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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. This puts a huge emphasis on innovation. Provided that learning and development leaders could and should have a central role in innovation, what is the chief learning officer’s responsibility?

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How companies can Improve their Talent Development and employee retention

Matrix

As such, a vital part of your ongoing management and human resources (HR) strategy needs to be focused on effective talent development. This provides them with practical and theoretical skillsets to help them become effective and innovative corporate contributors. It can also spark new interests that push innovation.

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Generation next

Learning with e's

This might be seen as a generalisation, because there are some pockets of innovative pedagogy to be found in every large education institution. Yet innovative pedagogy in higher education is not prevalent, and academics are generally reluctant to change their methods. Work will polarise between high and low skills level employment.

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Learned vs. Learners

ID Reflections

It is now common knowledge that an organization’s ability to innovate is its competitive edge in today’s economy. Innovation itself is a term that requires some unpacking. For example, it could be used to mean blue ocean thinking or innovation by combining the already existing in an entirely novel, unforeseen manner.

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Work Skills Keeping Up?

Tony Karrer

In New Work and New Work Skills , I discuss the fact that most of us have not participated in formal learning since college on foundational knowledge work skills - especially metacognitive skills. Tilde Effect What epitomizes the situation for me is the Google ~ operator. Our work skills cannot sit still.

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Importance of Questions in the Concept Age

ID Reflections

I was reading the white paper “ The Art of Powerful Questions : Catalyzing Insight, Innovation and Action by Eric E Vogt, Juanita Brown, and David Isaac. It is no longer a viable option in a culture that requires innovation, conversation and collaboration to move ahead, to make sense of the chaos, to see the emerging patterns in the change.

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Work Literacy Skills - New Workshop

Tony Karrer

Harold Jarche, Michele Martin and I are pleased to announce a new workshop offering that relates to the recent posts on Tool Set 2009 and to the issues of Work Literacy. Work Literacy Skills Workshop Was the last formal training you had on knowledge work skills the use of a card catalog and microfiche reader?