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Thriving in the Net-Work Era

Jay Cross

Clocks measure working hours instead of the sun. Railroads and communications links span the globe. Xerox Learning, DDI, Forum Corporation, and hundreds of other “instructional systems companies” sprung up. Peer learning, communities of practice, collaboration. Fast forward to the 20th century. ASTD is born.

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Not Your Father’s ROI

Jay Cross

But like Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles, old-school ROI’s day in the sun is waning. At CapGemini, six months after the informal launch, the 900 communities of practice were using 500 forums, 500 wikis and more than 250 expertise- or project-focused blogs. Increase in Connection to Valuable Third Parties.

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