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Learning’s Role in Innovation

CLO Magazine

Organizations are facing increasing disruptions, more information is available, and new technologies are making it easier and faster to compete. One realization is that most of the benefits to business are coming increasingly from so-called knowledge work, work that processes information in productive ways.

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More Curious Learning

Learning Rebels

First we need to know our stuff, build our knowledge, work up a curiosity and not accept myths as truths – let’s take Learning Styles as an example; find research, find data, read the whitepapers, and draw your own conclusions. Share with them the information you have discovered. Why isn’t there a better way?

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Trends in Learning

Tony Karrer

Trends in What L&D Organizations are Doing As a result of these trends, some L&D organizations are looking to social and informal learning. There's considerable discussion throughout my blog around topics that relate to social / informal / learning 2.0: And you cannot Separate Knowledge Work from Learning.

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Workscaping, part 1 of n

Jay Cross

T oday CLO magazine’s Deanne Hartley interviewed me for an upcoming story about micro-learning. On the way home from the Swiss eLearning Conference, my mind was racing after three days of talking with interesting people and spreading the informal learning gospel. In time, the words will migrate into the Working Smarter unbook.

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The Rise of the Servant Leader

CLO Magazine

In the 20th century, information became as important as materials, leading to what my friend and mentor Peter Drucker called knowledge work. People were no longer viewed as mere “hired hands,” and managers had to learn to encourage and inspire those who worked with them.

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Curated Insights: The Human Side of Extracting Business Value from Information

CLO Magazine

For decades, employees have attempted to collect and sort information, and management has sought to derive associated quantitative business value — largely to no avail. What is the human aspect of extracting business value from information? Content curation is not a new phenomenon. But how do you meet that challenge? Gormley Jr.,

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What to Expect from Learning and Development in 2017

CLO Magazine

Users’ experiences with technology outside the workplace continue to inform corporate learning and development strategy. Unfortunately, because knowledge work is difficult to measure and reward fairly, “gurus will continue to propose variations on an old theme.”. And staff still want to be better engaged, empowered and rewarded.”

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