Tweet In Part 2 of Social Learning doesn’t mean what you think it does , my colleague Jane Hart  uses a very helpful diagram created by a previous colleague of mine, Tom Gram : Tom Gram’s diagram [reproduced below] shows that “ most work requires a combination of knowledge work and routine work. It is moving to the edge. MORE >>

This morning I gave the opening keynote for an internal future strategy session at a large insurance company. My presentation gave a very big picture view of selected elements of the economic landscape that could result in a substantially different business environment. Is this a valid idea? Measure of value. Store of value. Durable. Divisible. MORE >>

Last week, Seth Godin published an insightful post on the original purpose for universal public education--to create compliant workers. One key line stood out for me, one that is worth each of us thinking about long and hard: If you do a job where someone tells you exactly what to do, they will find someone cheaper than you to do it. MORE >>

Technology is helping cut transaction costs in many domains. Want to rent a movie? Forget the old days of driving 10 minutes to Blockbuster and spending 30 minutes arguing with your significant other about popcorn flick versus art house. But is what’s true for procuring movies soon to be true for procuring services as well? Start-up Zaarly hopes so. MORE >>

"When an organization doles out bonuses, raises, awards and promotions based on individual contributions, what’s the carrot for social participation? This is all right and good, for how else can an individual be measured" - Gia Lyons. time should ideally be spent on our own tasks). Gia explains what prompted her post. Related. MORE >>