Articles by Jay Cross

Making Sense of the World
Pulling information from a vast array of disciplines and sharing it is a learning duty.

Sardines Set the Example
Being a business leader these days means swimming in dangerous waters. Be ready to swerve in unison when a shark looms.

Learning Is the New Work
Educating should be done on the job, not in the classroom. Innovation requires importing into the workplace patterns of thought from foreign sources that are often detached from learning regimes.

Working Smarter Glossary
Grappling with blazing-fast change requires a new vocabulary. Here are a few phrases from a CLO survival guide that you may find useful.

On the Road Again
No matter where in the world they are, chief learning officers must become change agents and promoters.

Overcoming Bipolar Thinking
Instead of focusing on the differences between formal and informal learning, CLOs should see learning as a continuum of degrees of formality.
Evolution of the Unbook
A constantly changing new media. Two years ago, I wrote the following in Chief Learning Officer magazine: “Reality is an endless stream of knowledge, culture and ideas that flows faster and faster.