Jay Cross

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Learning and KM: Separated at birth?

Jay Cross

A social media consumer, HBS professor, MIT research scientist, and author, McAfee focuses on how emergent social software platforms are benefiting enterprises, and how smart organizations and their leaders are making effective use of them to share knowledge, inspire innovation, and enable decision making.

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What Universities Must Learn About Social Networks

Jay Cross

By introducing social networks, corporate students will be able to organize study groups, share notes, and better prepare for exams and projects by using these networks to foster peer-to-peer collaboration. Faculty use social networks to support communication and information sharing among committees, teams, and research projects.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Self-directed study of external courses. Study after study finds that 70%-95% of learning in the workplace is informal and experiential. Study after study finds that 70%-95% of learning in the workplace is informal and experiential. Studies) Most corporate training is an example of the “Streetlight Effect.”.