CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Employees must work differently to survive where frequent organizational change, knowledge work and increased collaboration are the norm. • Reorient Managers to Guide and Empower Knowledge Workers : Focus managers on removing complications that arise in a less routine, more ambiguous work environment.

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Origin Learning

MARCH 10, 2016

Organizations globally, irrespective of size, are concentrating on how to connect intellectual (knowledge), working (money), and human (talent) capital effectively so that efficiency drives growth and brings in economic gains to the stakeholders. A webinar link says, “by 2018, digital jobs will have increased 500%.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 13, 2010

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. conduct useful research.

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eLearning 24-7

JULY 27, 2022

As such, many are seeking jobs on the corporate training side. You can share and transfer knowledge, work together on a project or something else that is not job related (maybe a birthday party). job wise, and have a different job, but connectivity and unity exists. That is a shared experience. Bottom Line.

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Acorn Labs

DECEMBER 15, 2022

When you have the right people with the right skills and knowledge working on a project, the project is more likely to succeed, with increased productivity, positive team dynamics and decreased attrition rates leading to happy clients and customers and greater returns for your business. But it’s also helpful for saving on spend.

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Acorn Labs

DECEMBER 15, 2022

When you have the right people with the right skills and knowledge working on a project, the project is more likely to succeed, with increased productivity, positive team dynamics and decreased attrition rates leading to happy clients and customers and greater returns for your business. Staff retention.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2012

This taught me a few things about work, technology and myself. Work —complex knowledge work requires solitude as well as collaboration. To let people know about my work, socialize it as much as possible. Are you a knowledge worker working from home? But not so great for building bonds and trust.

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 5, 2008

Jane Hart has done a great job collecting individual answers to what learning tools and technologies that people use. Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective Personal Learning Knowledge Work Environment Personal and Group Learning Using Web 2.0 It's easy to list a set of tools. But, that doesn't get you very far.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 8, 2010

The processes have been formalized, in knowledge work, many of the processes are formalized. We like to think knowledge workers spend all day "problem-solving" but in reality they spend all day finding out what procedure should be followed in what situation.

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Everwise

JANUARY 25, 2018

Most of us are familiar with a typical new hire experience: We spend our first day or two filling out paperwork, getting acclimated to the company, meeting co-workers, undergoing training and taking care of organizational odds and ends that set us up to do our job. Most people don’t realize how much onboarding matters.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 31, 2009

And you cannot Separate Knowledge Work from Learning. So, here's a bit of a compilation of some of the things I've been talking about in my blog which points to some of the major trends in learning. The audience has to be large enough. As concept workers , we quickly go past formal learning opportunities.

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Learning with e's

JULY 12, 2017

The future of work will heavily feature knowledge working, where people will be working on the move, using technology to connect, communicate and create. Work will polarise between high and low skills level employment. Some professions have a better track record than others.

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ATD Learning Technologies

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In this near future, Clippy will compete with Siri, Alexa, and Cortana to coach you through difficult challenges at work. In the meantime, learning new skills the hard way is still an essential part of doing one’s job well. John Seely Brown, former chief scientist at Xerox, pegs the half-life of job skills to be five years.

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

However, when I look at what I do day-to-day and what other people do day-to-day as part of their work and learning, I don't see it as really being different. Basically, I see us: Staying generally knowledgeable on about my industry, my job skills, etc.

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Jay Cross

APRIL 6, 2013

Post 1 People learn their jobs by doing their jobs. Knowledge work has evolved into keeping up and taking advantage of connections. We learn to do the job on the job. That’s an extra day every week to get the job done (and engage in deep learning). Effective managers make stretch.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 8, 2009

Harold Jarche, Michele Martin and I are pleased to announce a new workshop offering that relates to the recent posts on Tool Set 2009 and to the issues of Work Literacy. Work Literacy Skills Workshop Was the last formal training you had on knowledge work skills the use of a card catalog and microfiche reader?

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2017

A number of factors are making jobs less secure including continued globalization, automation and changing regulatory environments in various countries. Unfortunately, because knowledge work is difficult to measure and reward fairly, “gurus will continue to propose variations on an old theme.”.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 6, 2009

In New Work and New Work Skills , I discuss the fact that most of us have not participated in formal learning since college on foundational knowledge work skills - especially metacognitive skills. Our last formal learning used card catalogs, microfiche readers, Xerox machines, libraries, etc.

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ID Reflections

MARCH 27, 2010

Thus, the importance of conversations cannot be over-emphasized in this age of high concept and high touch, where effective “knowledge work” consists of asking profound questions and hosting wide-ranging strategic conversations on issues of substance. As a German colleague aid: “Yes, there’s a job title of Direktor Grundsatzfragen.

