OK, so here’s the deal – if learning is work and work is learning, why is organizational learning controlled by a learning management systems (LMS) that isn’t connected to the work being done in the enterprise? In the 21st century networked economy, learning and working are becoming one. MORE >>

This interconnected world sure makes it easy to learn informally though. This weekend I came across an article in The Atlantic, Lies, Damn Lies and Medical Science that showed that “as much as 90 percent of the published medical information that doctors rely on is flawed&#. Informal LearningAdvertisers? MORE >>

Why is social learning important? With social learning, everyone contributes to collective knowledge and this in turn can make  organizations and society more effective in dealing with problems. How does personal knowledge management relate to social learning? Tags: Informal Learning MORE >>

In the book Informal Learning: rediscovering the natural pathways that inspire innovation and performance , Jay Cross draws a parallel between the development of: 1) Bands, 2) Kingdoms, and 3) Democracies. The learning analogy Jay provides is. 1) One on One, 2) Classes & Workshops, and 3) Informal learning. MORE >>

Prescribing training for all organizational learning is like handing out band-aids without a diagnosis. This becomes evident when ~80% of learning on the job is informal and less than 10% of the knowledge needed for work is in our heads. Organizational learning. Social learning is how we get things done in networks. MORE >>