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Employee Empowerment—How It’s Done and Why You Should Care

Vitalyst

In a 1999 California Management Review article, Peter Drucker—who is widely regarded as the “father of modern management”—stated that the most important contribution management will need to make in the 21st century will be increasing the productivity of knowledge workers. They have to manage themselves. They must have autonomy.

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Harness human skills to build future-ready teams

CLO Magazine

For knowledge workers everywhere, the nature of work is shifting fast. Like the star employee who’s eagerly embraced a growth mindset, AI is making the most of every learning opportunity it’s presented with as a chance to grow smarter and more proficient. That definition isn’t wrong, but it’s not precise.

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A Brief History of AI

Learningtogo

These are a few that I’ve called out for our purposes as learning professionals. While the ambitious conference doesn’t achieve everything it set out to do, it establishes the blueprint for progress in AI and machine learning from that point up until the present day (McCarthy et al. digital assistants for enterprise knowledge workers.

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Pro Tips for Working from Home Effectively

Litmos

Since mid-March, because of the coronavirus pandemic, many of us have been sent home from our offices and asked to work remotely, suddenly becoming remote workers. Many of us were already working remotely — one analysis of 2018 U.S. Census data found that five million workers were already working from home full or part-time.

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Why You Should Embrace The Gig Economy For Strategic Advantage

EI Design

As Learning and Development (L&D) makers, we compete for talented employees, their effort, and time. Most companies still adhere to a traditional labor structure of employing full-time workers, hoping to find the best talent within driving distance of an office. This new paradigm is optimized for knowledge work, like L&D.

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How to train productivity at work: Top experts reveal their employee productivity formula

TalentLMS

In 2018, a study from the UK telecoms regulator Ofcom found out that 55% of people never turn their phones off. After all, learning is sharing. Joshua Zerkel, Head of Global Community at Asana , is certain that productivity is a skill, and like any other skill, it can be learned. Employees felt happier at work.