When I think back. On all the crap I learned in high school. It’s a wonder. I can think at all. And though my lack of education. Hasn’t hurt me none. I can read the writing on the wall. Paul Simon, Kodachrome (1973). Nothing that you learned in school has prepared you for today. Nothing. MORE
Here is a simple, but by no means only, method of putting personal knowledge master y into practice. It is based on the seek > sense > share model. Use a feed aggregator to collect all your online news and information resources in one place. I would suggest Feedly or Inoreader. MORE
The Internet Time Alliance Award , in memory of Jay Cross , is presented to a workplace learning professional who has contributed in positive ways to the field of Real Learning and is reflective of Jay’s lifetime of work. MORE
TIMN is an explanatory model of how human societies have organized: first in Tribes, later with Institutions added (T+I), and in our current society where Markets dominate (T+I+M). MORE
When we think of management we usually think of control over others. Management decides. Taylor in the early 20th century saw management as the necessary controlling layer in order to systematize work and make it efficient and so developed his Principles of Scientific Management. MORE
Social media extend emotion, obsolesce the linearity and logic of print, retrieve orality, and when pushed to their extreme result in constant outrage. MORE
I recently wrote that when we look at the future of work, the loss of current jobs, and the effects of automation we should use a compass to guide us, not a list of what the jobs of the future may look like. These kinds of maps get dated too quickly. MORE
Every fortnight I curate some of the observations and insights that were shared on social media. I call these Friday’s Finds. ProfFeynman : “FEYNMAN learning strategy in THREE points: 1. Continually ask “Why?” ” 2. MORE
“We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That’s a clear prescription for disaster.” — Carl Sagan. When people are presented with a problem the first urge is to resolve it. MORE
Jane Hart has been asking her readers what are the most useful/valuable ways that they learn for or at work. MORE
We are in a platform economy where those who own the platforms — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google — reap massive financial rewards. I have likened it to crowd-milking , as opposed to the overused crowd-sourcing which is often nothing more than free labour. MORE
My principle of network management is an update of the principle of scientific management put forth by F.W. Taylor in 1911. MORE
I have quoted Charles Green before, as he shows how our systems ‘get set in concrete’ Once they are set, they don’t change. After a while, nobody remember anybody who remembers the old ways. So it’s just the way things are. Ideas lead technology. MORE
The latest edition of the European Public Mosaic: Open Journal on Public Service is focused on talent management. My article in the journal is entitled ‘Talent, not Labour, is the Future of Work’ Here is the abstract. MORE
When FiveThirtyEight published the details of 3 million trolls and bots that were link to the Russian-based company Internet Research Agency, they were merely providing data. Two researchers initially compiled the data. MORE
Plus ça change, plus c’est pareil. It’s interesting to watch the latest shenanigans in Washington DC with Silicon Valley’s latest ‘crisis’ over privacy and the manipulation of the democratic process. MORE
Ian McCarthy’s paper and slide presentation on the honeycomb of social media was part of my inspiration for creating the seven facets of enterprise sensemaking. This video explains my problem-solving process in detail. MORE
Last month in Berlin I gave a keynote at the Landing Festival entitled, It’s your Network, Stupid. I explained that to find new ideas and information, loose social networks are best. MORE
Every fortnight I curate some of the observations and insights that were shared on social media. I call these Friday’s Finds. “If If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.” George Orwell. MORE
So what is the future of work and how can we best learn how to adapt to a post-industrial, network economy? There is no shortage of future skills prescribed by various think-tanks and organizations. The World Economic Forum (2016) identified 10 work skills for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. MORE
Even after four years of study, many students leave their institutions of higher learning only to find themselves inadequately prepared for what is next. University graduates often go on to get a certificate in an applied area in hopes of getting a job. MORE
I was recently interviewed by Bonni Stachowiak, host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. The subject was my personal knowledge mastery framework which Bonni uses in her university teaching. You can listen to or download the podcast. MORE
Blogging is one way I make sense of the world. This past year I wrote about 120 posts on various topics. What follows is a summary of some of my thoughts during 2017. MORE
There is a saying that if you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room. But there is likely a smart person who is knowledgeable about something in every room. Should they all leave? Looking for people who are smarter than you is a good way to learn. MORE