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Learnnovators

OCTOBER 8, 2015

And helping SMEs focus on decisions and skills, not knowledge, working with them in a partnership rather than them as a fount of knowledge is helpful. Creating job aids for ourselves and other forms of support is a quality control procedure. Having end user stakeholders (e.g. We also want to ‘bake in’ creativity.

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Vitalyst

MARCH 8, 2018

More than 70 percent of employees use search engines to learn what they need for their jobs, and many rely on their smartphones for quick answers to pressing problems. The most important, in terms of the challenges organizations are facing today, are: Productivity must be the responsibility of the individual knowledge workers themselves.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Work Literacy eLearning 2.0 Fourth Grader Wikipedia Update New Work and New Work Skills Work Skills Keeping Up? Knowledge Work Framework Tilde Effect Concept Worker Knowledge Work Not Separate from Learning Tool Set 2009 Search Better Memory Network Learning Information Radar Remote Collaboration Common eLearning 2.0

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Clive on Learning

MAY 17, 2012

Another consideration is that more than half the working population do not sit at a desk looking at a computer for most of the day. Their jobs are inherently mobile. Up until now it has been very hard to provide performance support to these people. Now you can. So, now I think about it, this is a pretty big deal.

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Janet Clarey

JULY 15, 2010

. “ The manure quote above is from a three-part post ( Part 1 , Part 2 and Part 3 ) on Losing your Job? The quote comes from his advice for getting rid of anger, frustration, and resentment (after loss of a job). The one thing I’d change is the “next job interview&# part. His series offers some valuable advice.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 5, 2009

Tool Sets are Personal A caveat that I make in every presentation on this topic is that studies of personal information management repeatedly show that tool sets and methods for personal work and learning are personal. It depends heavily on the person, the job, the needs, etc.

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EI Design

JULY 30, 2018

Gig economy is the buzzword referring to a work environment that supports short-term contracts, often with individuals working virtually together regardless of physical location. This new paradigm is optimized for knowledge work, like L&D. I’ve since changed jobs and now commute most days of the week into an office.

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ATD Learning Technologies

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In this near future, Clippy will compete with Siri, Alexa, and Cortana to coach you through difficult challenges at work. In the meantime, learning new skills the hard way is still an essential part of doing one’s job well. John Seely Brown, former chief scientist at Xerox, pegs the half-life of job skills to be five years.

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 30, 2010

With the unknown and the complex becoming the norm in knowledge work, adaptability is the key to dealing with challenges, to be comfortable with ambiguity, and to move to a state where we are constantly learning. And very soon, water goes back to its natural state—open and clear—ready for the next impact.

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Xyleme

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

She also says that the role of the new learning department should be to support this on the job skill development with “the right coaching, expert teaching and challenging work based activities.”. Learners need to undertake fieldwork – repetitive, mindful, problem focused practice – to gain skills.”

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

To be effective today they need to be constantly probing and trying out better ways of work. Management’s job is to assist this dynamic flow of sense-making and to respond to workers’ needs, within a trusted network of information and knowledge sharing. Management needs to support self-learning, not direct it.

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Everwise

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Far from the story of the reluctant-to-change baby boomer, clutching to an outdated way of working, this generation is eager to try a more autonomous way. We spoke to Forth about this growing segment of freelance boomers, the changing nature of work, and what she sees happening to jobs as the future unfolds.

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 3, 2009

I also couldn't see poll results, but Mark did a great job of letting us know what was happening in polls and asking questions during the session. Leveraging Networks is Key Skill and the most important Knowledge Worker Skill Gap. Employees definitely need to be coached to not abuse their time at work on things like Facebook.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 19, 2012

Before industrialization, work was local or industry meant cottage-industry. People had vocations, not jobs. About three hundred years ago, work became an organizational matter. To be effective today they need to be constantly probing and trying out better ways of work.

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Big Dog, Little Dog

DECEMBER 29, 2005

I also had a chat a few days ago with a Wall Street Journal reporter who is researching an article on knowledge worker productivity. I said yes, and mouthed the old Peter Drucker chestnut that "making knowledge work productive is the greatest economic challenge of this century." He asked me if the subject is important.

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eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 4, 2009

LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers - eLearning Technology , July 6, 2009 How to use LinkedIn more effectively as part of your knowledge work. Handy Job Aid 1 - Bozarthzone , July 26, 2009. The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. Where is Your E-Learning Environment Going?

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 8, 2007

I think as "knowledge work" moves more toward free agency and companies continually seek to shed overhead, it is going to be the people who can highlight their work and who make a difference who are going to be hired quickly and easily and who will command the most money. Its no longer about finding a great job.

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Jay Cross

JULY 4, 2009

Learning is the lifeblood of commerce, and it’s every corporate citizen’s job to make it better. At the same time, we are shifting into an era in which knowledge work and learning occur where re-engineered business processes collide with a participative and interactive ecology of information flows.

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