Jay Cross

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ASTD no more

Jay Cross

The American Society for Training and Development has ceased to exist. Now it’s the Association for Talent Development. In 1947, it came to life as the American Society of Training Directors. In 1947, it came to life as the American Society of Training Directors. But are there any talent developers???

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The principles of learning

Jay Cross

Yesterday I came upon a 13-year old cassette recording of Peter Henschel, executive director of the Institute for Research on Learning , speaking to a breakout session at Elliott Masie’s TechLearn conference. When we develop and share values, perspectives, and ways of doing things, we create a community of practice. The real work.

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Learning with people, not technology

Jay Cross

The HR director explains “New employees are given time to look around and get to know the products, ask questions, go online, read literature and shadow experienced employees. If you share my interest in mashing up agile development and corporate learning, you may want to check out Unmanagement.net.

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eLearn Magazine’s 2010 Predictions

Jay Cross

Clark Quinn, executive director of Quinnovation. Charles Jennings, director of the Internet Time Alliance and Duntroon Associates. Speed-to-competence will become the key driver. Internet Time Alliance Learnstream.

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“Your call is important to us”

Jay Cross

Advance the state of the art in customer interactions by developing innovative strategies, models and standards. Through the integration of these conversations with academic research and emerging business trends, we develop innovative business strategies and operational models. The Customer Experience.

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Singularity University

Jay Cross

Salim Ismael, founding executive director of Singularity University , joined a few dozen of us for lunch in Berkeley yesterday to discuss “Seeing the Next Disruptive Technology.”. female and ¼ from developing countries. Singularity University is neither a university nor about singularity. Tuition for the ten-week program is $25,000.

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50 suggestions for implementing 70-20-10 (5)

Jay Cross

You will need to become a champion for the new approach to developing talent in the organization. You must convince your sponsor that managers and supervisors are the linchpin to developing new talent. Let them be the sherpas of both employee and career development. Managers have to learn how to develop their people.