The Performance Improvement Blog

MAY 30, 2014

What’s fascinating to me is that the city is also home to one of the most innovative open office environments. Menlo Innovations , a software development company, has no cubicles and not much use for office furniture systems. The contrast between the office cubicles of Herman Miller and the open office of Menlo Innovations is striking.

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Matrix

JULY 8, 2021

According to the World Economic Forum, less than five percent of knowledge workers did their jobs remotely at the beginning of 2020. Automation and AI will offer knowledge workers more time to develop innovative ideas. Studies confirm this perception. Now, more than half of them work remotely. Final thoughts.

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Vitalyst

MARCH 8, 2018

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. They must have autonomy.

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Disprz

AUGUST 23, 2021

Why learning agility is important for frontline and knowledge workers. Learning agility is the key to success in a post-pandemic world for both knowledge and frontline workers. The knowledge workers too are sailing in the same boat. Innovation needs to spread its wings wide to succeed in the world.

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Jane Hart

AUGUST 11, 2012

And it’s unlikely you’ll be encouraged to spend your workday focusing on forward-looking, innovative projects that will really help you grow. “ This is a quote from a recent article in Lifehacker, Three ways to learn something new.

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Mike Taylor

AUGUST 27, 2021

But Zoom calls all day are not going to create work environments where knowledge workers can deal with complex problems or create innovative solutions. The key to distributed work is social learning.”. Jeremy Caplan’s latest Wonder Tools newsletter includes a summary of his recommended tools for teaching.

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STRIVR

DECEMBER 5, 2023

When Walmart created an Immersive Learning module to train frontline workers on how to use a particular new checkout technology, the Pickup Tower, the company was able to shorten its training time by 96%. VR training enables all of these things.

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Jane Hart

APRIL 27, 2012

Jay Cross, the author of the 2007 seminal book, Informal Learning, Rediscovering the Natural Pathways that Inspire Innovation and Performance , recently wrote a blog post in which he explained that although there has been a lot of talk about “informal learning” in the last five years, there has been very little action.

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Docebo

JANUARY 2, 2020

They need to know how to discover relevant content quickly and this is increasingly vital for today’s knowledge worker. In fact, almost 40% of employees go to Google before asking a co-worker or using their employer’s learning technology. But the Learning Platform isn’t always their first port of call.

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Therefore, in this case, although the ties are likely to be strong creating the necessary condition for tacit knowledge transfer, this sharing does not very often lead to innovative problem-solving. Knowledge workers are increasingly taking more responsibility for their work as well as personal growth.

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ID Reflections

MARCH 9, 2010

In Informal Learning , Jay writes about knowledge workers as: I like to work on things I help create. Such knowledge workers who are intrinsically passionate about their work are notoriously difficult to find and keep, writes Jay. Such innovative knowledge worker is a "different beast" to use Jay's words.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

JUNE 15, 2011

Blogging may hence be an important activity for professional development of knowledge workers and can help develop their professional identity. This means that blogs can be a good tool for knowledge-entrepreneurs to stimulate innovative thinking within a sector. Facilitators: we are needed!

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

For knowledge workers everywhere, the nature of work is shifting fast. Put another way, half of the skills knowledge workers have today will be useless in less than five years. A study by EY Consulting found that practicing empathy in the workplace increases efficiency, creativity, satisfaction, innovation — and revenue.

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Jane Hart

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

.” “Social learning is how groups work and share knowledge to become better practitioners.” ” “Knowledge workers get things done by conversing with peers, customers and partners, as they solve the problems of the day. Learning from these social interactions is a key to business innovation.”

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

What I wrote more about in 2010 than past years: Text-to-Speech (8) OCW (3) SharePoint (8) eLearning Strategy (16) eLearning Tools (34) Corporate eLearning (18) Knowledge Worker (8) Authoring Tools (8) Voice (15) Knowledge Work (4) Captivate (11) Adobe Captivate (6) Enterprise 2.0 (6)

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Jay Cross

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Come to Corporate Learning Trends and Innovations 2008 if you want to: participate in a stridently unaffiliated event (no sponsors! Hook up with fellow innovative thinkers and international visionaries to gain insight into what’s going on, swap opinions, and shape the future of corporate learning. no toadies!). Who needs it?

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Instancy

APRIL 24, 2023

Conclusion Learning and development professionals who embrace the power of generative AI, AR/VR, chatbots, and mobile apps will lead their organizations to new heights of productivity, engagement, and innovation. Let’s work together to unlock the full potential of learning.

