Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In June 2008, Work Literacy Launched. I’m convinced that we are all struggling to have our Work Skills Keep Up. During the year, I’ve had fantastic conversations through LearnTrends around SharePoint , Examples and Tour of Different Kinds of eLearning , Social Learning , and the Business of Learning. eLearning 2.0 eLearning 2.0

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Diversity Training Scanning PWLE Case Study 109

Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

The point, however, is from the point of the view of the learner, all the resources needed are ‘to hand’ through every stage of knowledge work. Overall, it taps into our natural learning, where we experiment, reflect, converse, mimic, collaborate, and more.

Wiki 182

Wiki IM IMS Network 182

Tony Karrer

JULY 6, 2009

I do a lot of presentations where one of the topics is how to use LinkedIn more effectively as part of your knowledge work. In most cases, I will ask for a show of hands: How many of you have a LinkedIn Account? Generally 50-70%. How many of you actively use LinkedIn? Generally down to 10%.

Social Networks 120

Social Networks LinkedIn Knowledge Worker Guide 120

Matrix

MAY 9, 2019

To some extent, work doesn’t happen at work anymore. All sorts of noises and irrelevant conversations come in the detriment of focus and productivity. And people need their focus in knowledge acquiring activities. Knowledge transfer is never an effortless process that happens spontaneously within an organization.

Knowledge 55

Knowledge Simulations Micro-Learning Instructional Design 55

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Tapping the Social Grid Date: Friday, February 27th Time: 9 - 10 am PACIFIC, Noon - 1 pm EASTERN Register Here Over the past 20 years, knowledge work has been transformed by the explosion of information sources and information flow. This has caused fairly radical changes in core work tools and methods.

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Social Free Sun IBM 100

Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Introducing The Conversation Prism eLearning Trends 2007 and 2008 TechCrunch White Label Social Networking Platforms Chart How to Insert YouTube Videos in PowerPoint Presentations LinkedIn Tips and Tweaks: Do More with your LinkedIn Account Introduction to Wikis, Blogs, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking and RSS Corporate Policies on Web 2.0

Social Networks 139

Social Networks Blended Learning Authoring Tools PLE 139

Jay Cross

APRIL 6, 2013

Knowledge work has evolved into keeping up and taking advantage of connections. These posts offer guidance to managers who want to make learning from experience and conversation more effective. Conversations are the stem cells of learning. Post 1 People learn their jobs by doing their jobs. Learning is social.

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Social Networks Social Network Communities of Practice Lesson 83

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 27, 2009

And when I discuss what the new skills are around knowledge work, I quickly arrive a the biggest changes being things like finding expertise , finding answers , using social media to find answers , and learning through conversation.

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Social Media Wikipedia Social Networks LinkedIn 100

ID Reflections

MAY 30, 2013

And embodied what Harold Jarche says: Work is learning. Learning is work. Although used in the context of knowledge work, I realized it applied very well to what Umesh did. He had acquired all his skills through observation, apprenticeship, feedback loops, questions and conversations.

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Leadership Skills Job Predictions 139

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

We find that knowledge work has replaced manual labor as the predominant form of work. March 5: A conversation with Professor Karl Kapp. Our systems are designed not for learning, but sorting. This made sense in the industrial age (we separated the laborers from the managers, etc). Need to educate people to higher levels.

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Wiki Instructional Design Performance Support Instructional 160

Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 20, 2008

In presentations, I often will cite this as an example of the kinds of changes in work skills that have occurred and are constantly occurring. A big part of education is learning how to do research and really that's where you learn the foundations of knowledge work. How to work with mobile devices and keep them in sync?

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Work Skills Skills Wiki Google Docs 100

Learning Rebels

JANUARY 12, 2015

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. With whom are you having a robust conversation about learning?

