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SLEC 05.29.13 Meeting Recording: A Conversation with George Siemens: How Social Collaborative Learning is Revolutionizing Talent Development

May's Social Learning and Executive Council meeting featured the Creator of the MOOC concept and expert in collaborative learning, George Siemens, continuing the conversation we started at the Global Leadership Congress in April. The session dialogue included: Networks and complexity are influencing how knowledge is acquired and created A company’s ability to learn is affecting it’s ability to innovate Connectivisim is influencing on learning and innovation Social Collaborative Learning is a solution to disruptive change George's presentation was followed by a question and answer session where participants had the opportunity to ask questions to improve your ... Watch Video »

29 May 2013

SLEC 05.29.13 Meeting Slides: A Conversation with George Siemens: How Social Collaborative Learning is Revolutionizing Talent Development

May's Social Learning and Executive Council meeting featured the Creator of the MOOC concept and expert in collaborative learning, George Siemens, continuing the conversation we started at the Global Leadership Congress in April. The session dialogue included: Networks and complexity are influencing how knowledge is acquired and created A company’s ability to learn is affecting it’s ability to innovate Connectivisim is influencing on learning and innovation Social Collaborative Learning is a solution to disruptive change George's presentation was followed by a question and answer session where participants had the opportunity to ask questions to improve your ... Read More »

29 May 2013

Breakneck Bench Building

Mattress Firm, one of the nation’s most recognizable brands, currently operates over 1100 locations across 28 states with plans for continued growth. Learn how this successful retailer has used a transformational approach to corporate education and radically improved the capabilities of their leaders, inspiring innovation throughout their organization. Building on today’s anywhere/anytime demand for information and the collaborative power of a modern social media platform, this 21st century approach to enterprise learning has truly changed the way Mattress Firm is developing their human capital. Read More »

9 May 2013

Modernizing the Approach to Learning

MasterCard, a technology company and payments industry leader, constantly faces a world rapidly hurtling towards more and more digital money. It’s critical that MasterCard continue leading the way by continually driving new product innovations into the global marketplace, at an ever-increasing pace, while growing and adding new people all over the world. MasterCard is tackling this complex challenge by codifying their practices and approaches around the world into a single, global capability, product management excellence. The approach is informed by MasterCard best practices and integrated with cutting-edge research and concepts from the academic world, developing a global team capable ... Read More »

9 May 2013

Unleash Collective Genius

Social collaborative learning is truly changing the way organizations are developing their human capital. Alan Todd shared on harnessing a new, cutting-edge approach to achieve learning excellence and drive business results. Read More »

9 May 2013

The Future of Learning: Innovating at the Pace of Change

George Siemens, often referred to as the founder of the MOOC, shared his latest thinking on how social and collaborative learning can be used to help employees in organizations easily and effectively share knowledge and improve the way business performs. During the Global Leadership Congress session, participants not only learned how to apply Dr. Siemens’ knowledge sharing and learning framework, they participated in a workshop to begin the process of developing a model for collaborative learning in their organizations. Read More »

9 May 2013

The Talent Ecosystem - The Power of Collaboration

The World Economic Forum has become one of the most desirable employers on the planet. The WEF experience provides access to the world’s most powerful leaders as they deal with the world’s most important issues. Carsten Sudhoff, Chief Human Resources Officer of the WEF, has the unique challenge of not only finding and selecting the very best talent for positions in his organization, but also for managing their development as 21st century leaders. Carsten described how the WEF manages its Talent Ecosystem. Attendees had the unique opportunity to participate in a dialogue about how these methods can be ... Read More »

9 May 2013

What is the Purpose of the 21st Century Learning Function? (03.28.13 Recording)

What is the Purpose of the 21st Century Learning Function? CorpU Shares Insights about Social Collaborative Learning The World of Work is Changing! How business is getting done is shifting in front of our eyes, and traditional approaches to workforce development won’t cut it anymore. Enterprises are finding success in our complex and rapidly changing environment by moving away from old school, rigid hierarchical frameworks and embracing – and leveraging – informal work domain networks. During the March 28 Learning Excellence & Innovation Council (LEIC) meeting, Alan Todd, CEO of CorpU, reviewed highlights from both research and direct experience in the ... Watch Video »

28 Mar 2013 | by CorpU Team

What is the Purpose of the 21st Century Learning Function? (03.28.13 Slides)

What is the Purpose of the 21st Century Learning Function? CorpU Shares Insights about Social Collaborative Learning The World of Work is Changing! How business is getting done is shifting in front of our eyes, and traditional approaches to workforce development won’t cut it anymore. Enterprises are finding success in our complex and rapidly changing environment by moving away from old school, rigid hierarchical frameworks and embracing – and leveraging – informal work domain networks. During the March 28 Learning Excellence & Innovation Council (LEIC) meeting, Alan Todd, CEO of CorpU, reviewed highlights from both research and direct experience in the ... Read More »

28 Mar 2013 | by CorpU Team

Social Collaborative Learning: Microsoft and Pearson (Video)

The CorpU Social Learning Executive Council is comprised of thought leaders from both the corporate world and the academic world who have been brought together to explore the power, promise and peril of applying social networking and Web 2.0 technologies to the development of human capital. The members of this group meet quarterly to explore how to use technology to improve knowledge and best practice sharing, collaboration, complex problem solving, and innovation. Watch Video »

14 Mar 2013 | by CorpU Team

Social Collaborative Learning: Microsoft and Pearson (02.28.13 Slides)

The CorpU Social Learning Executive Council is comprised of thought leaders from both the corporate world and the academic world who have been brought together to explore the power, promise and peril of applying social networking and Web 2.0 technologies to the development of human capital. The members of this group meet quarterly to explore how to use technology to improve knowledge and best practice sharing, collaboration, complex problem solving, and innovation. Read More »

28 Feb 2013 | by CorpU Team

Designing Space for Networking and Collaboration (Video)

Networks of relationships among people contribute to the genesis, implementation and adoption of new ideas. This presentation briefly reviews key themes in then network theories of creativity. It highlights two key social mechanisms that underpin innovation: (1) prospecting for novel ideas; and (2) mobilizing the tangible and intangible resources necessary to develop them. Discovery -- the "aha" moment of insight -- and development -- the often arduous process of transforming an insight into a process or product -- are both enabled by strong social networks, but the types of network structures that facilitate radically creative discoveries are different from and oppositional to the structures ... Watch Video »

28 Feb 2013