I was searching for a photo of Peter Drucker when I came across this 14-year-old article by him on the experiences that had shaped him. The third experience, where he talked about learning a new subject every 3 years, resonates with me. It seems that not being able to see the usefulness of something should not preclude one from learning it. ” MORE >>

I'm currently reading Matthew Gardner's Shop Class as Soul Craft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work, and it's raising some interesting questions about "knowledge work" and where we may be going with the information economy. In reality, many knowledge workers are as bound by  quotas, rules, policies and procedures as any factory worker. MORE >>

I’ve discussed before about how it’s Hard to Evaluate the Performance of Knowledge Workers and now some additional backup from Dilbert: Which goes along with: But let’s be careful here because: eLearning Technology. Subscribe to the Best of eLearning Learning for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs MORE >>

There is no way to anticipate all the possible situations a knowledge worker could face during their daily work, and therefore no way to provide sufficient procedures or directions. As more and more of the workforce is populated by knowledge workers our premise about of how people develop the judgment to be effective is changing. MORE >>

Along with the discussion of respect and time and attention that I just wrote about, Merlin Mann spent a little time talking about what a knowledge worker is and does from his perspective. I've heard the version of a knowledge worker being someone who defines their work or maybe someone who knows more than their boss. MORE >>