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Jane’s Pick of the Day: 4 February

1 – What makes collaboration actually work in a company? Forbes, 2 February 2013

As Collaboration author, Morten Hansen, discovered bad collaboration is much worse than no collaboration, so some of Ricci and Wiese’s hard-earned lessons at work may help you.

2 – The End of the Web, Search, and Computer as We Know It, [...]

Jane’s Pick of the Day; 23 January

Another catch-up post with links I’ve shared on Twitter over the last few days

1 – Prepare for the future of work, Harold Jarche, 17 January 2013

“[PKM] processes are not taught in schools or training programes. There is no right answer in PKM. There are only processes that work. The test of PKM is [...]

Jane’s Pick of the Day: 17 January

1 – Look Beyond Your “Social Media Presence – HBR Blog Network, 16 January 2013

In some cases, companies keep social media separate from the core in order to prevent the technology from getting bogged down in corporate policies and procedures. That’s a legitimate concern, but don’t let a skunkworks social-media project get so far [...]

Jane’s Pick of the Day: 14 January

1 – Student cliff – 7 reasons for plummeting student numbers – Donald Clark, 13 January 2013

“Unlike the fiscal cliff, there is no sign of any immediate solution to this problem, other than taking the pain. There’s no way politicians can do a 180 degree (sic) turn on this but that’s what’s needed. After [...]

Jane’s Pick of the Day: 13 January

1 – A visual primer on learning theory – TeachThought, 11 January 2013

2 – In defense of skipping college and enrolling in the real world, Forbes, 11January 2013

Learning by doing is the best way to learn anything. Organizations like Enstitute, a two year apprenticeship-based educational experience designed to turn incubators, companies, and [...]

Jane’s Pick of the Day: 11 January

1 – CNN Money, 10 January 2013

The old model of getting educated in four years and coasting for the next 40 years” is growing increasingly less relevant, says Andrew Ng, co-CEO and co-founder of online education startup Coursera, which offers free online courses from universities like Stanford, Princeton, and Duke. “In the 40 years [...]

Jane’s Pick of the Day: 10 January

A catch-up post today with a number of links I’ve tweeted over the last few days

1 – “Hashtag” is the 2012 Word of the Year, American Dialect Society, 4 January 2013

In its 23rd annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted “hashtag” as the word of the year for 2012. [...]

Jane’s Pick of the Day: 4 January

Determinism, Best Practice, and the ‘Training Solution’ – Charles Jennings, 3 January 2012

“We first need to identify best practice” is a cry often heard in HR and L&D departments as organisations set out on their journey to develop a high performing workforce. “What’s wrong with that, then?” you may ask. There’s [...]

Jane’s Pick of the Day: 3 January

1 – After Housing And The Stock Market, Is Higher Education The Next Bubble To Burst? – Avi Dan, Forbes, 1 January 2013

Few industries today have a worse business model than higher learning institutions.

Simply put, colleges are slowly pricing themselves out of existence. Tuition has consistently increased faster than inflation and household income, [...]

Jane’s Pick of the Day: 2 January

1 – Fire The Head of Social Media And Make These 10 Wishes Come True – TechCrunch, 31 December 2012

Companies with social media directors have a problem. Mostly, they just don’t get it. Or worse, they do get it but to decentralize the corporate, top-down structure would actually disrupt the business and force some [...]