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Learning’s Role in Innovation

CLO Magazine

Going forward, optimal execution is only the cost of entry and continual innovation will be the only sustainable differentiator. However, research has documented instead that innovation is the product of an environment where ideas can gestate and interact. The ability to plan, prepare and execute is no longer sufficient.

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Social Network Tools

Tony Karrer

I'm hoping you can help a reader with thoughts and likely help others of us … A medium size nonprofit and lobbying organization is working on a designing and creating a social / work network for experts, students, volunteers who are willing to help through campaigning, lobby, sharing knowledge, working on solutions (writing documents).

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What Agile Means to Me

ID Reflections

A dictum like “Just deliver; don’t document unless the document is going to add value” would throw me into a tizzy. Don’t we need to document so that in case a point comes when the blame-game starts (I assumed it would), we have our backs covered? Apparently not because there is no blame game! Everyone is in the loop, always!

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New Work and New Work Skills

Clark Quinn

In presentations, I often will cite this as an example of the kinds of changes in work skills that have occurred and are constantly occurring. A big part of education is learning how to do research and really that's where you learn the foundations of knowledge work. This cost significant dollars and time.

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Agile instructional design

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Old-style training enraged many managers because it was separate from work. Why isn’t Sally at work today? It needn’t be this way, particularly since knowledge work and learning are nearly indistinguishable. Most corporate learning today can take place simultaneously with work. Makes cost changes conspicuous.

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Knowledge and Learning In The News - 12/29/2005

Big Dog, Little Dog

I said yes, and mouthed the old Peter Drucker chestnut that "making knowledge work productive is the greatest economic challenge of this century." The Net's basic flaws cost firms billions, impede innovation, and threaten national security. He asked me if the subject is important. He asked, "Well, was Drucker wrong?"

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Reflecting on the first half of 2009

Jay Cross

Any remaining training staff will become mentors, coaches and facilitators who work on improving core business processes, strengthening relationships with customers and cutting costs. Seminal Documents & Seminal videos. I’m changing my title from VP of training to VP of core capabilities. Management.