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What is the Important Work?

Clark Quinn

learn from mistakes. In essence, to do the important work faster. Call it knowledge work, call it concept work, the point is that execution will only be the cost of entry, innovation will be the necessary differentiator. The fact is, our brains are really good at pattern matching, and bad at rote work.

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Future of the training department

Clark Quinn

Things are moving faster, and this has all sorts of consequences: it means that change is occurring more frequently, information is doubling, our competition is more aggressive, and more. Really, we’re unmasking the chaos that we’ve been able to cover with observed patterns, and explain away the excepti0ns.

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Importance of Questions in the Concept Age

ID Reflections

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. Informal Learning 4. Tags: Reading collaborative learning Reflection innovation informal learning. A Whole New Mind 3.

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Learning’s Role in Innovation

CLO Magazine

One realization is that most of the benefits to business are coming increasingly from so-called knowledge work, work that processes information in productive ways. Our cognitive strengths are pattern-matching and meaning-making, while computers instead excel at performing rote tasks and complex calculations.

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Workplace Learning Professionals Next Job - Management Consultant

Tony Karrer

But there was another significant trend in the answers… Learning and Work Converge In a world where Knowledge Work and Learning is Inseparable , finding ways to support and improve work is the same as finding ways to support and improve learning.

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A new model for training

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

The primary function of learning professionals within this new work model is connecting and communicating, based on three core processes: * Facilitating collaborative work and learning amongst workers, especially as peers. Sensing patterns and helping to develop emergent work and learning practices.

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Reflecting on the first half of 2009

Jay Cross

Informal Learning. Companies should embrace network-supported informal learning because it works better, not because it reduces labor costs. Your charter as Chief Meta-Learning Officer is to optimize learning throughout the organization, not just in the pockets that once belonged to HR. Management.