Tony Karrer

JUNE 26, 2007

In other words, in a world with Wikipedia, blogs, social networking, etc. - not to mention in a world of Google as the interface to knowledge - what new skills, techniques and tools do we need? So, I am very glad that George pointed me back here, because this gets into exactly what I was hoping for from him.

Scanning 108

Scanning Media Skills Cognitive 108

ID Reflections

MARCH 27, 2010

A powerful question also has the capacity to “travel well”—to spread beyond the place where it began into larger networks of conversation throughout an organization or a community. OTOH, how often have you heard a manager say: “Hmmm.that seems to be a “problem with possibilities”. A simple explanation of the Cynefin Framework.

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Conversation SAP Innovation Collaboration 123

Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 2, 2008

One of the questions being raised this week in the free, online course Work Literacy: Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals is how social networks impact personal learning. To me, this is a critical part of The New Skills for knowledge workers. In these cases, a new kind of conversation, distributed work is required.

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Conversation Ning Moodle 100

eLearning 24-7

JULY 27, 2022

It should never be an acronym, so any vendor who does this, should be forced to watch 100 hours of their CEO explaining the benefits of someone working there, with an awful green screen behind them OR one episode of TV show where the cops sang the whole time (yes, it did exist). This is to me, one of the core objectives here in the end.

Learning System 103

Learning System System Trends Online Learning 103

Jay Cross

AUGUST 7, 2009

In the world of business, the era of networks is crowding out the Industrial Age. Network connections are replacing rigidity with flexibility, penetrating internal boundaries and silos and obliterating the walls that have separated businesses from their customers. In sum, networks are ushering in new ways of doing business.

Learning 2.0 75

Learning 2.0 Informal Learning Informal Cognitive 75

Tony Karrer

MARCH 3, 2009

Leveraging Networks is Key Skill and the most important Knowledge Worker Skill Gap. Tools and Methods for Networks and Communities - Discusses specific tools and methods for using Networks and Communities as part of Knowledge Work. To me, LinkedIn is very limited in it's ability to set up communities.

Social Networks 102

Social Networks Social Ning LinkedIn 102

Tony Karrer

AUGUST 31, 2009

The whole problem is Long Tail Learning. And you cannot Separate Knowledge Work from Learning. Top-Down The whole social / informal / elearning 2.0 discussions implies some very Disruptive Changes in Learning. The audience has to be large enough. As concept workers , we quickly go past formal learning opportunities.

Trends 121

Trends Blended Learning Social Networks eLearning 2.0 121

Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

Except for last month's T+D article on Blogging for Learning and Networking of course. ;) Natural Part of Knowledge Work I've found that I've also adopted a practice of blogging as a natural part of my knowledge work. it is quite natural to blog these things.

Scanning 100

Scanning Blogging Write Blog eLearning 2.0 100

CLO Magazine

MAY 11, 2017

Steven Johnson, in his 2010 book, “Where Good Ideas Come From,” discusses the role of networks to support innovation, and again the notion of time comes into play. One realization is that most of the benefits to business are coming increasingly from so-called knowledge work, work that processes information in productive ways.

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Innovation Roles Cognitive Leadership 87

Jay Cross

APRIL 20, 2010

In time, the words will migrate into the Working Smarter unbook. Working smarter is the key to sustainability and perpetual improvement. Knowledge work and learning to work smarter are becoming indistinguishable. Workscapes match flows of know-how with workers solving problems and getting things done.

Micro-Learning 46

Micro-Learning Knowledge Worker Attitudes CLO 46

Xyleme

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Those arguing against the motion: Melissa Highton, Head of the Learning Technologies Group at the University of Oxford, and Clive Shepherd , Chair of the UK’s eLearning Network. Donna Hamilton points out, “We know that very little of what is taught in the class room ever makes its way into working life.

Social Media 68

Social Media Training Train Social Learning 68

Tony Karrer

MARCH 16, 2009

But there was another significant trend in the answers… Learning and Work Converge In a world where Knowledge Work and Learning is Inseparable , finding ways to support and improve work is the same as finding ways to support and improve learning. There will always be some level of training/education required.

eLearning Consultant 103

eLearning Consultant Consulting Job Management 103

ID Reflections

JANUARY 15, 2015

Communities and teams of diverse people have to work together to solve complex and emerging challenges through innovative and creative means. This is where I keep harping on my theme of workplaces as communities , and enterprise social networks as platforms for communication and learning. Through this endeavor, I have come to value: 1.