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Matrix

AUGUST 27, 2020

Many knowledge workers now perform their jobs remotely, while governments and individual business organizations look for ways to keep the world going. A new approach to a structural problem (lack of innovation) is the best solution. Let’s look back at the last couple of months. What can you do? Complexity.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 26, 2011

If you are reading this, you are a knowledge worker. Consider the content (knowledge, information, learning) you personally need to get your job done. And when you consider the trends for most concept workers (knowledge workers), we clearly are heading towards faster moving content aimed at smaller audiences.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2010

Excerpts from the Best of T+D | 2007 - 2009 Harold Jarche in Skills 2.0 : As knowledge workers, we are like actors--only as good as our last performance. Knowledge Management Blended Learning Solutions collaborative learning Workplace Learning Collaboration informal learning.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Consider trailblazing digital innovations such as YouTube, Lynda.com, microlearning, AR, VR, MOOCs of every kind and how they’ve radically altered how people learn. and approach them with an eye toward innovation. with higher-skilled, knowledgeable workers. The question is: What does this mean for corporate L&D?

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

People don't share business insights, innovations and concepts just because technology is available, they share because they feel everyone is working toward a common goal. Names seem to matter and sometimes Knowledge Media has more traction than social media. Read about it in the entry Diffusions of Innovations. Lessons Learned.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 22, 2008

George Siemens , Jay Cross and Tony Karrer have organized the second annual free online conference: Corporate Learning: Trends and Innovation 2008 November 17 - 21, 2008 | Online | Free Last year's conference had two thousand people from all over the world take part in the week-long conference.

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Limestone Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Perfect for learning and development (L&D) knowledge workers and educators, there’ll be discussions about the keys to transforming the challenges of digital workspaces into opportunities for growth and well-being. Explore the potential of RAG to seamlessly incorporate innovations like Co-Pilot into your enterprise.

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Learningtogo

AUGUST 26, 2021

digital assistants for enterprise knowledge workers. In India, educators are attempting to overcome a severe shortage of qualified teachers with innovative AI approaches. The highest anticipated spending is for: automated customer service agents. automated threat intelligence and prevention systems.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

The average knowledge worker has access to an increasingly large set of information resources and corporate learning is an ever smaller part of this set. Cost is most often not a factor in a knowledge workers decision about the use of information. How do we foster knowledge worker skills?

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Over the next two decades we can expect the knowledge of the world to be digitalised, with an exponential rise in user-generated content, "wise-crowd" application and open innovation applications." Loss of Innovation Diverse thoughts and ideas will be lost through lack of conversation and connect 4.

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ReadyTech

AUGUST 17, 2022

In fact, a recent Gallup poll found that 43% of workers in the U.S. Unsurprisingly, knowledgeable workers have become harder to keep engaged with their jobs than ever before; they need more stimulation and opportunities for personal growth in order to feel fulfilled at work. are planning to look for new jobs in 2022.

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PDG

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Pharma field reps are highly trained, highly skilled knowledge workers. Anyone who has been with a company long enough has lived through multiple waves of technology innovation—each one broadly celebrated by corporate management. Reinforce the Importance of Nuance and Intuition. Mitigate Cynicism.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Still I’ll stick with: The bottom line for the Tilde Effect is that we live in a time of incredible innovation that directly affect the methods we use to work and learn. And the focus of that post is really about general metacognitive tools and methods for knowledge workers. Our work skills cannot sit still.

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Cloudshare

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Here are the top five we’re falling hard for: “ Are You Developing Skills That Won’t Be Automated? ” — This Harvard Business Review article written by Stephen Kosslyn, psychologist and CEO of Foundry College explores what learning skills knowledge workers should focus on that cannot be automated by machine learning or robots.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Likewise, today’s knowledge workers are asked to do more than just complete tasks. Now the focus is on “thinking outside the box,” embracing innovation, improving processes, and helping the company to better compete. They also have other options for learning than just company training.

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ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

While the formal organization facilitates systematic, process driven work, the informal enables innovation, learning, just-in-time information, productivity and quality improvement, improved job satisfaction. And analysis also shows that most knowledge workers are likely to turn to their neighbor to discuss a problem than consult a database.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2014

Vacations are more than just time off; they help improve innovation, engagement and work ethic. For example, Snowflake Software has instituted ShipIt Days, where once every quarter, employees take a day and a half to explore an innovative project idea or product as teams.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 3, 2017

User content and knowledge: Workers want to watch or read what their peers say about almost every topic. Fake news: I recently read a review of a learning product only later to find out the author received a fee to evaluate and promote the innovation.

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 2, 2009

Peter Drucker’s six factors for knowledge worker productivity are core principles for designing learnscapes. Knowledge worker productivity demands that we ask the question: “What is the task?&#. It demands that we impose the responsibility for productivity on the individual knowledge workers themselves.

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EI Design

AUGUST 26, 2020

Astounding almost everyone, the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated quarantine forced knowledge workers around the globe to socially isolate and work from home. Step 6: Invest in Innovative and Immersive Solutions to Design Your Digital Transformation Blueprint. Create a pattern of testing and learning. Celebrate failures.

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