The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 18, 2014

It’s worrisome that at the same time Emotional Intelligence, collaboration, and cross-cultural teamwork are being recognized as essential competencies of a successful workforce, we are drastically reducing the exposure of workers to the breadth of ideas, values, and culture in our global society.

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Learnnovators

AUGUST 19, 2015

ABOUT SAHANA CHATTOPADHYAY (Social Learning & Collaboration Strategist, Performance Consultant Exploring Emergent Learning, Blogger). Her passion is to help organizations become learning organizations through social and collaborative learning. How has the journey been so far? Measuring success at this point is tough.

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Disprz

AUGUST 23, 2021

Why learning agility is important for frontline and knowledge workers. Learning agility is the key to success in a post-pandemic world for both knowledge and frontline workers. Adding the agile strategy can organize and speed up the entire delivery process. . The knowledge workers too are sailing in the same boat.

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2014

How do we help organizations see that social and informal learning is not a new and fancy way to learn but an essential requirement in a complex, rapidly changing, and uber connected world? Managers and leaders have to don the hats of coaches and mentors for organizations to become learning organizations that adapt and move with the tide.

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Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

“ When people leverage collaboration platforms to contribute and to build relationships, that appeals to their intrinsic motivators of autonomy, mastery, and relatedness. ” ~ Working Out Loud: Better for You; Better for the Firm. A methodology that can flourish under very controlling and hierarchical organizations.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

For knowledge workers everywhere, the nature of work is shifting fast. Put another way, half of the skills knowledge workers have today will be useless in less than five years. By working together, we can ready our organizations for the future. Yes, AI has its strengths, and so do we.

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TalentLMS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

While technology is empowering teams across the world to communicate and collaborate more than ever before, information is becoming increasingly fragmented and siloed due to the abundance of apps at our disposal. “In fact, the average worker wastes one hour, four minutes daily due to distractions.” What is the no.1

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ID Reflections

MARCH 9, 2010

In Informal Learning , Jay writes about knowledge workers as: I like to work on things I help create. I work for me first and my organization second. Such knowledge workers who are intrinsically passionate about their work are notoriously difficult to find and keep, writes Jay. They collaborate and share.

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Learning Pool

JUNE 9, 2020

Will Quantum Computing be an opportunity or a threat to your organization? The final trend focuses on a more organizational level, with the need for individuals and organizations to take more of an entrepreneurial perspective, changing perspectives towards risk-taking, courage, and persistence. What are the key trends?

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Vitalyst

MARCH 8, 2018

In a 1999 California Management Review article, Peter Drucker—who is widely regarded as the “father of modern management”—stated that the most important contribution management will need to make in the 21st century will be increasing the productivity of knowledge workers. Consider the current work environment for the average employee.

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Learning Pool

JULY 8, 2021

Toward the end of the 20th century, the systems designed for organizational learning began to diverge from those that were the result of academic experimentation, the driver for this schism being the requirement to meet the particular needs of organizations. . In sectors that bear a greater load of regulatory compliance (e.g. Onboarding.

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Instancy

APRIL 24, 2023

Learning Analytics to Evaluate Impact, Adapt and Personalize for Each Learner Learning analytics is transforming the way we learn by providing insights into learners’ behavior, preferences, and performance, allowing organizations to adapt and personalize learning content for each learner.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2010

Excerpts from the Best of T+D | 2007 - 2009 Harold Jarche in Skills 2.0 : As knowledge workers, we are like actors--only as good as our last performance. If the learning organization doesn’t get into that 70 percent and use social media, they’re going to get left behind. CoPs deliver unique benefits to an organization.

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Hansen in his book Collaboration: How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Create Unity, and Reap Big Results. I have quoted some of these related to the topic at hand below: People find it hard to transfer knowledge when they don't know each other well (a weak tie). The day of individual stars are past; it is time for collaborative team work.

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Jane Hart

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

It’s partly a creature of collaborative technologies, such as email, instant messages, Web-based conferencing, internal social networks and so on. All this information and collaboration should make companies more agile, but technology often undermines organizations that don’t know how to harness its strengths. 14 January 2013.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2012

Work —complex knowledge work requires solitude as well as collaboration. Activity streams and collaboration platforms can enhance and support such awareness but not replace it. In the absence of such conversations, I have to consciously make an effort to write about and communicate what I do within the organization.

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ID Reflections

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Thus not only do we lose out on diverse inputs and knowledge, we also proverbially reinvent the wheel many times over and feed into systemic inefficiency. 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.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Thomas Davenport classifies Knowledge Work Types in Thinking for a Living: How to Get Better Performances And Results from Knowledge Workers using a variety of classifications. Within that he then defined the following types of knowledge workers: Transaction Worker - Routine, individual, ex. call center.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 16, 2008

SharePoint is so flexible and the documentation for it is so big and diverse, that a big part of my goals have been to understand the different ways that training organizations are using SharePoint. Obviously, there is a spectrum of using SharePoint to support collaboration and using it to publish. These would be external consituents.

