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Harold Jarche

Embracing complexity at work

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After our session at Online Educa this morning (well, it was early morning for me anyway) I thought some more about one of the models I used. The Cynefin framework is a good way to explain different types of work and how training can only help in some cases: when work is simple (cause & [...]

In the Middle of the Curve- Wendy Wickham

Turning an amorphous blob into a chaotic ball

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You're overcomplicating it Wendy.- SysAdmin GuruSo I've managed to get a baseline technical process figured out for the awkward project. - Person enters a staffing request- Staffing request goes to manager- Manager assigns a resourcePretty straightforward.Where I got stuck - what resources, as a manager, do I have to determine which resource to assign?Well...there is (supposedly) information from the time sheets people (supposedly) have been entering.There is also (supposedly) information from

Making Change - Cathy Moore

Why you want to use scenarios in your elearning

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Imagine that you’re in a competition to overhaul an information-heavy course so it creates a real change in the world. What changes would you make? Check out this story-based presentation to see what one fictional company did. How to save the world with elearning scenarios View more documents from Cathy Moore. If some type is too small, click [...]

Will at Work Learning - Will Thalheimer

Bloggers Who Review Products Must Fully Disclose their Ties

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Starting today, December 1, 2009, bloggers who review products will have to fully disclose their ties and reveal any free products they receive. See article in NY Times announcing the ruling. Within the last year, I was sent a learning...

Reflections on Knowledge Management and Organizational Innovation - Dale Arseneault

Important Things Facilitators Should Know About Adults in a Group Settng

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Does anyone doubt that a facilitated workshop of virtually any type involves learning? Hopefully not. So if you have a room full of adults who are learning as part of achiving a shared outcome, it is a good idea to have an understanding of the adult as a learner. In the mid '80s when I joined a training company, the VP Education made it a point of ensuring that I had a good grounding in andragogy and adult education popularized by Malcom Knowles in the 1970s. Since then, and in a number of rol

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