Jay Cross

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The 21st century is in play, and it’s really, really different

Jay Cross

Jay and a group of colleagues are co-creating 21C , a project to synchronize professional practice with the demands of 21st century workplace. Introduction (12 1/2 minutes). Finale (13 1/2 minutes). Jerry’s REXpedition is exploring the relationship economy.

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Internet Time Blog » KM and eLearning in synchronous rigor mortis?

Jay Cross

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Succeed in business: mimic sardines

Jay Cross

of sardines swimming in perfect synchronization in the giant kelp forest tank at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Their organizations keep running into the wall. The ideal organization would behave more like fish. Last month I watched schools of hundreds (thousands?) I couldn’t discern a leader of the pack. There was no sardine CEO.

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The User Illusion

Jay Cross

If there were not half a second in which to synchronize the inputs, we might experience a jitter in our perception of reality. What we experience directly is an illusion, which presents interpreted data as if they were raw. It is this illusion that is the core of consciousness: the world experienced in a meaningful, interpreted way.

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Working Smarter Glossary

Jay Cross

Synchronous. If the urinal in the airport bathroom knows when I’m there and when I’m not, should we expect anything less from our computer networks? The belief that the world is conspiring to make you happy and successful. Social Learning. What eLearning was supposed to be. pretentious] Live event. Technophilia.

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Why Content Curation Should be in Your Skillset

Jay Cross

And, as Clay Shirky has said: “Curation comes up when people realize that it isn’t just about information seeking, it’s also about synchronizing a community.”. In a minute I’ll give you the story of a company that saved over fifty million dollars with a low-budget curation program.

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195 posts about MOOCs

Jay Cross

Why do synchronous web tools suck? MOOCs, Learning Points GEORGE SIEMENS | SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 2012. Instructure: we know. GEORGE SIEMENS | THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2012. MOOC on complexity JAY CROSS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013. GEORGE SIEMENS | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011.