Here’s another piece from the archives, this one from April 2004. I’ve pulled this one out as part of a response to a discussion between Bill Brantley and Harold Jarche on the question of the work literacy gap and its impact on, and the role of, the organization.
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Employee-employer [...]
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Tagged employee, employer, Knowledge Work, Organizations, Work Literacy
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Though I hate to say it, this explains a lot. I don’t know if I buy into it completely, but I think anyone who fits the description of “innovator” given above can probably recount more than one story like this from personal experience.
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Tagged Anecdote, Early Adopters, Innovation, Innovators, Learning, Work Literacy, WorkLiteracy
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In his foreword to Marc Prensky’s book Digital Game-Based Learning, Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan recounts the following (emphasis is mine):
Early in my life, my mentor explained to me the three paths that lead to the creation of knowledge. The analytical path, where philosophers reflect, meditate, and make sense of objects [...]
When a friend told me I should try out Microsoft OneNote 2007 - I think his exact words were, “Dude, I don’t know how I lived without it!” - I downloaded the trial to give it a try. (Interestingly OneNote was not part of the Office 2007 Professional package, it is only part of the Home and Student package.)
So far, I like it. Or at least the concept. I’ve not put too much into it yet, but I see the possibilities.
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Tagged Infinity Journal, Levenger, Microsoft Office 2007, Mind-Manager, Moleskine, Notebooks, OneNote, Outlook, TabletPC, The Brain
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If you travel frequently by air, I think you’ll understand where I’m coming from. Originally posted 15 May 2003.
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Moo, moo…..
That’s how I felt earlier this week going through security at Newark airport. I was recently re-reading parts of Thinking In Pictures : and Other Reports from My Life [...]
At a break between meetings at a recent big get together, the following defintion of a knowledge worker occurred to me:
A knowledge worker is someone that makes it up as they go along.
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