KnowledgeStar

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

I recently had the honor of presenting the research from my latest book Minds at Work at the 2018 Learning Technologies Conference and iLearning Forum in Paris, Porte de Versailles. There were over 8,000 people attending the two-day event and the interest in learning and learning technologies in the EU is as intense and focused as I […].

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Conference Forum Learning Technologies Research 100

KnowledgeStar

JANUARY 7, 2018

When I was finishing the last chapter in my book, Minds at Work, co-authored with Stephen J. Gill, our focus was on a new model of managing and learning designed to respond to the needs of the new Knowledge Economy. We called it “managing minds” to distinguish it from the previous industrial era model of “managing […].

Learning 100

Learning Knowledge Authoring Management 100

KnowledgeStar

DECEMBER 29, 2017

What an honor! John Baldoni is a popular leadership keynote speaker, executive coach and executive educator. He is an internationally recognized thought leader, and the author of 13 great management books, which have been translated into 10 languages. His most popular books you must read are MOXIE and Lead with Purpose. He recently posted his […].

Coaching 100

Coaching Leadership Authoring Education 100

KnowledgeStar

DECEMBER 15, 2017

One of the most widely read of my recent posts was The Pizza Story about the artisanal pizza made by robots in the Zume pizzeria in Palo Alto, California. The post showed that we have no idea how far automation has already reached its steely fingers into the many places in our lives. The point was […].

Ideas 100

Ideas Management 100

KnowledgeStar

DECEMBER 11, 2017

“Unemployment among robots is holding at zero percent. Humans are not doing as well” The Pizza Story In our new book Minds at Work, we talk about the older labor-intensive economy in which we made things and needed to manage hands, and the newer mind-intensive economy in which we produce work with our minds […].

Management 100

Management 100

KnowledgeStar

DECEMBER 8, 2017

I’m always trying to learn something new. Every day… So last night I was out with a friend of mine who is fabulously wealthy and amazingly smart. And we were eating dinner and talking about investments, retirement, 401K’s, reverse mortgages, and the California housing market after the fires. It was a calm and educational meal […].

Education 50

Education Market Learning Management 50

KnowledgeStar

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

All the ideas you have about the future of management and learning are wrong. If you want to find out why, join us this Friday for a great webinar and some free valuable giveaways. Filed under: Managing Minds.

Ideas 100

Ideas Free Management Learning 100

KnowledgeStar

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

Every great leader I’ve ever spoken with or read about does the same thing: They ask “Why?” at least three times to really find an answer. Try it. The Rule of Three Why’s WHY number 1 will feel right and skipping past it will drive you crazy since we love to jump to the conclusion. […].

Management 124

Management 124

KnowledgeStar

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Tell me where to send your new socks, because this should knock yours off! I love the idea of Heart Count not Head Count. My new book, Minds at Work: Managing for Success in the Knowledge Economy will be published by ATD Press December 1st. You can preorder now at Amazon and any of the […].

Press 100

Press Knowledge Ideas Management 100

KnowledgeStar

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

FYI – Just heard that the book is starting to ship! On December 1st my book, Minds at Work, co-authored with my friend Stephen J. Gill, will launch. The book is being published by ATD Press and there will be an exciting ATD webinar – MANAGEMENT & LEARNING WILL CHANGE FOREVER (AND YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW […].

News 100

News Press Authoring Learning 100

KnowledgeStar

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

We have been talking about the rapid inevitable change from labor-intensive managing hands type of work, to the mind-intensive managing minds work most of us perform. We too often imagine it happening in offices or manufacturing environments. Truth is it’s happening in places we would never imagine, from pizza parlors to coal mines to … […].

Environment 113

Environment Performance Management Change 113

KnowledgeStar

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Sally Ann Moore is the Director General iLearning Forum at Closer Still Media. iLearning Forum is the most important learning meeting in Europe. Sally Ann wrote this as part of her preparation for the conference, that I am honored to be speaking at, this January, 2018. While preparing the Learning technologies France 2018 conference programme, […].

Learning 150

Learning Forum Culture Conference 150

KnowledgeStar

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In my most recent book Minds at Work, co-authored with Stephen J. Gill, we imagined a new way of learning anytime and anyplace we called Interactive Performance Support: “The most up-to-date version is what we call Interactive Performance Support (IPS). Here is an example of how an IPS program could be employed in a manufacturing […].

