Most of my Personal Learning Network (PLN) resides in Twitter and therefore it is here that I find the most value in my networks. Over the years I have done well to streamline and focus my PLN so that much of my time within is efficient and deliberate. However, I do subscribe to serendipity. I […]
When I joined my current organization there was much talk of the need for a corporate university to support the growing workforce. As I grew to understand our workforce I believed the model typically envisioned was not a good fit but rather than fight city hall and banter about with semantics I worked to massage
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One of the activities considered a great benefit to the transparency that social networks afford is the ability find, connect with, and learn from others. If we narrate our work in social networks, we gain contribution, get questions answered, and can see the work of others which improves our own knowledge and skills. Many critics
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I’ve struggled with the terms informal and formal learning for some time and frankly so has any non-learning professional I’ve spoken to. Likely you are familiar with informal learning, but if not this short video by Jay Cross is excellent and succinct. Honestly I use the terms but find they always need further discussion, clarification,
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After I gave a local ASTD Chapter presentation I was asked by some attendees if I knew “where’s all this going?” Where’s what going? I responded. “All this change, you know, due to all the technology and connectedness you speak of.” I expressed that traditional “systems” will continue to get disrupted. But I thought that
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