The future of work, a lot of commentators seem to agree, is shaping up to have many more independent contractors, contingent workers, freelancers and the like, and a lot fewer regular full-time, office-based employees. Whether that change empowers workers or undermines them is a much more contentious question. MORE >>

Today influence ratings service Klout significantly changed its rankings. Last week Klout CEO Joe Fernandez announced there would be changes , saying “a majority of users will see their scores stay the same or go up but some users will see a drop”. It seems that was not correct, and rankings levels have been revised such that most people’s scores go down. The results appears to be plenty of unhappy people. MORE >>

Tweet Highlights from Skills for Learning & Development Professionals (an article I wrote for T&D Magazine in 2008). My experiences over the past three years have shown that these skills are still necessary in the workplace. Attitude: Accepting that we will never know everything, but that others may be able to help, is the first step in becoming a learning professional. This is an acceptance of a world in flux and that knowledge is neither constant nor fixed. MORE >>

Building on yesterday’s post , in another way of thinking about it, I’ve been trying to tap into several layers down. Like the caveat on an attempt at mind-mapping the performance ecosystem, this only begins to scratch the surface as each of these elements unpacks further, but it’s an attempt. The plan you take (your sequence of prioritized goals), the metrics you use, and your schedule, will be individual. However, the other elements will share some characteristics. MORE >>

Home Consulting Our Mission The Stakes Our Approach Management Team Offering Comprehension Conversation Collaboration Capitalization Business Cases Blog Articles Collaborative Enterprise Contact Web Design Enterprise 2.0 = Learning 2.0 Written by Frédéric Domon Learning is social by nature Without going all the way back to the theories of Vygotsky or Albert Bandura , the simplest way to explain social learning is perhaps to look at the work of Richard J. MORE >>