Acorn Labs

DECEMBER 15, 2022

But how does a skills inventory really help your business? In this article we'll break down how your business functions and future plans are benefitted by an employee skills database. So, how does an employee skills database benefit your business? This is where creating a comprehensive skills inventory comes into play.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2009

It’s always fun at the end of the year to go back and take a look at what you’ve been working on, what you’ve learned during the year. In June 2008, Work Literacy Launched. I’m convinced that we are all struggling to have our Work Skills Keep Up. I’ve been doing this the past few years. 2009 has continued that effort.

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Diversity Training Scanning PWLE Case Study 109

Jane Hart

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Yesterday, in my first posting on this topic, I showed how “social learning” is not just about a new training trend or about adding social media into the “blend&# or acquiring the latest Social Learning Management System, but a fundamental change in how we need to view workplace learning.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 31, 2009

Someone was just asking me about the big trends in learning and the implications of those trends on corporate learning and development. So, here's a bit of a compilation of some of the things I've been talking about in my blog which points to some of the major trends in learning. This will be a slow evolution.

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Trends Blended Learning Social Networks eLearning 2.0 121

Clark Quinn

APRIL 5, 2016

As an interesting contrast, Noel Hurst quotes me from the Learning Solution conference as saying “L&D has the opportunity to be the most valuable part of your business.” And P&D should be the ones who understand how people think, work, and learn, and support that. Or is there a reconciliation?

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 1, 2009

To create this list, I’m using eLearning Learning as described in Using Special Parameters to Create Year End Post for details on how I’ve come up with this list. Discussion Forums for Knowledge Sharing at Capital City Bank eLearning Portal Integration Data Driven Notable Topics for 2009 Work Skills and Knowledge Work Work Skills Keeping Up?

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2017

The Financial Times-IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance has released its 2017 predictions for learning and development. Learning leaders should expect providers to have business impact metrics already built into their programs. Bravetta Hassell is a Chief Learning Officer associate editor.

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Metrics Augmented Reality Develop Diversity Training 32

Jay Cross

AUGUST 7, 2009

Published in Chief Learning Officer, August 2009. Informal Learning 2.0. In the world of business, the era of networks is crowding out the Industrial Age. In sum, networks are ushering in new ways of doing business. Corporate approaches to learning have to change, as well. It’s learn or die. Like the U.S.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 13, 2010

When you look at the changes going on in society, and the implications for business, you realize that there are some significant changes going on. Not surprisingly for regular readers, I think that the nature of work is changing. The success factor for businesses will be, increasingly, the ability to: continually innovate.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2012

10 CEB, a member-based advisory company, has released its annual “Executive Guidance” report, which indicates that the majority of executives are seeking performance gains of 20 percent from their employees to achieve business goals in 2013. — Dec. Source: CEB

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2012

Mostly, business as usual at work and crisis situations at home took my time and attention. Work —complex knowledge work requires solitude as well as collaboration. And as Daniel Pink has pointed out in his now legendary book, Drive , internal motivation is one of the driving forces of creative knowledge work.

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 16, 2009

The Big Question this month is Workplace Learning in 10 Years : If you peer inside an organization in 10 years time and you look at how workplace learning is being supported by that organization, what will you see? What will the mix of Push vs. Pull Learning; Formal vs. Informal supported by the organization?

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Tony Karrer

MAY 4, 2010

The Big Question for May is Learning Technology 2015 – it asks what we expect workplace learning technologies to look like in 2015. We are already seeing this in terms of lots of startups aimed at particular elements of knowledge work. There’s a nice business there. Anyone want to fund that business?

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Work Literacy and the eLearning Guild are partnering to provide you with a great (and free) opportunity to get up to speed on Web 2.0 tools and their implications for learning professionals. This 6-week, highly active, social learning event will introduce you to new methods and tools. Learn at your own pace.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 20, 2010

I received some interesting questions (and you know I love questions) from someone doing eLearning industry market research around trends in simulations, games, social learning. I’m sure they’d love to get thoughts from others as there’s likely not enough data around this stuff to be super comfortable making business decisions.

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Tony Karrer

JULY 6, 2009

I do a lot of presentations where one of the topics is how to use LinkedIn more effectively as part of your knowledge work. LinkedIn e-Learning Groups) – These are some of the learning focused groups on LinkedIn. LinkedIn e-Learning Groups) – These are some of the learning focused groups on LinkedIn.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In the 20th century, information became as important as materials, leading to what my friend and mentor Peter Drucker called knowledge work. People were no longer viewed as mere “hired hands,” and managers had to learn to encourage and inspire those who worked with them. In short, doing good is good for business.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 12, 2009

here ), and they’re driven by the changes I am seeing in business and in society. In short, we have to move away from depending on formal learning to be able to cope, and we need a new solution. Instead, we need to make sure everyone understands what the overall goal is, and have them work together to achieve it.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 3, 2007

Search - Implications on Knowledge Work Corporate eLearning Development: Learning2.0, Learning Trends Point To and Shape Corporate eLearning Why Wikis Are Conquering the Enterprise Wikis - Public vs. Controlled - Why There's No eLearning Wiki Will Blogs, Wikis, RSS, Mashups be Used in Corporate eLearning?

