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Peter Thiel, College and The Modern Knowledge Worker

OpenSesame

As Harold Jarche argues , the future of the workplace is outsourcing, contracting and specialization for workers who know how to learn, evolve and adapt to demand for new skills. The post Peter Thiel, College and The Modern Knowledge Worker appeared first on OpenSesame. A Different Kind of College Degree.

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The Future of Work and Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

Working online – Workers will find jobs and do their work via email and Web sites and apps, possibly without ever setting foot inside their employers’ organizations. It’s outsourcing and it’s telecommuting and it’s working remotely; not as an exception, but rather as the principal mode of work.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

open up exciting opportunities for people to access relevant information where and when they require it. Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0 Strategy" Fails Corollary: if you have SharePoint installed, you will be using SharePoint a lot more this year. Twitter, Yammer), wikis, blogs, discussion groups, etc.

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21st Century Workplace Challenges

ID Reflections

Before that, we need to examine what are some of the characteristics of today’s workplace, especially those that depend on knowledge workers for success. My understanding of today’s workplace: Predictable, routine tasks are being either automated or outsourced, or soon will be. Hierarchy is being replaced by wirearchy.

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Learned about Learning in 2009

Tony Karrer

And it can turn into great things like: Discussion Forums for Knowledge Sharing at Capital City Bank. I don’t actually think using the terms “social learning” or “informal learning” is the right way to go about selling this stuff either. I’m convinced that we are all struggling to have our Work Skills Keep Up. eLearning 2.0 Work Event?

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Learning and KM: Separated at birth?

Jay Cross

Practical ways of influencing educational needs, as well as enterprise strategies, are highlighted as the solutions for knowledge worker evolution are considered. People already share knowledge within the enterprise. It is amazing how much and how quickly information is added by the community when it is relevant.

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Ten years on

Clive on Learning

Many more specialist tasks (including what used to be the basics, i.e. running courses) are now outsourced. There's been a greater recognition of the fact that knowledge workers don't actually need to know everything, they just need to know someone (or some thing) that does.

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