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The reality of knowledge work

The Learning Circuits

And yet the rest of me was realizing how old I must sound. "I So I spent an hour doing knowledge work. I can't believe I have to go get gasoline for this new-fangled automobile. Why Bessie just needed some grass." Or even, 'why does the hardware store sell me these grass seeds that will need to be mowed once a week?'

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The Top 3 ingredients for motivating employees in tough times

Matrix

While it may sound like an exaggeration, employees need to feel like they belong in their teams and subsequently in the organization. Starting from the self-determination theory (STD) , specialists have identified three major psychological needs that have to be met to ensure employee motivation. They are: 1. Connection.

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Study: Enhanced Employee Development Needed in 2013

CLO Magazine

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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Work Literacy Launch

Clark Quinn

I'm very happy to announce that Michele Martin and I have just launched Work Literacy - a network of individuals, companies and organizations who are interested in learning, defining, mentoring, teaching and consulting on the frameworks, skills, methods and tools of modern knowledge work. In fact, we all have blind spots.

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Work Literacy Launch

Tony Karrer

I'm very happy to announce that Michele Martin and I have just launched Work Literacy - a network of individuals, companies and organizations who are interested in learning, defining, mentoring, teaching and consulting on the frameworks, skills, methods and tools of modern knowledge work. In fact, we all have blind spots.

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Formal Learning All the Way.Baby

Kapp Notes

It is an EXACT replica of the actual operations room in the real plant right down to the same ambient sounds. The processes have been formalized, in knowledge work, many of the processes are formalized. Recently, I was touring a nuclear power plant training facility and had a chance to see the room where operators are trained.

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EDUCAUSE 2013 Presenter Profiles: Dr. Dan Anderson

TechSmith Camtasia

I’m also interested in new ways of creating and sharing knowledge. Working with multiple media, especially video, enables authors to use communication strategies that extend the familiar approaches we find in print. But what happens when the composing space shifts to the screen, with images, video, and sound?