I have often discussed the automation of work here and how we need to focus our development and education efforts on developing human competencies that cannot be done by software or machines. But is automation really the major cause of workplace disruption? MORE
“Science fiction isn’t useful because it’s predictive. It’s useful because it reframes our perspective on the world. Like international travel or meditation, it creates space for us to question our assumptions.” ” — Eliot Peper. MORE
Jesse Martin has posted a good article on Learning in the Fourth Industrial Revolution , the era many say we are entering. It appears to be an era driven by “cyber-physical systems” So what will the new learning systems look like in this era? MORE
Our dominant models of how we organize and work as a society are fundamentally changing as we transition from an Information-Market economy to a Creative-Network economy. Charles Green succinctly explained the order in which this transition happens: “Ideas lead technology. MORE
I have worked as an external ‘consultant’ for the past 20 years. Prior to that, I was an internal consultant, with my last five years of military service as a training advisor in the aviation field. Consultant is a very general term and can mean many things in different fields. MORE
Some people seem to be naturally curious. Others work at it. Some just lack interest in learning. You can notice this when traveling. Some people can describe many aspects of their local vicinity while others don’t know anything about why certain features exist. MORE
The dominance of men over women in society has been going on for a long time. I have suggested that our primary communications media have influenced this gender-based power shift, proposing that electric communications in networks are redistributing some power back to women. MORE
A lot of traditional human work is getting automated , by machines or software. routine cognitive work is declining. manufacturing production in the USA is increasing but jobs are not. even the banking sector may see a 30% job reduction. for example, Nordea Bank just cut its workforce in half. MORE
Self-determination theory (SDT) is based on three innate human requirements: Competence, Relatedness, and Autonomy. Deci and Ryan [the researchers] claim that there are three essential elements of the theory: 1. MORE
Our societies have grown from a collection of tribes, added institutions, and later developed markets. These aligned with revolutions in communications: from oral, to written, to print. The network era began with the advent of electric communications, though it is by no means completely established. MORE
Creative people are at all levels of an organization, including the janitor , and are not ‘human resources’ but individuals who have the capability of gaining wisdom. What are often referred to as ‘soft skills’ are becoming more important than traditional hard skills. MORE
Every fortnight I curate some of the observations and insights that were shared on social media. I call these Friday’s Finds. MORE
Return of the Vikings. I have had the privilege of working with several Nordic organizations over the past few years — Carlsberg , HR Norge , Implement Consulting , Snow Software , Prime Minister’s Office of Finland. MORE
“Weak human + machine + better process was superior to a strong computer alone and, more remarkably, superior to a strong human + machine + inferior process.” Garry Kasparov. The future of work will be humans augmented by machines, and those with the best processes will succeed. MORE
Are soft skills the new hard skills? I asked this question six years ago. I would suggest that hard skills are really temporary skills. They come and go according to the economy and the state of technology. Today, we need very few people who know how to shoe a horse. Soft skills are permanent ones. MORE
A number of people I know have recently left Facebook and/or Twitter. I can understand why, as I left Facebook about eight years ago. I was an early adopter and thought it was going to help make a better civil society — I was naive it seems. MORE
There is little doubt that automation, by machines and software, is replacing human work and putting many current jobs at risk. How this will happen is uncertain, as an MIT Technology Review analysis of various projections shows a wide discrepancy. For example Forrester expects the US to lose 13.8M MORE
Harvard Business Review described The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge, as one of the seminal management books of the previous 75 years. The five disciplines necessary for a learning organisation are: Personal Mastery. Mental Models. Shared Vision. Team Learning. MORE
Do we really understand tacit knowledge? asks Haridimos Tsoukas in a 2002 paper. He bases his position on the work of Michael Polanyi in that all knowledge is personal and all knowing is through action. MORE
Harold Jarche
AUGUST 19, 2018
A number of people I know have recently left Facebook and/or Twitter. I can understand why, as I left Facebook about eight years ago. I was an early adopter and thought it was going to help make a better civil society — I was naive it seems.
Harold Jarche
AUGUST 9, 2018
A lot of traditional human work is getting automated , by machines or software. routine cognitive work is declining. manufacturing production in the USA is increasing but jobs are not. even the banking sector may see a 30% job reduction. for example, Nordea Bank just cut its workforce in half.
