This is post originating from Louise Suarez a Knowledge Manager, Community Builder & Social Computing Evangelist in the IBM Software Group division has stirred me up like no other post. The post is a heartfelt revelation from someone immersed in the social media world within IBM. Tags: Business Learning Community Presentation ibm knowledge starbucks I grew up in the 60’s. He puts forth a personal insight that others around the world have being hinting at and writing about for some  time. And again! And again!! Would you? MORE >>

IBM’s Watson expands commercial applications, aims to go mobile  – from singularityhub.com by Jason Dorrier. From DSC: This relates to what I was trying to get at with the posting on mobile learning.  Combine this with the convergence that’s enabling/building the Learning from the Living [Class] Room environment, and you have one heck of an individualized, data-driven, learning ecosystem that’s available 24 x 7 x 365 — throughout your lifetime!!! MORE >>

'To stay on the cutting edge of technology and innovation, IBM leverages learning to continually hone global workforce skills. With employees in more than 170 countries, IBM’s learning function may be called upon to provide learning at any time. As a result, the fabric of IBM’s learning operation must be equipped with a strategic vision capable of addressing the company’s complex development needs. The company’s answer is to nurture a strong link between learning and business strategies. &rdquo MORE >>

From DSC: Below are some reflections after seeing these items: IBM’s Watson is better at diagnosing cancer than human doctors — from wired.co.uk … While the original Watson will be staying put at the IBM research center it calls home, the hardware to run the program is being installed at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York, where researchers and grad students will be spend the next three years teaching Watson all they can while also hoping to learn more about how the software learns and make it more effective. by Ian Steadman. MORE >>

IBM's Watson beat two Jeopardy champs in answering questions this week. . For us as workplace learning-and-performance professionals, does this mean we'll be doing less training of people, and more training of machines? Does this mean that soon computers will be able to replace people in answering questions? Probably depends on lots of things as to how soon this happens. For example, folks doing technical support probably won't be replaced as soon if the systems/equipment on which they are providing support are updated regularly or modified substantially. Article in NYTimes. MORE >>