Even the mainstream training field is realizing that reduced layers of bureaucracy mean decision-making gets pushed down the organization chart. Tags: Informal Learning Wirearchy Work PKM This is the message of the AMA in the promotional video – Critical Thinking: Not just a C-suite skill.  MORE >>

The real barrier to systemic change, such as becoming a learning organization, is command & control management. This is why the third principle for net work , shared power , is a major stumbling block to becoming a learning organization. But learning is what organizations need to do well in order to survive and thrive. MORE >>

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 >>

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%. This paper addresses how organizations, particularly business organizations, can get more done. 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 >>