Jay Cross's Informal Learning

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The New Social Learning

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

The New Social Learning. A Guide to Transforming Organizations Through Social Media. Yesterday afternoon, an acquaintance who was appointed chief learning officer of one of the UK’s major banks three weeks ago asked me where to find some great examples of social & informal learning.

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Where Social Learning Thrives

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

A social learning culture requires design, training, guidance, leadership, monitoring and celebrating successes, large and small. People need to know where the organization is headed and why it matters. Growing a culture of service is more like planting a garden than building a shed.

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L&D Suicide?

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Sustainable organizations gain flexibility by empowering their people to make decisions rather than thinking people are mere cogs in a machines. Workers in a Pull organization are delegated the power to solve problems and get things done in the absence of fixed procedures and direct supervision. Many organizations are not ready.).

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Free webinar, Wednesday, February 16th

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Hear Jay Cross, a leading expert on informal learning, for a far-ranging conversation about how organizations are working – and training – smarter in the network era. Find out how smart businesses today are reaping the benefits of continuous, peer-to-peer learning and collaboration.

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Informal learning from the horse’s mouth

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Every morning, my email is littered with very basic questions about informal learning. I’ve been ranting about informal and computer-supported learning in organizations for twelve years now. I’m the Johnny Appleseed of networked, social learning. Tags: Generic replies Informal Learning.

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Picky, picky

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

I generally resist linking to organizations that monitor and use the ideas generated in the social/learning/tech space, and then produce reports that fail to acknowledge sources of inspiration. George Siemens echoes my feelings exactly in his post today on elearnspace titled Modernizing corporate training.

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Web 2.0 and Change Present Challenges to Many Learning Executives

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

and Change Present Challenges to Many Learning Executives. Chief learning officers (CLO s) are dealing with organizations the same way they did 25 years ago—focusing on full-time employees. Jay Cross is a champion of informal learning (and author of the definitive book on the topic), Web 2.0, By Rex Davenport.

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