data. Those types of debates are good for the brain, it feeds the mind. What are the key strategic thrusts of your organization? Doctor heal thyself!

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The Tale of Two Cultures

Jay Cross

Intuitive knowledge is what Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman describes in Thinking Fast and Slow as System 1. It’s the province of the emotional brain. Intuitive knowledge works with patterns; it knows no words. Rational knowledge. Rational knowledge is the opposite of Intuitive knowledge.

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Overcoming the most common roadblocks to knowledge transfer

Matrix

But knowledge is not something you can take with you in your pocket. Nor can you pour it into someone else’s brain. Training and Development departments are really up for a challenge when it comes to creating and delivering learning programs that ensure the highest possible rate of knowledge transfer. Conclusion.

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The Tale of Two Cultures

Jay Cross

Intuitive knowledge is what Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman describes in Thinking Fast and Slow as System 1. It’s the province of the emotional brain. Intuitive knowledge works with patterns; it knows no words. Rational knowledge. Rational knowledge is the opposite of Intuitive knowledge.

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Tapping the Social Grid - Free Webinar

Tony Karrer

I'm going to be doing a free webinar with Mark Sylvester of IntroNetworks that's about Crowdsourcing in the Small and Social Brain. He will show an over the shoulder view of a modern knowledge worker tapping into the social grid. Hat tip to Virginia Yonkers for calling it the Social Grid. This should be a very interesting discussion.

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