My Twitter bio reads, “ Work is learning, learning work – that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know [apologies to Keats ]. Some call it the knowledge economy or perhaps even the learning age. Whatever it will be called, our networks of networks are making life and work more complex. MORE >>

How might we best go about improving knowledge work, both practices and outputs, in today’s complex organizational environment? Peter Drucker, in his typical way, pointed out that the key to understanding and improving knowledge work (PDF) was that there was no defined task to be optimized. Raymond, Eric S. D.R.Y. MORE >>

While they often produce excellent work and contribute to the overall market reputation of their parent organizations, they have been less successful at leveraging the experience of their parents or at feeding their insights back into their organizations. Thought leadership presents a situation where working backwards isn’t helpful. MORE >>

We released our first white paper, on Social Learning , at the Collaborative Enterprise last week. For me, the essence of social learning is that as our work becomes more complex, we need faster feedback loops to stay on top of it. Constantly evolving with technology, this way of learning is naturally “nimble”. MORE >>

Our formal learning approaches too often don’t follow how our brains really work.  For one, I like to ask myself “what would my ideal learning situation be?”. I also talked about this model as Layered Learning.  That is, layering on learning across our life. Other learning models are not static (c.f. 2004).  MORE >>