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Open Office, Work Culture, and Productivity

The Performance Improvement Blog

Instead of IM''ing each other, we''re talking in person. Leaders have to decide what kind of design will work best for their organizations given the culture that they want and the strategic goals of their businesses. describes the intentional culture in Menlo Innovations that is a variation on the open-office design.

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Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military.

Dashe & Thomson

In addition to the use of video games for recruitment purposes, which have been available for some time, the Department of Defense has begun embracing the use of combat simulators, culture-based eLearning , avatars, and even cell phone apps, all designed specifically for military use. As innovative as VBS 2 may be, the U.S. Properly d.

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eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena

Dashe & Thomson

Army to help instruct soldiers on the sort of cross-cultural skills that can ensure success and safety when dealing with Afghani natives. When Im not busy helping to change the face of corporate learning, I like to train with the Dashe & Thomson company bike team, travel and read. Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S.

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eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena.

Dashe & Thomson

Army to help instruct soldiers on the sort of cross-cultural skills that can ensure success and safety when dealing with Afghani natives. When Im not busy helping to change the face of corporate learning, I like to train with the Dashe & Thomson company bike team, travel and read. Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S.

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Leveraging the Law of the Few to Manage Change in the Workplace.

Dashe & Thomson

All the cool kids on the adult learning block are enthralled with ‘Peer-to-Peer Learning’ and ‘The Emergence of the Collective’, phrases used by Brown and Thomas in A New Culture of Learning. Going back to Brown and Thomas’ A New Culture of Learning , “students themselves are taking an active role in helping to create and mold [learning].”

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Quip: conversations

Clark Quinn

We may execute individually, but the innovations, the changes, the needed learning happens by dialog. Consequently, we need to ensure that we have the tools to support conversations, and a culture that promotes them. It’s got to be valued to be helpful, and part of the culture.

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Jeffrey Gitomer's Reciprocation: The Old Give and Take…and Take.

Dashe & Thomson

According to sociologists, one of the most widespread and basic norms of human culture is embodied in the rule for reciprocation. For those of you that have read Robert Cialdini’s Influence , you’ll recognize this as his first “weapon of influence.” The rule requires that one person try to repay, in kind, what another person has provided.