Informal learning : rediscovering the natural pathways that inspire innovation and performance

Cross, Jay 1944- (Author).

Summary: This book provides a working definition of informal learning, identifies the skills and attitudes that make for a successful informal learner, has stories of workplace informal learning in practice, and offers advice on how to support, nurture and leverage informal learning in an organization.

Record details

ISBN: 0787981699 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780787981693 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xxi, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: San Francisco : Pfeiffer/Wiley, c2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"An essential knowledge resource"--P. [4] of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-281) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Out of time -- A natural way of learning -- Show me the money -- Emergence -- Connecting -- Meta-learning -- Learners -- Envisioning -- Conversation -- Communities -- Unblended -- The Web -- Grokking -- Unconferences -- Just do it.