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Knowledge Work Types

Tony Karrer

To help clarify this and to begin thinking through implications for Work Literacy Skills , I went back through a couple of different sources. Thomas Davenport classifies Knowledge Work Types in Thinking for a Living: How to Get Better Performances And Results from Knowledge Workers using a variety of classifications.

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Search - Implications on Knowledge Work

Tony Karrer

This post was sparked by a couple of recent articles: Babson Knowledge: How Google Plans to Change the Scope of Googling (And Why Information and Knowledge Workers Should Care).

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Social Media for Knowledge Workers

Tony Karrer

That said, I thought it would be worthwhile for me to collect a few of the resources that provide good starting points that can help Knowledge Workers improve their performance using Social Media. eLearning Technology. eLearning Technology.

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Seven Things I Learned This Year

Tony Karrer

It was definitely helpful to spend time going through Twitter for Learning – 55 Great Articles. Learning Coach Model Very Powerful In 2010, I had a great experience where Dr. Joel Harband wrote a series of articles for my blog on Text-to-Speech in eLearning. I’ve had to find ways to filter the flow and figure out when/how to reach out.

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Adaptive Thinking, Deliberate Practice, and Complexity

ID Reflections

The article Think Like a Commander takes an in-depth look at Adaptive Thinking and how it can be “taught”. This post is a summary of the key learnings from the article. I have paraphrased liberally from the article. Here, by taught I am trying to imply that Adaptive Thinking can be acquired.

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The Benefits of Using an Employee Skills Database for Organisational Strategy

Acorn Labs

In this article we'll break down how your business functions and future plans are benefitted by an employee skills database. That requires data on your employees' skills to understand the skill sets currently available to your organisation. This is where creating a comprehensive skills inventory comes into play.

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The Benefits of Using an Employee Skills Database for Organisational Strategy

Acorn Labs

In this article we'll break down how your business functions and future plans are benefitted by an employee skills database. That requires data on your employees' skills to understand the skill sets currently available to your organisation. This is where creating a comprehensive skills inventory comes into play.

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