Ken Allan really somewhat crystallizes it as a question of " Knowing WHEN to switch ?" In Conversation Questions , I pushed this a bit further based on Nancy Dixon - What Do We Get From Conversation That We Can't Get Any Other Way? looking at the areas of value, but also left it with the challenging question of not only knowing when to switch, but also knowing who to ask and how to ask the right questions. MORE

Clearly says something about the state of the fragmented eLearning market -- mostly small shops providing services or companies doing it in-house using all of the aforementioned tools. The most "convenient" way to do that is to build capacity through SMEs using relatively affordable, robust tools. If I just take content creation and social media perspective - then why only Ning and what Google is doing there. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew! MORE

Want to know what was missing? Tapping into daily conversations of a community of practice will help identify learning gaps (eLearning course topic) and how (eLearning course content) these gaps need to be fulfilled. There are several ways to do that using your learning management system. It’s the stuff you know, but don’t necessarily know that you know. You know the biggest barrier to tacit knowledge sharing? MORE

According to Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends 2016 report the gap between the importance of employee development and L&D’s perceived ability to meet that need has jumped by 430 percent during the past two years. L&D needs to keep an eye for emerging technologies, startups & thought leaders for newer ideas & processes, know the learner as a consumer and increase the awareness of scaffolding factors like workforce/HR/L&D trends of the industry they work in. MORE

They are the main “know how” individuals, whose loss (as in brain drain in the form of a resignation) would prove fatal to an area of your business. How do you determine your main business processes and measure the extent to which experts effect their operations? Above all, how do you capture the seemingly impossible subject matter expertise trapped in their minds? Look into these three, where do you think yours applies? How closely do gaps and goals pair up? MORE

Want to know what was missing? Tapping into daily conversations of a community of practice will help identify learning gaps (eLearning course topic) and how (eLearning course content) these gaps need to be fulfilled. There are several ways to do that using your learning management system. It’s the stuff you know, but don’t necessarily know that you know. You know the biggest barrier to tacit knowledge sharing? MORE

What you have is tacit and explicit knowledge in the form of precious intuition, insight, experience, perspective, “know how”, “know what”, “best case scenario”, talent, “insiders secrets” and lessons learnt. But where do these wonderful adjectives exist? Most conventional definitions say: Knowledge Management (KM) is the process of capturing, developing, sharing, and effectively using organizational knowledge. But how do you retain knowledge as a valuable asset? MORE