Performance Support 100

Performance Support Version Interactive Authoring 100

KnowledgeStar

OCTOBER 20, 2017

On December 1st my book Minds at Work, co-authored with my friend Stephen J. Gill, will launch. The book is being published by ATD Press and there will be an exciting ATD webinar – MANAGEMENT & LEARNING WILL CHANGE FOREVER (AND YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW AND WHY) – [link] Thanks for reading KnowledgeStar and I hope […].

News 100

News Press Authoring Management 100

KnowledgeStar

OCTOBER 18, 2017

TO ALL THE MEN WHO READ THIS. THE TED PRESENTATION JACKSON MAKES MUST BE WATCHED AND REMEMBERED. PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH ALL THE MEN YOU KNOW … WATCH JACKSON KATZ TEACH AN IMPORTANT LESSON FOR MENFiled under: Managing Minds.

Learning 124

Learning Lesson Teach Management 124

KnowledgeStar

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The Pizza Story In our new book Minds at Work, we talk about the older labor-intensive economy in which we made things and needed to manage hands, and the newer mind-intensive economy in which we produce work with our minds and need to manage minds. Automation creates a future in which there ar […].

Management 113

Management Create 113

KnowledgeStar

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Real learning is the ability to adopt what you know and know-how to do and adapt it under an everchanging variety of circumstances.

Learning 113

Learning Adoption Adopt 113

KnowledgeStar

JUNE 16, 2015

Our research and consulting with leading corporations has convinced us that the smartest, highest performing, most successful organization in the current global idea-based economy are learning cultures. They can respond instantly to the ever-changing requirements and demands of a fast-paced, hyper-competitive marketplace. Their employees can quickly access the technology and support to find what they need to know, when and where it is needed.

Learning 100

Learning Performance Support Consulting Culture 100

KnowledgeStar

JUNE 19, 2015

Talking about the Internet of Things … I have seen the future of on-the-job learning. It is an app that connects any piece of machinery your company uses, with any internet-connected device you already have, and instantly and automatically delivers any specifically chosen, task-related information that exists in the cloud. So you get close to […].

Internet 100

Internet Learning Help Job 100

KnowledgeStar

JUNE 24, 2015

Imagine having the machines you use in a workplace able to tell you what they need you to do, able to help you be safer around them, offer you the details you need to complete a regulatory checklist, make you more knowledgeable about how they work and what they do, show you how to effectively use and fix them, give you the schematics and diagrams you need to clearly see how to connect A to B, and more, lots more.

Internet 100

Internet Knowledge Effectiveness Help 100

KnowledgeStar

JUNE 26, 2015

" What would it take for us to leave the safe and mundane world of product based, recursive education behind and adopt new pedagogies that promote self discovery, digression from prescribed pathways and learning by a process of serendipity?".

Education 100

Education Pedagogy Adoption Adopt 100

KnowledgeStar

JUNE 29, 2015

I have been researching the difference in approaches to learning between Boomers and Millennials. I recently started reading and hearing about a new approach to hiring and learning called a “high innovation system”. We know there has been a sea-change in the old hiring for life contract between employer and employee. And the union agreements […].

Innovation 100

Innovation Learning Research System 100

KnowledgeStar

JULY 16, 2015

Corporations should be watching closely to see if new methods of delivering training result in a dramatic increase in retention among employees once they’re on the job--because if Kohn is right, even a whopping 400% increase in retention will mean that after just one week, it means the average employee is retaining only about half of the information presented in training.

Corporate eLearning 100

Corporate eLearning Training Train Methods 100

KnowledgeStar

JANUARY 25, 2017

The Future of Learning is Not Training By Stephen J. Gill and David Grebow Instead of jumping off the January 1st starting line, we decided to wait and see what other people are predicting for corporate training and learning in 2017. Here’s a partial list from our 2017 Crystal Ball Scorecard: The New Year […].

Training 100

Training Train Learning Predictions 100

KnowledgeStar

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

This turbulent cosmic pinnacle lies within a tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula, located 7500 light-years away in the southern constellation of Carina. Scorching radiation and fast winds (streams of charged particles) from super-hot newborn stars in the nebula are shaping and compressing the pillar, causing new stars to form within it.

