TweetHere are some of the things that were shared via Twitter this past week. @jonhusband – “Noticed in office … article titled “Learning Is Social, Training Is Irrelevant” .. from Training Magazine, November 1997 … yes, 1997 ” Jack and Marilyn Whalen, the IRL researchers contracted by Xerox to advise it on the ICS project, [...]
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Tweet The above diagram, by Nick Milton, shows some important aspects of what influences performance [hint: blue]. First, knowledge is the result of information (e.g. learning content) AND experience. Knowledge is directly influenced by one’s own experience. Therefore there is no such thing as “knowledge transfer“. Second, performance is taking action on knowledge. This is [...]
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TweetA recent NYT article on The Auteur vs. The Committee compares Apple and Google, describing Steve Jobs as an “auteur”: Two years ago, the technology blogger John Gruber presented a talk, “The Auteur Theory of Design,” at the Macworld Expo. Mr. Gruber suggested how filmmaking could be a helpful model in guiding creative collaboration in other [...]
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TweetIn Diversity, Complexity & Chaos I highlighted several articles by others that discussed these themes and I finished with this graphic: Karen Jeannette (@kjeannette) noted that her challenge is to “foster movement between the bubbles” and I responded that my own experience and with my clients has been that negotiating these boundaries is an art [...]
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TweetHere are some of the things that were shared via Twitter this past week. @DaveGray – “trainers must know the thing they are training. Most knowledge today flows too fast to learn, then teach. Simultaneity is faster” Queensland Police on Facebook: “There was no master plan” by @RossDawson One of the key lessons was that [...]
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TweetPowerful metaphors guide our collective thoughts. It took a long time to understand heliocentrism and then modern science even blasts that model apart somewhat. In spite of all our scientific knowledge, many people still believe in the geocentric model. Metaphors that provide the common mental frameworks for our organizations are also powerful tools. For example, [...]
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TweetThe Epic social learning debate for Summer 2011 states: “This house believes that as social learning grows, so the requirement for traditional training departments shrinks.” Let’s examine why they grew in the first place. Training on a massive scale was a requirement for preparing citizen soldiers for war and initial methods were tested during the [...]
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TweetNick Milton highlights an overview of knowledge management (KM) from Susan Camarena, CKO at the Federal Transit Authority, which includes: How do we implement KM? We already are doing it! Everyone has their own KM program! Like: Saving numbers of the “right” person to call on an old, wrinkled and well used piece of paper. Reusing a [...]
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TweetHere are some of the things I found via Twitter this past week. QUOTES @stangarfield – “Influence knowledge sharing behavior by modeling it – lead by example, practice what you preach, show how it is done: get followers” @nilofer – “Being genuinely creative means not knowing where you are going. Accept uncertainty.” — The Bitcoin [...]
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TweetFormal education exploded as we moved into the industrial age one hundred years ago, with larger organisations demanding Taylorist job functions. As the industrial age gives way to a networked age, there is less need for well-defined, cookie-cutter jobs. With fewer standardized jobs, why do we need standardized education, or even standardized training? [I know that [...]
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