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Informal Learning – the other 80%

Jay Cross

Vendors don’t make money from informal learning. In an increasingly turbulent and shifting organization, one’s anchor in a professional group provides a network for keeping up with new developments, a means of developing professional reputation, increased marketability, and a strong sense of professional identity.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Vendors churned out page-turners and shovelware. Unfortunately, workers avoided these awful courses whenever possible and training departments sullied their reputations. Training has such a bad reputation that executive coaches have been forced to change the words they use in conversation with senior managers.