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10 resources that I found valuable in January 2013

Jane Hart

It’s partly a creature of collaborative technologies, such as email, instant messages, Web-based conferencing, internal social networks and so on. “When Taylor started working, nine out of ten people were manual workers. Today, nine out of ten people are knowledge workers. The time to start is now.”

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Listen: Upwork’s Zoe Harte makes the case for freelancers as core part of talent development strategy

CLO Magazine

It’s like, “I can’t send this person an instant message because I don’t know if they’re open to that or not open to that.” ” I would actually contend that you can get skill transfer from your knowledge worker that you bring in, your freelancer to your team. Justin: Exactly.

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Working Smarter eFieldbook $12

Jay Cross

Industrial age workers created value in factories. Knowledge workers create value in workscapes. Facility for online discussion, instant messaging, video conferencing. The workscaping viewpoint helps knowledge workers become more effective professionally and fulfilled personally. Trust 276.