I mentioned in my post Online Systems for Behavior Change that I'm working on a very interesting project that is designed to lead to some important changes in behavior that has already had dramatic impacts. Ultimately, we are trying to design something that will motivate users to take action that we know will have positive impact. Khan Academy. MORE >>

In my previous post, Emerging new roles for learning and performance professionals , I identified some of the new roles appearing in the workplace. Today I want to look at the role of the Collaboration Advisor. So who will help them? However, this type of work requires a very mindset and skillset from the traditional training role. Social learning MORE >>

My colleagues and I often get cast as informal learning zealots in pieces written to placate the training industry and maintain the status quo , especially the lucrative compliance training market. Actually, given the tone of some articles and presentations, I am certain many people think of us in even less friendly terms. That time has passed. MORE >>

I greatly enjoyed last weeks’s Berkman Center event about some of the ways the Web is affecting the movie industry, which included a screening of an indie movie that has been released only on the Web. First here was a panel discussion with Rob Burnett [twitter: robburnett1 ], Elaine McMillion , and me, moderated by Jonathan Zittrain. MORE >>

I first posted this last December, but I thought that it would be fun to update it for 2012.    Note I have removed two from last years list: Men and Women of the Corporatio n and Who Says that Elephants Can't Dance?   They are both great books, but I am trying to stick to 11 books and the two new ones below edge them out. MORE >>