What constitutes a Social Learning Culture? I've often thought of social learning as a very culture dependent phenomenon. A few weeks back I read an interesting article by Thierry de Baillon, his conclusion being - we don't need more social platforms, we need more human companies. A lot of social software marketing seems to suggest that the tools will change the world. Unfortunately, as we've seen on several occasions, usable tools have nothing to do with adoption.
On the other hand, I also see quite an amazing culture at ThoughtWorks. We don't have the richest infrastructure, yet we seem to juice out our humble tools. Adoption doesn't seem to take forever - it seems like you can take just about any tool, paste it on this company, and things will just work! At ThoughtWorks, no question is taboo. Questions for you to ponder over: Does your company leadership actively encourage questioning?
When I joined the company a few years back, I used to get a really common answer for every question I asked. Where Social Learning Thrives. <div class="greet_block wpgb_cornered"><div class="greet_text"><div class="greet_image"><a href="/" rel="nofollow"></a></div>Hello there! If you're new here, you might want to <a href="/" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to the RSS feed</strong></a> for updates. <div style="clear:both"></div><div class="greet_block_powered_by">Powered by <a href=" title="WP Greet Box WordPress Plugin" style="text-decoration:none;">WP Greet Box</a><a href=" title="WordPress Plugin" style="text-decoration:none;">WordPress Plugin</a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div> This article was co-authored with Steve LeBlanc, one of my favorite collaborators.
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