A Working Smarter Glossary

Unpredictability, volatility, and information glut are the new normal for twenty-first century CLOs. Grappling with blazing-fast change requires a new vocabulary. Here are a few phrases from a CLO survival guide written by Jay Cross (and extracted from the Working Smarter Fieldbook) you may find useful.

Beta. Not ready for final release. Still buggy. Life is perpetual beta.

Free-range learner. Someone who learns as he or she chooses. Often discovery learning.

Learning. Work.

Performance. The goal of learning. AKA productivity, results. It’s relative to context. Decide what constitutes performance, then design the learning to support it.

Social Learning. What eLearning was supposed to be

Work. Learning.

Working Smarter. Executives rail against informal learning; I’ve yet to find one who is not interested in having people work smarter.

Want some more glossary terms?  Visit the full Working Smarter Glossary posting at the Internet Time Alliance Blog