Harold Jarche
AUGUST 17, 2018
Every fortnight I curate some of the observations and insights that were shared on social media. I call these Friday’s Finds.
Harold Jarche
AUGUST 13, 2018
Social media extend emotion, obsolesce the linearity and logic of print, retrieve orality, and when pushed to their extreme result in constant outrage.
Harold Jarche
JUNE 14, 2018
“Weak human + machine + better process was superior to a strong computer alone and, more remarkably, superior to a strong human + machine + inferior process.” Garry Kasparov. The future of work will be humans augmented by machines, and those with the best processes will succeed.
Harold Jarche
JANUARY 28, 2018
There is little doubt that automation, by machines and software, is replacing human work and putting many current jobs at risk. How this will happen is uncertain, as an MIT Technology Review analysis of various projections shows a wide discrepancy. For example Forrester expects the US to lose 13.8M
Harold Jarche
APRIL 30, 2018
Our dominant models of how we organize and work as a society are fundamentally changing as we transition from an Information-Market economy to a Creative-Network economy. Charles Green succinctly explained the order in which this transition happens: “Ideas lead technology.
Harold Jarche
AUGUST 6, 2018
When I think back. On all the crap I learned in high school. It’s a wonder. I can think at all. And though my lack of education. Hasn’t hurt me none. I can read the writing on the wall. Paul Simon, Kodachrome (1973). Nothing that you learned in school has prepared you for today. Nothing.
Harold Jarche
JUNE 25, 2018
Jesse Martin has posted a good article on Learning in the Fourth Industrial Revolution , the era many say we are entering. It appears to be an era driven by “cyber-physical systems” So what will the new learning systems look like in this era?
Harold Jarche
JULY 16, 2018
Some people seem to be naturally curious. Others work at it. Some just lack interest in learning. You can notice this when traveling. Some people can describe many aspects of their local vicinity while others don’t know anything about why certain features exist.
Harold Jarche
APRIL 16, 2018
Even after four years of study, many students leave their institutions of higher learning only to find themselves inadequately prepared for what is next. University graduates often go on to get a certificate in an applied area in hopes of getting a job.
Harold Jarche
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
I recently wrote that when we look at the future of work, the loss of current jobs, and the effects of automation we should use a compass to guide us, not a list of what the jobs of the future may look like. These kinds of maps get dated too quickly.
Harold Jarche
MAY 3, 2018
Our societies have grown from a collection of tribes, added institutions, and later developed markets. These aligned with revolutions in communications: from oral, to written, to print. The network era began with the advent of electric communications, though it is by no means completely established.
Harold Jarche
AUGUST 3, 2018
Every fortnight I curate some of the observations and insights that were shared on social media. I call these Friday’s Finds. ProfFeynman : “FEYNMAN learning strategy in THREE points: 1. Continually ask “Why?” ” 2.
Harold Jarche
JUNE 18, 2018
Return of the Vikings. I have had the privilege of working with several Nordic organizations over the past few years — Carlsberg , HR Norge , Implement Consulting , Snow Software , Prime Minister’s Office of Finland.
Harold Jarche
JULY 17, 2018
Do we really understand tacit knowledge? asks Haridimos Tsoukas in a 2002 paper. He bases his position on the work of Michael Polanyi in that all knowledge is personal and all knowing is through action.
Harold Jarche
NOVEMBER 19, 2017
TIMN is an explanatory model of how human societies have organized: first in Tribes, later with Institutions added (T+I), and in our current society where Markets dominate (T+I+M).
Harold Jarche
JULY 6, 2018
Every fortnight I curate some of the observations and insights that were shared on social media. I call these Friday’s Finds. “If If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.” George Orwell.
Harold Jarche
MARCH 5, 2018
There is a saying that if you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room. But there is likely a smart person who is knowledgeable about something in every room. Should they all leave? Looking for people who are smarter than you is a good way to learn.
Harold Jarche
MARCH 4, 2018
So what is the future of work and how can we best learn how to adapt to a post-industrial, network economy? There is no shortage of future skills prescribed by various think-tanks and organizations. The World Economic Forum (2016) identified 10 work skills for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Harold Jarche
APRIL 6, 2018
Here is a simple, but by no means only, method of putting personal knowledge master y into practice. It is based on the seek > sense > share model. Use a feed aggregator to collect all your online news and information resources in one place. I would suggest Feedly or Inoreader.