Agile 100

Agile Social Networks Expertise Collaboration 100

Tony Karrer

MARCH 25, 2009

Complexity of Productivity for Knowledge Work Productivity is defined as: the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time For some knowledge workers, we can reasonably define things this way. My guess is that someone like Tom is in a different league from most of us Knowledge Workers.

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Productivity Product Social Networks Knowledge Worker 100

Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

He also knows ‘what works’ in the world of strategic talent. Jobs are changing where there is a clear move from role-based work to task-based work, less transactional work and more work that requires decision-making and dealing with ambiguity.

Performance Support 113

Performance Support Compliance Training Social Learning Ratio 113

Performance Learning Productivity

DECEMBER 20, 2013

The way organisations work today is almost unrecognisably different from the structured and closely-managed systems in pre-Internet and pre-ubiquitous connectivity times. acceptance of a world in flux and that knowledge is neither constant nor fixed. The network becomes all-important.

Social Media 221

Social Media Attitudes Performance Support eLearning Consultant 221

Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

He also knows ‘what works’ in the world of strategic talent. Jobs are changing where there is a clear move from role-based work to task-based work, less transactional work and more work that requires decision-making and dealing with ambiguity. I don’t think anyone doubts that formal training can be important.

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Performance Support Compliance Training Social Learning 100

Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2009

It features an article in which Jon Husband and I delve into how to measure the impact of learning in the network era. Productivity in a Networked era: Not Your Father’s ROI. The network era now replacing the industrial age holds great promise. In the network era, things you can’t see are more valuable than things you can.

ROI 66

ROI Social Networks Network Authoring Tools 66

CLO Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2018

As such, we must implement and operate networks of insights. 2 (behind only problem-solving — a requisite critical thinking skill) in the top 10 skills for the global economy in 2020. Identifying relevant and specific nuggets of evidence aligned with a problem to be solved (the beginning of critical thinking).

Informal 71

Informal Business Authoring Tools Score 71

Tony Karrer

MARCH 29, 2009

In the case of getting to content when they need it, one of the problems with material on the Web is that people do not find it when they need it, or they find material that seems to be appropriate, even when it is not. The whole problem is Long Tail Learning. And you cannot Separate Knowledge Work from Learning.

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Blended Learning Compliance Training Write Blog 100

Jay Cross

MARCH 14, 2010

The shift from training (we tell you what to learn) to learning (you decide what to learn) increases the scope of the director’s job from classes, workshops, and tests to the broad array of networks, communities, meta-learning, and learning culture. Creating useful, peer-rated FAQs and knowledge bases. Conduct a learning culture audit.

Business 52

Business Metrics Director Knowledge Worker 52

Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2011

Working smarter is the key to sustainability and continuous improvement. Knowledge work and learning to work smarter are becoming indistinguishable. The accelerating rate of change in business forces everyone in every organization to make a choice: learn while you work or become obsolete. Workscapes.

Compliance Training 64

Compliance Training Social Media Knowledge Worker Instructional Design 64

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2008

In fact, Frederick Taylor told workers, ‘You’re not paid to think’ Along came knowledge work. In a knowledge company, you are paid to think; that’s where intangible assets come from. Networks subvert hierarchy. The denser a network’s connections, the faster its cycle time.

Knowledge Worker 57

Knowledge Worker Learning Performance Support Cognitive 57

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Work and learning have merged. Knowledge work has evolved into keeping up and taking advantage of connections. Social networks, both in-person and online, are democratizing the workplace, and workers have an increasing amount of say in what they learn and how they learn it. We learn on the job to do the job.

Diversity Training 95

Diversity Training Blended Learning Social Networks Performance Support 95

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 25, 2008

Fast Company describes how Cisco is implementing an “unprecedented forward-looking strategy to unleash what it’s calling a ‘human network effect’ both on and off the Cisco campus.&# John Chambers has seen the light: command-and-control is slow and inefficient compared to free-flowing networks.

Network 36

Network Social Networks Facebook Collaboration 36

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 25, 2008

Fast Company describes how Cisco is implementing an “unprecedented forward-looking strategy to unleash what it’s calling a ‘human network effect’ both on and off the Cisco campus.&# John Chambers has seen the light: command-and-control is slow and inefficient compared to free-flowing networks.

Network 36

Network Social Networks Facebook Collaboration 36