Dave Snowden is a compelling storyteller, mad genius, and irascible Welshman who has pioneered the mash-up of complexity theory and management practice. Dave led a day-long seminar on his version of complexity in San Francisco today. I’m still absorbing the implications. This is brilliant, important work. Each calls for a different approach. MORE >>

Third post in a series. In case you missed it, here are  the first  and second. INFRASTRUCTURE. Technological infrastructure for social learning. Work and learning are converging, and as this change happens, the infrastructure of the old corporate learning must go – things like traditional one-size-fit-all in-person training seminars. Need to share. MORE >>

Even as original a thinker as Isaac Newton acknowledged, “If I have seen a little further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” ” Ironically, Newton borrowed that phrase from 12th century theologian John of Salisbury who wrote, in 1159: “We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. But there are limits. MORE >>

Size Isn’t Everything – Cathy Davidson – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education. Wired UK raises the possibility that the university may have to restructure itself. That undoubtedly will raise numerous hackles. But from an intellectual standpoint, it signals a revolution in waiting. MOOC Madness. Australia. MORE >>

On April 27, 2011, Clark Quinn and I kicked off a meeting of the Chief Learning Officer Executive Network at Symantec in Mountain View. The Executive Networks people took notes; here are the main points from my presentation. Work Is Changing. Work is no longer just doing just what is in your job description. Conceptual Age. Informal learning. MORE >>