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 7, 2009

It starts by looking at your key knowledge work: Roles Projects For myself, these might be: Roles Small Business Owner Manager Acting CTO Community organizer Expert / Speaker / Writer Client Advisor Family Vacation Planner Fine Dining Planner etc. Spring break plans etc. In other words: Scan - Staying up-to-speed on a topic.

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EI Design

JULY 30, 2018

Embrace the gig economy work structure for a strategic advantage over out-dated workflow practices. As Learning and Development (L&D) makers, we compete for talented employees, their effort, and time. This new paradigm is optimized for knowledge work, like L&D. The Problem. The Solution. Explanation.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 8, 2009

Harold Jarche, Michele Martin and I are pleased to announce a new workshop offering that relates to the recent posts on Tool Set 2009 and to the issues of Work Literacy. Work Literacy Skills Workshop Was the last formal training you had on knowledge work skills the use of a card catalog and microfiche reader?

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CLO Magazine

MAY 11, 2017

Provided that learning and development leaders could and should have a central role in innovation, what is the chief learning officer’s responsibility? One realization is that most of the benefits to business are coming increasingly from so-called knowledge work, work that processes information in productive ways.

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ATD Learning Technologies

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In this near future, Clippy will compete with Siri, Alexa, and Cortana to coach you through difficult challenges at work. In the meantime, learning new skills the hard way is still an essential part of doing one’s job well. These are great moments for everyone on the team to learn together. Design for Micro-Behaviors.

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Xyleme

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

As social learning grows does the requirement for traditional training departments shrink? based eLearning development firm Epic asks this very question in its fourth E-learning Debate – and this Epic debate is being hosted only online. Jones (Thomas Reuters) via @eLearningdebate.

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eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 4, 2009

Best of eLearning Learning. The Business Case for Measurement of Learning. Your Social Learning System As A Profit Center. Better Than Bullet Points: Creating Engaging E-Learning With Power Point. Realism also adds credibility to a training course, which is quite important to the busy, cynical, or tired employee.

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

is how much time I spend on blog reading and writing and how anyone can work that into their already too busy life. I also got a form of this among the questions from the grad student (I'm slowly working through these.) Other posts to check out: Personal and Group Learning Using Web 2.0

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Aptara

AUGUST 15, 2014

All of those things must be done, along with crafting compelling content that ensures the act of taking the course won't bore employees, drive them away or fail to impart much knowledge. The lack of follow-up could prove actively harmful to continued learning and retention, and therefore it is to be avoided. Complex subjects.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 5, 2009

I thought I'd kick off this year by posting a series of posts on topics related to tools and methods for work and learning. I'm hoping to address questions such as: How do you create a personal tool set or Personal Learning Environment (PLE) for yourself? What should be in your tool set?

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Vitalyst

MARCH 8, 2018

They spend 41 percent of their time on activities that do not offer personal satisfaction and do not help them accomplish their work. Only 38 percent of workers say they have opportunities for learning and development at their workplace—among those who do, they have only 1 percent of a typical workweek to do so. 2018 ; [link].

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 27, 2009

And when I discuss what the new skills are around knowledge work, I quickly arrive a the biggest changes being things like finding expertise , finding answers , using social media to find answers , and learning through conversation. I have some issues with trying to apply this term to what I see happening.

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ID Reflections

MARCH 27, 2010

The irony and the truth is that we are so busy coming up with what we fondly believe are the right answers that we forget to ask the right questions.If Informal Learning 4. Tags: Reading collaborative learning Reflection innovation informal learning. Suggested readings to understand today’s world… 1. A Whole New Mind 3.

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Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The discussion will include a case study of Thomson-Reuters, focusing on cutting-edge performance improvement, knowledge work, and the business case in senior management terms. We will share concrete examples of improving customer focus, modernizing the learning function, and improving knowledge productivity.

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Jay Cross

APRIL 6, 2013

Post 1 People learn their jobs by doing their jobs. Knowledge work has evolved into keeping up and taking advantage of connections. We learn to do the job on the job. To stay ahead and create more value, you have to learn faster, better, smarter. Post 2 The 70 percent: learning from experience.

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Social Networks Social Network Communities of Practice Lesson 83

Jay Cross

APRIL 20, 2010

T oday CLO magazine’s Deanne Hartley interviewed me for an upcoming story about micro-learning. People naturally learn in small chunks. On the way home from the Swiss eLearning Conference, my mind was racing after three days of talking with interesting people and spreading the informal learning gospel. Is it a fad?

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 18, 2013

This column appears in the current issue of Chief Learning Officer magazine. I am going to use the concept to describe two different sorts of knowledge and the different way we learn them. #1 1 is intuitive knowledge and #2 is logical knowledge. Intuitive knowledge . It’s learning to know vs. learning to be.

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Jay Cross

MAY 22, 2013

Effectiveness, Chief Learning Officer magazine, June 2013. I am going to use the concept to describe two different sorts of knowledge and the different way we learn them. #1 1 is intuitive knowledge and #2 is logical knowledge. Intuitive knowledge. Examples of intuitive knowledge: how to dance and to sell.

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