Pinnacle 133

Pinnacle Streaming Management 133

KnowledgeStar

OCTOBER 2, 2017

David Grebow, CEO of KnowledgeStar and former co-director of the IBM Institute for Advanced Learning, believes that the Internet of Smart Things (IosT) is the most significant opportunity that has come out of the IoT world, especially for manpower-intensive heavy industries. He spoke with Industrial Internet Now about IosT’s potential to humanize the IoT and realize […].

Internet 100

Internet IBM Director Industry 100

KnowledgeStar

OCTOBER 4, 2017

This is the first in a three-part series. The goal is simple: Completely change the way we manage and learn. Forever. Looking forward to your reactions. Companies worldwide today seem to be suffering from the same challenges: finding and hiring talent, time-to-performance, employee engagement and retention, innovation, decision-making, and more. They all seem to be […].

Management 100

Management Innovation Performance Change 100

KnowledgeStar

OCTOBER 4, 2017

This is the first in a three-part series. The goal is simple: Completely change the way we manage and learn. Forever. Looking forward to your reactions. Companies worldwide today seem to be suffering from the same challenges: finding and hiring talent, time-to-performance, employee engagement and retention, innovation, decision-making, and more. They all seem to be […].

Management 100

Management Innovation Performance Change 100

KnowledgeStar

OCTOBER 2, 2017

David Grebow, CEO of KnowledgeStar and former co-director of the IBM Institute for Advanced Learning, believes that the Internet of Smart Things (IosT) is the most significant opportunity that has come out of the IoT world, especially for manpower-intensive heavy industries. He spoke with Industrial Internet Now about IosT’s potential to humanize the IoT and realize […].

Internet 100

Internet IBM Director Industry 100

KnowledgeStar

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

This turbulent cosmic pinnacle lies within a tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula, located 7500 light-years away in the southern constellation of Carina. Scorching radiation and fast winds (streams of charged particles) from super-hot newborn stars in the nebula are shaping and compressing the pillar, causing new stars to form within it.

Pinnacle 100

Pinnacle Streaming Management 100

KnowledgeStar

JANUARY 25, 2017

The Future of Learning is Not Training By Stephen J. Gill and David Grebow Instead of jumping off the January 1st starting line, we decided to wait and see what other people are predicting for corporate training and learning in 2017. Here’s a partial list from our 2017 Crystal Ball Scorecard: The New Year […].

Training 124

Training Train Learning Predictions 124

KnowledgeStar

JULY 16, 2015

Corporations should be watching closely to see if new methods of delivering training result in a dramatic increase in retention among employees once they’re on the job--because if Kohn is right, even a whopping 400% increase in retention will mean that after just one week, it means the average employee is retaining only about half of the information presented in training.

Corporate eLearning 197

Corporate eLearning Training Train Methods 197

KnowledgeStar

JUNE 29, 2015

Training for hard skills will soon become as obsolete as the chalk board. My prediction is that it will soon be replaced by performance support utilizing the Internet of Things (IoT) to help people who simply want operational or procedural information on the job.

Innovation 164

Innovation Performance Support Internet Predictions 164

KnowledgeStar

JUNE 26, 2015

" What would it take for us to leave the safe and mundane world of product based, recursive education behind and adopt new pedagogies that promote self discovery, digression from prescribed pathways and learning by a process of serendipity?".

Education 170

Education Pedagogy Adoption Adopt 170

KnowledgeStar

JUNE 24, 2015

Imagine having the machines you use in a workplace able to tell you what they need you to do, able to help you be safer around them, offer you the details you need to complete a regulatory checklist, make you more knowledgeable about how they work and what they do, show you how to effectively use and fix them, give you the schematics and diagrams you need to clearly see how to connect A to B, and more, lots more.

Internet 232

Internet Knowledge Effectiveness Help 232

KnowledgeStar

JUNE 19, 2015

Talk about the Internet of Things, I have seen the future of on-the-job learning. It is an app that connects any piece of machinery, with any internet connected device you already have, with very specifically chosen information you have in the cloud. Instantly and automatically. Information can range from training to performance support to saftey […].

Internet 159

Internet Learning Help Performance Support 159

KnowledgeStar

JUNE 16, 2015

Our research and consulting with leading corporations has convinced us that the smartest, highest performing, most successful organization in the current global idea-based economy are learning cultures. They can respond instantly to the ever-changing requirements and demands of a fast-paced, hyper-competitive marketplace. Their employees can quickly access the technology and support to find what they need to know, when and where it is needed.

Learning 209

Learning Performance Support Consulting Culture 209