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Learning’s Role in Innovation

CLO Magazine

New concepts like design thinking, big data, analytics and teaming are being explored as solutions. 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. Another factor is ongoing facilitation. And you should.

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50 suggestions for implementing 70-20-10

Jay Cross

assignments and coach their team members. Knowledge work has evolved into keeping up and taking advantage of connections. That’s why wise managers throw team members into stretch assignments. Providing stretch experiences that help their team members learn and develop. Effective managers make stretch.

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Umesh

ID Reflections

Spotting Talent and Leadership: One of Umesh''s responsibilities as a team leader is to induct new people into the group, help them learn the skills and get them started. Here was someone who had gone from cutting squares and rectangles and following instructions to leading a team of more than 20 people.

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Why You Should Embrace The Gig Economy For Strategic Advantage

EI Design

This new paradigm is optimized for knowledge work, like L&D. Until recently, I worked from my home office, managing a small team of full-time Instructional Designers and technology administrators located in 5 different US states and contractors in India. Here’s an example. But they were missing the obvious.

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Get Employee Onboarding Right

Everwise

And not having a longer-term, structured onboarding program puts the onus on managers without equipping them to get their new team members up to speed. Continuing onboarding until full productivity is achieved, which often takes 6 months, helps new team members gradually come up to speed without overwhelming them in the beginning.

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5 Rules for Successful Microlearning

ATD Learning Technologies

In this near future, Clippy will compete with Siri, Alexa, and Cortana to coach you through difficult challenges at work. Faced with a future in which AI makes work even less stable, what is needed is a wholesale transition from knowledge work to learning work. Align Microlearning Around Moments of Need.

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5 Rules for Successful Microlearning

ATD Learning Technologies

In this near future, Clippy will compete with Siri, Alexa, and Cortana to coach you through difficult challenges at work. Faced with a future in which AI makes work even less stable, what is needed is a wholesale transition from knowledge work to learning work. Align Microlearning Around Moments of Need.