The point, however, is from the point of the view of the learner, all the resources needed are ‘to hand’  through every stage of knowledge work. Overall, it taps into our natural learning, where we experiment, reflect, converse, mimic, collaborate, and more.  Networks take nurturing.  What do I mean?  MORE >>

Before industrialization, work was local or industry meant cottage-industry. About three hundred years ago, work became an organizational matter. Factories require groups of people working together. Clocks measure working hours instead of the sun. That works when the world is stable, and things remain the same over time. MORE >>

like your meta skills, but … I was hoping that you would provide insight into the core skills and knowledge around communities and networks that learning professionals should have? What’s the 5 minute and 60 minute learning piece that all knowledge workers should have to go through so they will be better at this? MORE >>

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. Who in an organization is responsible for supporting and improving work? MORE >>

Published in Chief Learning Officer, August 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. Jay Cross. MORE >>