Tony Karrer’s comments to a recent post of mine that discussed the application of a craft work model to knowledge work got me thinking a bit more about the subject. I’ve also been thinking some about the one of the goals of the Work Literacy project, specifically to “help build a foundation of knowledge [...]
Also filed in Learning, Mastery, Social Networks, Tools, Video Games, Web 2.0, Work Literacy, visual thinking
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Tagged Add new tag, competency, Knowlege Work, literacy, Mastery, WorkLiteracy
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I’ve had a strong interest in video games on a personal level for many years (see this page for some of my thoughts). More recently, I’ve become interested on a professional level in the potential for games to be used to support learning and other ’serious’ purposes - hence the name “Serious Games“.
I see [...]
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 [...]
Also filed in Blogs, Knowledge Management, Learning, Re-invention, Social Networks, Web 2.0, Work Literacy
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Tagged employee, employer, Knowledge Work, Organizations, Work Literacy
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Dave Snowden, with whom I share a general dislike (maybe distrust is a better word) for lessons learned / best practices, has a post from about a year ago on the difference between lessons learned and learning lessons. I’m revisiting these ideas after sharing my thoughts about knowledge work as craft and the growth [...]
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.
Also filed in Books, Innovation, Knowledge Management, Learning, Narrative, Re-invention, Work Literacy
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Tagged Anecdote, Early Adopters, Innovation, Innovators, Learning, Work Literacy, WorkLiteracy
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At the end of a brief history of human communication, Dave Gray of XPLANE gets to what he sees as the future of communications: visual communications.
Today, we are free once more. Paradoxically, now that everything has been reduced to zeros and ones, our only limit is our imagination. What’s interesting is that [...]
Also filed in Blogs, Innovation, Learning, Mastery, Tools, Video Games, toys, visual thinking
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Tagged communications, dave gray, language, literacy, Tools, visual thinking, xplane
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I am just about finished reading Garry Kasparov’s 2007 book, How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves - from the Board to the Boardroom, and have been holding off on posting anything about the book until I do get to the end. But the following passage, starting on page 183, caught my eye [...]
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