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Informal Learning – the other 80%

Jay Cross

Situating our brains in our heads oversimplifies the situation; our brains are distributed throughout our bodies. To create intellectual capital it can use, a company needs to foster teamwork, communities of practice, and other social forms of learning. The hunger for proprietary knowledge does not stop at the firewall.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Unfortunately, workers avoided these awful courses whenever possible and training departments sullied their reputations. Workers are frustrated with corporate training because outside the firewall they have better equipment, enjoy unrestricted access to the riches of the Internet, and find it easier to network with friends and acquaintances.