The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

Encourage risk-taking – Organizations that seek new solutions to old problems, creativity and innovation in their operations and products, employees who “think outside the box” and “walk the talk”, need to allow managers to make mistakes and learn from those experiences.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Instructor-facilitated workshop – meeting convened by an instructor; participants learn from experience of working together on solving a problem or creating something new. Mobile learning – a form of elearning that is accessed by a mobile device such as smart phone or tablet; can be anywhere, anytime.

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Training Industry

MAY 30, 2017

These challenges include the transformation of the traditional learning model, the need to be agile and the existence of communities of practice. It’s an experience that has made me realize just how many challenges there are in the highly competitive world of executive education.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 10, 2015

Managers resist attending formal training events and participating in other kinds of learning activities (elearning, mentoring, coaching, action-learning, communities of practice, internal wikis, etc.) The problem is that managers don’t make learning a high priority. I disagree.

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Communities of practice. A Community of Practice (CoP) is a social network of people who identify with one another professionally (e.g. Chefs and workers in the kitchen who aspire to be chefs are a community of practice. Newcomers learn the ropes from working alongside veterans.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 27, 2015

You will find their 2015 report is full of valuable insights and enthusiastic calls to action. And therein lies the problem, for the call seems only to be heard by the already converted. Some 42% are prepared to learn at evenings and weekends, 42% at the point of need and 29% while travelling to and from work.

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Jay Cross

MAY 26, 2015

Some people denigrate informal learning but nobody’s against Working Smarter. Your organization already has a workscape where people are learning to work smarter. That’s where all the informal and social learning we hear about is taking place. I foresee learning process SWAT teams attacking connection gaps. Peer learning.

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