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Learning’s Role in Innovation

CLO Magazine

Organizations are facing increasing disruptions, more information is available, and new technologies are making it easier and faster to compete. 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.

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LearnTrends 2009 – Free Online Conference

Tony Karrer

George Siemens , Jay Cross and Tony Karrer are pleased to announce our third annual free online conference: LearnTrends 2009 The Corporate Learning Trends and Innovations Conference November 17-19, 2009 | Online | Free The theme/focus this year is on Convergence in Workplace Learning. Send an email to your work colleagues to let them know.

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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. The guardians of this knowledge are the academics.

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Employee Empowerment—How It’s Done and Why You Should Care

Vitalyst

In a 1999 California Management Review article, Peter Drucker—who is widely regarded as the “father of modern management”—stated that the most important contribution management will need to make in the 21st century will be increasing the productivity of knowledge workers. They have to manage themselves.

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Future of the training department

Clark Quinn

Instead, we need to make sure everyone understands what the overall goal is, and have them work together to achieve it. This is a redefinition of learning as performance, incorporating problem-solving, innovation, creativity, design, research, and more. Who is responsible for ensuring this works?

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Virtual Presentation – Ten eLearning Predictions for 2010

Tony Karrer

Tony promises to deliver a fast-paced, interactive discussion that will look at trends around social and informal learning, mobile, authoring, learning management systems, and others. It is being hosted by the local DC Chapter of ASTD’s Technology Learning Group. s impact on knowledge work and workplace learning.

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Why You Should Embrace The Gig Economy For Strategic Advantage

EI Design

But managers and HR departments tend to operate from a perspective of fear, convinced that employees can only complete work if they’re supervised in an office. Technology has made communication and collaboration across space and time virtually effortless and with it, we’ve entered what many are calling the Gig Economy.