Jay Cross's Informal Learning

AUGUST 1, 2009

News Providers are Embracing the iPhone - OReilly Radar , July 16, 2009. Google Latitude on the iPhone? Google (619). Must-Have Google Search Tricks , July 7, 2009. Search Wars: Twitter Versus Google , July 9, 2009. Will Google Chrome OS Bring Us the Mythical GDrive? Whatever - Half an Hour , July 13, 2009.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 13, 2011

Mixing case studies, stories, and actionable recommendations together with humor and easy-to-understand language, Jay Cross provides much more than buzzwords and back-patting, or so says his bio. LXB: How does that differentiate a new-era organization such as Google from a company such as Buggy Whips International? LX Briefing.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 31, 2009

Asymmetrical productivity : Twenty years ago, training departments prided themselves on consistency: providing precisely the same training experience to everyone in the organization. Google figures a superlative engineer creates 200 times as much value as his middle-tier peer. That’s no longer a good strategy for making money.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Before Google scanned and digitized 7 million books and Wikipedia users created the world’s largest encyclopedia. Free, open content provides an irresistible value proposition. But that was then — before MP3s and iPods proved just how freely music could flow. “We all realize that content is just the first step.&#.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Google “informal learning jay cross;&# go to the Informal Learning Page , for an overview and links. (20 Other people are providing the context and the need, even if they’re not in the room. I’m the Johnny Appleseed of networked, social learning. I make 95% of my work available on the net at no charge.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2009

I discovered this article while Googling for material on learning transfer. Conferences have traditionally provided foundation knowledge for instructional designers, trainers, CLOs, and others in the field. Power of informal learning in developing managers. I’ve learned a whale of a lot from these events over the last twenty years.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

APRIL 30, 2009

Last week, bidding kicked off at $68,000 on a 10-day eBay auction whose prize includes personal genome sequencing, analysis, and interpretation services provided by Cambridge, Mass.-based The Smart Charger Controller may provide a solution. Would you pay $68,000 to unlock the secrets of your genetic code? Fast Company.

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