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Jane’s Pick of the Day; 26 January

1 – Lean, Social Business and Schein’s 10 dimensions of the learning culture – Cecil Dejouz, 23 January 2013

There is a paradox in the concept of a learning culture : how to set up such a culture when by essence, culture is more a conservative force aiming at reducing cognitive anxiety by making things [...]

Jane’s Pick of the Day: 6 October

1 – SilkRoad Survey: Social Media in the Workplace

Employees use personal mobile devices frequently during work hours to access social media: 60% check social media multiple times throughout the day on their mobile devices; 75% check once a day, or more.

2 – Informal & Social Learning – Do the Distinctions Even Matter? – [...]

Jane’s Pick of the Day: 12 September

1 – 8 Things Your Employees Need Most – Inc

1. Freedom. Best practices can create excellence, but every task doesn’t deserve a best practice or a micro-managed approach. (Yes, even you, fast food industry.)

Autonomy and latitude breed engagement and satisfaction. Latitude also breeds innovation. Even manufacturing and heavily process-oriented positions have room for [...]

Jane’s Pick of the Day: 12 August 2012

1 – INFOGRAPHIC: Going BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) – MakeUseOf.com

It seems to be the new trend in schools and companies all across the world – BYOD. No, it’s not a new type of online computer game but rather Bring Your Own Device.

2 – Mark Earls on the Olympics and Social Learning [...]

17 July: What’s wrong with your sales training program, Top 10 Tech Tools: an interactive graphic, and more

1 – What’s Wrong With Your Sales Training Program -

Somehow, “successful” sales training has become associated with a thick binder of material the salesperson lugs home from the class (never to open again). The classroom experience is based mainly upon rote memorization of facts. There is little in the way of interaction, practical exercises, [...]

It’s all about conversations, 4 characteristics of mentoring

1 – It’s all about conversations – Harold Jarche

But in too many organizations, the major obstacle is that teams are distributed, either geographically or in time; or people are too busy to have meaningful conversations. This is why narration of work is so important. It’s the only way that others will have the slightest [...]

swabr, Quizslides, Napkin Academy, and more

1 – swabr – a free enterprise blogging service for companies and organizations. – very similar to Yammer

2 – Quizslides – create multiple-choice quizzes and exams using PowerPoint

3 – The Napkin Academy – learn to solve any problem with a single picture – from Dan Roam, the author of “The Back of the [...]

Entertaining YouTube crash courses

Crash Course: Entertaining YouTube “Courses” On History & Biology

Let’s go over the history course first. Here’s the idea: 15,000 years of human history is going to be summarized in a collection of YouTube videos. Each week John focuses on a different topic, starting with the dawn of history as we know it – the [...]

In convo with Mark Britz, Learning Bursts, and more

1 – My next In conversation with … webinar is with Mark Britz on Wed 18 April. Topic Social Media in Onboarding. Reserve your seat now

Mark Britz is currently the Manager of Learning Solutions at Aspen Dental Management Inc. (ADMI) Before joining ADMI in 2008, Mark worked to design and manage instructional tools and [...]

The future of #lrnchat, 25 ways to use Twitter and more

1 – The future of #lrnchat post by David Kelly explains the development of the popular Twitter live chat #lrnchat

Over the past couple of years, #lrnchat has grown to become an popular chat, attracting a wide variety of professionals from around the globe. It has been an extremely popular chat for those who consider [...]