Jay Cross

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Jeff Bezos: his management values

Jay Cross

All Amazon managers are expected to be trained as call center representatives. “Everyone has to be able to work in a call center.” Perhaps a page borrowed from the US Marine manual, in which every marine, regardless of rank or specialty, is a rifleman first. This is Day 1 for the Internet. We still have so much to learn.”

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Nailed! How managers develop proficiency

Jay Cross

Informal Learning and the Transfer of Learning: How Managers Develop Proficiency. “Our study suggested that managers learn mostly from informal learning, that proficiency is the product of informal learning, and that metacognitive knowledge and self-regulation skills moderate informal learning and the transfer process.

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How Managers Learn

Jay Cross

How Managers Learn – In Their Own Words. Jay Cross and Peter Casebow video 2 – How Managers Learn. Jay and Peter discuss the GoodPractice survey ‘How Manger’s Learn’ and what organisations can do to help managers. Tags: Informal Learning Management Innovation. Learning and Performance 5:06.

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Management 3.0 from Jurgen Appelo

Jay Cross

His book Management 3.0 And this presentation: Management 3.0 Jurgen Appelo plays with more models of how things ought to work than anyone I else I know. presents, assesses, and sometimes interconnects with agile, people-oriented processes relentlessly. I’m a fan. See his blog. in 50 minutes from Jurgen Appelo.

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Reinventing management, the Stoos movement

Jay Cross

We had a good discussion of the Stoos Movement and combining agile with management. Or replacing management with agile. In the healthcare industry, there is agile behavior without agile management. I’m seeing the Boards of some organizations playing a greater role in shifting management models. Peter Isackson.

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21st century management practice

Jay Cross

Marie describes managing a team of 70 leaders. Marie’s program is a near-perfect fit with Steven Denning’s concept of Radical Management. I caught up with former telecom exec Marie Bjerede after a three day retreat in North Carolina. We were hunkered down at the Asheville airport waiting for a brooding storm to pass by.

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A New Center Of Gravity For Management?

Jay Cross

The Global Peter Drucker Forum 2013 suggested a new a center of gravity for management in the world, as thought leaders explored the implications of complexity. Jay Cross ‘s insight: Steve writes that "The most important thing that would have struck Peter Drucker is the shared passion for the importance of management.