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Epilogue Systems

AUGUST 24, 2022

According to a study, 80% of knowledge workers worldwide claim to be overworked and on the verge of burnout. Additionally, 82% of workers claim they are not engaged at work. Therefore, it is essential to have a flexible tool accessible across all apps and your organization within the workflow.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 20, 2010

Image via Wikipedia "Collaboration is a process through which people who see different aspects of a problem can constructively explore their differences and search for the solution that go beyond their own limited vision of what is possible." ~ Anecdote And informal learning is hinged on collaboration.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

These changes are continuously transforming the landscape for knowledge work. The results are in, and most knowledge workers are struggling to adapt to new forms of work and learning. We will look over the shoulder of a modern knowledge worker using e-learning 2.0 How are we doing at keeping up with these changes?

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2009

There was a really great case study by HP during one of the Learn Trends sessions that described how they took marketing professionals from across the organization, taught them some basics about Web 2.0 This was hosted by the learning organization, but it looked more like a research, innovation project than a learning event.

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ID Reflections

APRIL 22, 2010

It’s about collaboration. It means creating opportunities for self learning, exploration and collaboration. Sara Ford uses a wonderful, visual analogy for Agile that is a brilliant fit for scoping of training needs in today’s business organizations. Social Media for Knowledge Workers: eLearning Technology (Tony Karrer) 10.

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Jane Hart

MARCH 1, 2013

It’s 2013, not 1950, the year the number of manufacturing workers reached its peak in the US.” ” Self-organized learning. “Sugata is inviting parents and teachers everywhere to set-up a Self-Organized Learning Environment by downloading the SOLE toolkit and creating their own SOLE environments.”

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Instilled

JULY 2, 2019

A constant state of connection has grown increasingly common, especially for knowledge workers. So how can smart organizations seize this potential to reach employees and stakeholders with effective learning? A hallmark of the modern learning organization, communities of practice can help an organization.

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Limestone Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Perfect for learning and development (L&D) knowledge workers and educators, there’ll be discussions about the keys to transforming the challenges of digital workspaces into opportunities for growth and well-being. However, the L&D function can be a business contributor and, in many organizations, a business driver.

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Challenge to Learn

DECEMBER 14, 2010

I went to a workshop of the Internet time alliance organized by Tulser. And he had the tweet of the day: “Knowledge workers of the world, collaborate. Charles Jennings made a great point that the goal of learning isn’t to gain knowledge or to train skills, but to change the behavior of people.

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SkyPrep

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Most organizations want the same thing for their new employees: to get up to speed in a quick and timely manner, avoid and diminish any knowledge gaps, effortlessly integrate with the team, and ultimately, be productive. That can be accomplished by implementing an effective employee onboarding program in organizations.

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Training Industry

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Open Badges started as a collaborative project between MacArthur Foundation, HASTAC and Mozilla and has continued to grow through an open, collaborative approach. It is designed, built and backed by a broad community of contributors, now with support from a number of organizations including the Clinton Global Initiative.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The availability of cost-effective resources to facilitate wide collaboration (including open source software that enables wikis, discussion groups, chat and even web conferencing) presents the chance for organizations to reconsider the effectiveness of the performance support being offered to their people.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 22, 2008

George Siemens , Jay Cross and Tony Karrer have organized the second annual free online conference: Corporate Learning: Trends and Innovation 2008 November 17 - 21, 2008 | Online | Free Last year's conference had two thousand people from all over the world take part in the week-long conference.

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Mike Taylor

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Instead of just an LMS to serve the entire organization we are now able to select from a wide variety of options and connect them in new ways to create learning technology ecosystems. Yasmin Fodil (@yasminfodil) talks about the sources of collective knowledge available to knowledge workers, and the ways that they can access that knowledge.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Jay Cross lays out some excellent reasons for organizations to incorporate informal learning into their overall training strategy in this article. In this free download from the ASTD, Ryan Ellis introduces readers to the many criteria to examine when you’re organization is in the market for an LMS. How cool is that?

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Disprz

AUGUST 9, 2022

Most companies focus on the knowledge workers and pay little or no attention to the frontline workforce. A close-knit team can effectively carry out their responsibilities and comprehend the importance of participation and the importance of collaborating with others. Without them, business operations might just come to a halt.

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Instancy

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Organizations use gamification to encourage people to improve their skill sets and abilities. Social learning enables learners to share their knowledge, experience, and learning resources or digital content. Social Learning is cost-effective due to its organic nature. learners to connect with peers and experts and seek?expertise?and

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Instancy

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Organizations use gamification to encourage people to improve their skill sets and abilities. Social learning enables learners to share their knowledge, experience, and learning resources or digital content. Social Learning is cost-effective due to its organic nature. learners to connect with peers and experts and seek?expertise?and

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