Writing is writing – it takes practice and discipline to write well. Team Wikispeed, where learning really is the work – via @jhagel. At WIKISPEED, however, the team learns almost entirely through hands-on experience. culture is an emergent property of all the little things you do - via @JDeragon. MORE >>

In the late 1990’s knowledge management was part of our solution suite at the Centre for Learning Technologies ( CLT via The Wayback Machine). The Centre for Learning Technologies is an applied research, consulting and resource centre for the use of new media in learning, knowledge management, and workplace performance support. MORE >>

cross-functional group spaces to learn about a topic (*usually* comprised of people across different teams). The fact that they are separate does not prevent learning and knowledge sharing from happening. Highly emergent. Output (practice) turns the site into a topic hub. Mildly emergent. It is a closed model. MORE >>

Imagine telling senior management that you were shuttering the classrooms in favor of peer-to-peer learning. We showed that in complex environments, which more of us face each day, only emergent practices are effective, as backward-looking “good practices&# are inadequate. Tags: Learning Wirearchy Work MORE >>

Learning as we probe the problem, we gain insight and our practices are emergent (emerging from our interaction with the changing environment and the problem). Training looks backwards, at what worked in the past (good & best practices), and creates a controlled environment to develop knowledge and skills. MORE >>