EI Design

JULY 30, 2018

Most companies still adhere to a traditional labor structure of employing full-time workers, hoping to find the best talent within driving distance of an office. It makes sense to insist that employees all work next to each other on a factory assembly line. This new paradigm is optimized for knowledge work, like L&D.

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Specialist Instructional Design Virtual World Project 40

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." He asked me if the subject is important.

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Wiki Knowledge News Journal 32

eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 4, 2009

LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers - eLearning Technology , July 6, 2009 How to use LinkedIn more effectively as part of your knowledge work. Handy Job Aid 1 - Bozarthzone , July 26, 2009. Featured Sources. The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals.

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Social Media Media Social Skills 40

Tony Karrer

MARCH 3, 2009

I also couldn't see poll results, but Mark did a great job of letting us know what was happening in polls and asking questions during the session. Leveraging Networks is Key Skill and the most important Knowledge Worker Skill Gap. Employees definitely need to be coached to not abuse their time at work on things like Facebook.

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Social Networks Social Ning LinkedIn 102

Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Microlearning – the learning that results from “micro” content published in short form and limited by the software and devices used to view it – offers alternatives to traditional development methods for workers who deal with web-based information as part of their job. Who doesn’t this work for? not knowledge workers.

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LearnTrends microlearning Learning Objects PLE 262

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. The training manager, who sees their job as ‘doing training’, responds by creating a training course. How do you compare both?

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. The training manager, who sees their job as ‘doing training’, responds by creating a training course. How do you compare both?

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Blended Learning Performance Support Compliance Training Social Learning 100

Jay Cross

MARCH 14, 2010

(Training directors see learners; everyone else sees workers or employees.). Knowledge Workers. The knowledge worker’s objective is to learn what it takes to do the best she can. Today’s workers are out for themselves. A great knowledge worker can be several hundred times as productive as his peer.

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Business Metrics Director Knowledge Worker 52

AXIOM Learning Solutions

MARCH 23, 2023

In the past several years, knowledge workers have embraced technical skills and the realities of blended and remote work. 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.

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Podcasts Podcaster Podcasting Management 49

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Workers were then expected to do them; the less variation, the better. Innovation was not a worker’s responsibility. In fact, Frederick Taylor told workers, ‘You’re not paid to think’ Along came knowledge work. A superlative industrial worker was 25% more productive than average.

Knowledge Worker 57

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. Workscapes.

Compliance Training 64

Compliance Training Social Media Knowledge Worker Instructional Design 64

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 26, 2008

A job like mine , E.Learning Age. Knowledge workers have replaced factory workers. Shareholders owned the factories, but workers own their minds. Information spreading through network connections empowers workers to make decisions and take responsibility for them. Community Tips for New Leaders (blog).

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Social Networks CLO Mash-up Mashups 36