Seven years ago, Lance Dublin and I wrote a book entitled Implementing eLearning. The cover explained…
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We wrote that for eLearning to work, you needed to set the stage Continue reading
An astute VP at LSI Logic was concerned with the meager results of the company’s classroom training. He wanted LSI to focus more on building competencies and less on training events. Workers at LSI had been happy to pick and choose traditional training from a buffet of offerings. Taking Continue reading
Six-minute video on how networks form and why this inevitably leads to flatter organizations, faster cycle times, information glut, and unpredictability.
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In this 12-minute closing presentation at Learning Technologies 2009 in London, I describe the global economic cataclysm and learning in the longest-lived culture in the world, the Aborigines of Australia.
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View to the northeast, toward Sacramento
The weather in the Bay Area was glorious today, so Cappuccino and I decided to walk up Vollmer Peak to the top of the world. We needed the exercise and we needed to get out of the house.
Wandering in the woods does marvels for one’s thoughts. We humans Continue reading
Understanding Corporate Twitter, a post from an employee of EMC, got me thinking about the role of corporate culture in implementing the social learning platforms I’ve been calling learnscapes.
Traditional training programs are a reflection of their designers, authors, and instructors. Social learning Continue reading
TwitterSheep draws a tag cloud from the profiles of people who follow you on Twitter. Mine is a good fit with my own self image. Birds of a feather?
Of course, you can look over the tag clouds of other Twitterers, too. Try to match the person with the clouds below:
Corporations are flocking to eLearning for all the wrong reasons. It’s cheaper: no travel, no facilities cost, no instructor salaries. This sort of fanciful thinking tripped up eLearning ten years ago.
In that first wave of eLearning, venture capitalists and the Continue reading
I splurged and bought myself to a snazzy HD Canon videocam. I still figuring out how it works but it’s clearly a powerful little machine.
I need a new still cam soon. Ever since bouncing off some cobblestones in Rome, my beloved little Casio Xilim camera has been acting crazy. It had not occurred Continue reading
Driving Results Through Social Networks: How Top Organizaiotns Leverage Networks for Performance and Growth by Rob Cross and Robert J. Thomas
This sequel to Rob Cross’s The Hidden Power of Social Networks is chock full of practical advice on leveraging networks for innovation and increased performance. Continue reading