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Google Docs Learning Learning Styles CLO 100

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Strategy (15) PWLE Not PLE - Knowledge Work Not Separate from Learning (15) Corporate Social Bookmarking Tools (14) Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis (13) Test SCORM Courses with an LMS (13) 90-9-1 Rule aka 1% Rule in Collaborative Environments (13) Social Conference Tools - Expect Poor Results (13) Instruction eLearning 2.0

Authoring Tools 100

Authoring Tools Social Networks Long Tail eLearning 2.0 100

Tony Karrer

MARCH 3, 2009

Leveraging Networks is Key Skill and the most important Knowledge Worker Skill Gap. Tools and Methods for Networks and Communities - Discusses specific tools and methods for using Networks and Communities as part of Knowledge Work. The "mention me in your blog" is normally only with people who seek a conversation with me.

Social Networks 102

Social Networks Social Ning LinkedIn 102

Tony Karrer

JUNE 26, 2007

Knowledge Work - the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information as part of work processes that captures personal value, builds network, and collects appropriate feedback Would it be fair to say that we have a responsibility to build these skills in ourselves?

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Scanning Media Skills Cognitive 108

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 30, 2010

With the unknown and the complex becoming the norm in knowledge work, adaptability is the key to dealing with challenges, to be comfortable with ambiguity, and to move to a state where we are constantly learning. And very soon, water goes back to its natural state—open and clear—ready for the next impact.

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Agile Expertise Cognitive Collaboration 179

Learnnovators

OCTOBER 8, 2015

This is then fleshed out with a combination of conversations with a SME and/or a suite of documents and presentations that constitute subject matter knowledge. And helping SMEs focus on decisions and skills, not knowledge, working with them in a partnership rather than them as a fount of knowledge is helpful.

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Design eLearning Strategy eLearning Cognitive 133

CLO Magazine

MAY 11, 2017

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. It’s been documented that computers can find some solutions that people struggle with, but the converse is also true.

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Innovation Roles Cognitive Leadership 87

Jay Cross

AUGUST 7, 2009

In a networked corporation, there is scant difference between knowledge work and learning. Business success depends on them working together rather than as individuals. . • Put innovation on everyone’s to-do list. Enable workers to be all that they can be. Establish frameworks for continuous improvement.

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Learning 2.0 Informal Learning Informal Cognitive 75

Jay Cross

JULY 4, 2009

It takes coordination, flexibility, and on-going conversation. They’re all facets of the same thing: the corporate commons of work and learning. It’s all about learning conversations. Companies should embrace network-supported informal learning because it works better, not because it reduces labor costs. Shaved off beard.

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Social Networks Friendfeed Social Network Wiki 36

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Old-style training enraged many managers because it was separate from work. Why isn’t Sally at work today? It needn’t be this way, particularly since knowledge work and learning are nearly indistinguishable. Most corporate learning today can take place simultaneously with work. Because she’s in training.

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Instructional Design Agile Instructional Instruction 46

AXIOM Learning Solutions

MARCH 23, 2023

So I think there’s a convergence of three themes that really caused a lot of stress for people this concept of digitization and remote work, being constantly available or accessible. And they can download themselves into the client world immediately and, and have a real peer to peer conversation. What else can I say?

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Podcasts Podcaster Podcasting Management 49

Big Dog, Little Dog

DECEMBER 29, 2005

I also had a chat a few days ago with a Wall Street Journal reporter who is researching an article on knowledge worker productivity. I said yes, and mouthed the old Peter Drucker chestnut that "making knowledge work productive is the greatest economic challenge of this century." 2005 (podcast) - IT Conversations.

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Wiki Knowledge News Journal 32

The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 19, 2017

With much of the routine work being done by machines, people are being freed up to do knowledge work which requires more and higher quality interpersonal interaction than ever. This is a quality of interpersonal exchange unlike anything that is typical of normal conversation. Actually, the opposite is true.

Management 100

Management Digital Diversity Training Communication 100

Jay Cross

MARCH 19, 2012

SENSE: Listen; Enable conversations; Look for patterns; Learn together. RESPOND: Support the work; Connect people; Share experiences; Develop tools. So what models will work for our complex environments? Furthermore, given the increasingly reciprocal nature of knowledge work, they will have to know how to teach.

