see   Mapping informal and formal learning strategies to real work ], so the work of the L&D department will be very different in different organisations, depending on the type of workers and work done. Organizations that do not optimize informal learning may themselves get automated and outsourced. It is moving to the edge. MORE >>

Informal Learning Flow. Next month, a new aggregator on Working Smarter from Internet Time Alliance , sponsored by Xyleme , will replace  Informal Learning Flow. Giving up control -  Informal Learning , November 2, 2010. Tags: Informal Learning Here’s what’s probably the swan song, the end of a great run. MORE >>

The start-up stiffed me but the paper morphed into the Informal Learning book. I’ll be leading a series of master classes on informal learning and working smarter in Europe. Informal Learning – the other 80%. Because organizations are oblivious to informal learning, they fail to invest in it. Execution is the goal. MORE >>

Stephen Hart has a good series of quotes on informal and social learning on his website. Informal LearningSometimes the right quote gets the message across faster than a long explanatory paragraph. MORE >>

Harm told me about his team’s experience with informal learning in an engagement with Sara Lee. Having a closer look, I concluded that the list of activities could be divided into more formal and more informal learning activities. Informal: - Experiences on the job. Tags: Informal Learning Training programs. MORE >>