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Bob Little – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

Bob: You’re right that social media has transformed the way that PR works – and it’s increased its effectiveness immeasurably, at least in the business-to-business sector. So, in the end, it might be more effective and efficient to get the help of a professional whom you trust (and that’s a key phrase) rather than do it yourself.

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Ten years after

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

And what can an entirely new way of business, one in tune with the rhythm of e-commerce and the Internet bring in? In the Age of Networks, customers can vanish and knowledge workers cross the chasm in the blink of an eye. Half of a high-school grads lack the fundamental skills required of an entry-level knowledge worker.

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

For services outside the firewall, blockage continues to be an issue driven by such barriers as organizational culture, bandwidth limitations, security issues, IT resistance, and lack of resources. information/knowledge workers. The Internet and Higher Education, 2 (2-3), pp.87-105 To create a place for informal learning.

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Informal Learning – the other 80%

Jay Cross

Informal learning is effective because it is personal. Now it’s often more effective to take control by giving control, by letting “the invisible hand” self-organize worker learning. The organization establishes the goals and gives the workers flexibility in how to meet them. How workers learn now.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Service industries challenge workers to acquire tacit knowledge — the kind of know-how one learns on the job, not in the classroom. Person-to-person instruction is no longer cost-effective. Workers learn their jobs in the course of doing their jobs. Workers are disgruntled. Where Corporate Learning Came From.