Harold Jarche
JULY 23, 2018
We are in a platform economy where those who own the platforms — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google — reap massive financial rewards. I have likened it to crowd-milking , as opposed to the overused crowd-sourcing which is often nothing more than free labour.
Harold Jarche
JULY 29, 2018
I have worked as an external ‘consultant’ for the past 20 years. Prior to that, I was an internal consultant, with my last five years of military service as a training advisor in the aviation field. Consultant is a very general term and can mean many things in different fields.
Harold Jarche
APRIL 12, 2018
Plus ça change, plus c’est pareil. It’s interesting to watch the latest shenanigans in Washington DC with Silicon Valley’s latest ‘crisis’ over privacy and the manipulation of the democratic process.
Harold Jarche
JULY 5, 2018
The Internet Time Alliance Award , in memory of Jay Cross , is presented to a workplace learning professional who has contributed in positive ways to the field of Real Learning and is reflective of Jay’s lifetime of work.
Harold Jarche
JULY 26, 2018
“Science fiction isn’t useful because it’s predictive. It’s useful because it reframes our perspective on the world. Like international travel or meditation, it creates space for us to question our assumptions.” ” — Eliot Peper.
Harold Jarche
JULY 25, 2018
Ian McCarthy’s paper and slide presentation on the honeycomb of social media was part of my inspiration for creating the seven facets of enterprise sensemaking. This video explains my problem-solving process in detail.
Harold Jarche
MARCH 19, 2018
When we think of management we usually think of control over others. Management decides. Taylor in the early 20th century saw management as the necessary controlling layer in order to systematize work and make it efficient and so developed his Principles of Scientific Management.
Harold Jarche
APRIL 2, 2018
Creative people are at all levels of an organization, including the janitor , and are not ‘human resources’ but individuals who have the capability of gaining wisdom. What are often referred to as ‘soft skills’ are becoming more important than traditional hard skills.
Harold Jarche
JANUARY 14, 2018
Harvard Business Review described The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge, as one of the seminal management books of the previous 75 years. The five disciplines necessary for a learning organisation are: Personal Mastery. Mental Models. Shared Vision. Team Learning.
Harold Jarche
JUNE 29, 2017
Are soft skills the new hard skills? I asked this question six years ago. I would suggest that hard skills are really temporary skills. They come and go according to the economy and the state of technology. Today, we need very few people who know how to shoe a horse. Soft skills are permanent ones.
Harold Jarche
JULY 3, 2018
I have quoted Charles Green before, as he shows how our systems ‘get set in concrete’ Once they are set, they don’t change. After a while, nobody remember anybody who remembers the old ways. So it’s just the way things are. Ideas lead technology.
Harold Jarche
DECEMBER 22, 2017
The latest edition of the European Public Mosaic: Open Journal on Public Service is focused on talent management. My article in the journal is entitled ‘Talent, not Labour, is the Future of Work’ Here is the abstract.
Harold Jarche
JUNE 12, 2018
My principle of network management is an update of the principle of scientific management put forth by F.W. Taylor in 1911.
Harold Jarche
MAY 6, 2018
Self-determination theory (SDT) is based on three innate human requirements: Competence, Relatedness, and Autonomy. Deci and Ryan [the researchers] claim that there are three essential elements of the theory: 1.
Harold Jarche
MAY 28, 2017
“We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That’s a clear prescription for disaster.” — Carl Sagan. When people are presented with a problem the first urge is to resolve it.
Harold Jarche
DECEMBER 19, 2017
Blogging is one way I make sense of the world. This past year I wrote about 120 posts on various topics. What follows is a summary of some of my thoughts during 2017.
Harold Jarche
JANUARY 31, 2018
The dominance of men over women in society has been going on for a long time. I have suggested that our primary communications media have influenced this gender-based power shift, proposing that electric communications in networks are redistributing some power back to women.
Harold Jarche
JULY 12, 2018
I was recently interviewed by Bonni Stachowiak, host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. The subject was my personal knowledge mastery framework which Bonni uses in her university teaching. You can listen to or download the podcast.
Harold Jarche
APRIL 20, 2018
Last month in Berlin I gave a keynote at the Landing Festival entitled, It’s your Network, Stupid. I explained that to find new ideas and information, loose social networks are best.
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