Authoring Tools 46

Authoring Tools CD-ROM Compliance Training DDI 46

Tony Karrer

MARCH 25, 2009

Complexity of Productivity for Knowledge Work Productivity is defined as: the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time For some knowledge workers, we can reasonably define things this way. My guess is that someone like Tom is in a different league from most of us Knowledge Workers.

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Productivity Product Social Networks Knowledge Worker 100

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

To me this has heightened my sensitivity to the need for concept workers to reach out to people for knowledge work tasks in order to ensure they will receive a good evaluation. I'm coming to believe this is the most important Knowledge Worker Skill Gap. It reinforces the fact that Leveraging Networks is Key Skill.

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Evalution Performance Knowledge Worker Social Media 100

Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

In chat: Moderator (Tony Karrer): In some ways – we are spending more time learning – if we aren’t learning, we should examine if it’s a good use of our Knowledge Work time. not knowledge workers. Very few companies have strategy for social media–many say it won’t work in their culture.

LearnTrends 262

LearnTrends microlearning Learning Objects PLE 262

ID Reflections

JANUARY 15, 2015

With the unknown and the complex becoming the norm in knowledge work, adaptability is the key to dealing with challenges, to be comfortable with ambiguity, and to move to a state where we are constantly learning. And very soon, water goes back to its natural state—open and clear—ready for the next impact.”

Agile 100

Agile Social Networks Expertise Collaboration 100

Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Jobs are changing where there is a clear move from role-based work to task-based work, less transactional work and more work that requires decision-making and dealing with ambiguity. Charles: We now know that people learn more about their work informally than they do formally.

Performance Support 113

Performance Support Compliance Training Social Learning Ratio 113

Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Jobs are changing where there is a clear move from role-based work to task-based work, less transactional work and more work that requires decision-making and dealing with ambiguity. Charles: We now know that people learn more about their work informally than they do formally.

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Blended Learning Performance Support Compliance Training eLearning Consultant 100

Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2009

At the same time, we are shifting into an era in which knowledge work and learning occur where re-engineered business processes collide with a participative and interactive ecology of information flows. The impacts of collaboration-based knowledge work are accelerating. Ford Motor Co.

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ROI Social Networks Network Authoring Tools 66

Tony Karrer

MARCH 29, 2009

Do we really need to revisit this conversation? And you cannot Separate Knowledge Work from Learning. Oh and when it appears in a magazine and in a presentation at a conference. Did I mention that many of us bloggers are also people writing articles and doing presentations. How Do We Learn? The audience has to be large enough.

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Blended Learning Compliance Training Write Blog 100

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2008

In fact, Frederick Taylor told workers, ‘You’re not paid to think’ Along came knowledge work. Furthermore, given the increasingly reciprocal nature of knowledge work, they will have to know how to teach. Until recently, knowledge itself was thought to reside in people’s heads.

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Knowledge Worker Learning Performance Support Cognitive 57

Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2011

Working smarter is the key to sustainability and continuous improvement. Knowledge work and learning to work smarter are becoming indistinguishable. The accelerating rate of change in business forces everyone in every organization to make a choice: learn while you work or become obsolete. CONVERSATION 75.

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Compliance Training Social Media Knowledge Worker Instructional Design 64

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

These posts offer guidance to managers who want to make learning from experience and conversation more effective. Replacing today’s haphazard approaches with systematic, enlightened management accelerates the development of future workers and gets the entire organization working smarter. Work and learning have merged.

Diversity Training 95

Diversity Training Blended Learning Social Networks Performance Support 95

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2008

convergence of knowledge, knowledge work, and learning. Are we having the right conversations?&#. We came together to discuss the future of organizational learning, given such factors as: * economic slowdown and corporate reconfiguration. increasing democratization of the workforce. Training is severely broken.&#.

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Social Networks Social Network Organizational Learning Discussion 36