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Jay Cross
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Jay Cross has helped countless people work and live smarter. Jay was the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. He wrote the book on it. He was the first person to use the term eLearning on the web. He challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix. A champion of informal learning and systems thinking, Jay's calling was to help people improve their satisfaction in life and performance on the job (they're not unrelated). His philosophies on the power of informal learning and net-work fundamentally changed the world of learning in organizations. Jay co-authored the landmark book "Implementing eLearning," founded Internet Time Group, served as CEO of eLearning Forum for its first five years, and wrote a column on effectiveness for CLO magazine. He wrote "Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways that Inspire Innovation and Performance" (Pfeiffer, October 2006) and the "Working Smarter Fieldbook" (2011). An internationally acclaimed speaker and designer of corporate learning and performance systems, Jay was a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School. Jay lived with his wife Uta and a miniature longhaired dachshund in the hills of Berkeley, California. Jay was born in Hope, Arkansas, (same room as Bill Clinton) and grew up in Virginia, France, Texas, Rhode Island, and Germany.

What the Words (of L&D) Mean – Part 2 – Guest Post by Jay Cross
Jul 8, 2015 | Articles

What the Words (of L&D) Mean – Part 2 – Guest Post by Jay Cross

More word fun with Jay Cross. This post is a continuation from last month’s post part 1. Learn. Gain the capacity to do something. Learning styles. Faulty notion that it matters whether we’re visual learners, verbal learners, or kinesthetic learners. Research found it’s total bunk. Lecture. Ineffective, one-way delivery of content.... more

What the Words (of L&D) Mean – Guest Post by Jay Cross
Jun 3, 2015 | Articles

What the Words (of L&D) Mean – Guest Post by Jay Cross

Looking Through the Workscape Lens (2 of 2) – GUEST Post by Jay Cross
May 7, 2015 | Articles

Looking Through the Workscape Lens (2 of 2) – GUEST Post by Jay Cross

The previous post on this topic defined your Workscape as a systems view of where work is done and where people hone the skills they need to add value. It’s relationships and culture and secret sauce. It’s the organization as organism. This post suggests how to nurture your Workscape —... more

Looking Through the Workscape Lens (1 of 2) – GUEST Post by Jay Cross
May 6, 2015 | Articles

Looking Through the Workscape Lens (1 of 2) – GUEST Post by Jay Cross

Your Workscape is everything in your organization except the training department. It’s where work is done and where people hone the skills they need to add value. It’s the biggest frame of the big picture. It’s relationships and culture and secret sauce. It’s the organization as organism. To prosper, you... more

GUEST POST by Jay Cross: Why Content Curation Should be in Your Training Skillset
Apr 29, 2015 | Articles

GUEST POST by Jay Cross: Why Content Curation Should be in Your Training Skillset

Curation can boost your profit and help your people grow. It can save millions, reduce frustration, and boost the velocity of information in your organization. It starts in a gallery. You expect the curator of an art gallery to know the collection and to: search out the best items select... more

Should Learning Content be in Perpetual Beta? – Guest post by Jay Cross
Apr 8, 2015 | Articles

Should Learning Content be in Perpetual Beta? – Guest post by Jay Cross

What is a “beta version”? “We could take beta off all of our products tomorrow, and we wouldn’t actually have accomplished anything…If it’s on there for five years because we think we’re going to make major changes for five years, that’s fine.”  Google co-founder Larry Page Beta is the last,... more

We’ve Got to Stop Meeting Like This! – Guest post by Jay Cross
Mar 11, 2015 | Articles

We’ve Got to Stop Meeting Like This! – Guest post by Jay Cross

American business people attend 11,000,000 business meetings every day and half of it’s a waste of time. Knowledge workers spend three hours a day in meetings. Senior executives spend more. Four out of five of us have brought other work to do during a meeting. One in ten of us... more

What to Say (Part II)
Oct 30, 2013 | Learning

What to Say (Part II)

Our last post advised that you to avoid words like training and learner when talking with senior executives. Now let’s turn to what you should be talking about. Speak the language of business. Couch whatever you’re proposing as a way to save time, increase revenue, cut costs, or improve efficiency.... more

Perfect Pitch
Sep 27, 2013 | Learning

Perfect Pitch

I’m thrilled to introduce the first blog post from the famous Jay Cross.  Jay needs no introduction and we are really excited to have him on board. Twenty years ago, the start-up I was working with hired “the world’s best presentation coach” to help our executive team raise a few million... more

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