Advanced Human Technologies, Ross Dawson; http://www.ahtgroup.com.

Dawson is the author of Living Networks: Leading Your Company, Cus­tomers, and Partners in the Hyper‑Connected Economy and Developing Knowl­edge‑based Client Relationships. Organizations must continually explore the future, or risk falling by the wayside. AHT assists senior executive teams to integrate the immediate implications of ongoing technological, social, and economic developments into strategy.

Ageless Learner, Marcia Conner; http://agelessleamer.com/, http://agelessleamer.com/intros/informal.html.

These Web sites provide terrific resources and the best information to help you get more from life whether you're four or ninety‑four. Ageless Learning focuses on how teaming and curiosity influence everything you do in life, no matter your age, education, or occupation.

Verna Allee Associates, Verna Allee; http://vemaallee.com,

Allee shares the wisdom of value networks, a great way to understand any business: "Today's business relationships encompass much more than the tan­gible flows of products, services, and revenue that we have focused on in the past. As we come to depend more and more on exchanges of knowledge and other intangibles with our customers and business partners, success depends on building a rich web of value creating relationships. New approaches and methods are needed to understand the reality of value creation."

Altus Learning Systems, Ted Cocheu; http://www.altuscorp.COM/

Altus brings the powers of rapid eLearning to businesses that need to com­municate quickly and effectively with large, geographically dispersed audi­ences. It integrates professional services with methods, tools, and technology to make it simple for companies to transfer mission‑critical knowledge to field staff, channel partners, and customers. Altus technology empowers the Cisco Virtual Team project.

Appreciative Inquiry Commons, David Cooperrider; http://appreciative inquiry.case.edu/intro/whatisai.cfm.

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is about the co‑evolutionary search for the best in people, their organizations, and the relevant world around them. In its broadest focus, it involves systematic discovery of what gives life to a living system when it is most alive, most effective, and most constructively capable in economic, ecological, and human terms. AI involves, in a central way, the art and practice of asking questions that strengthen a system's capacity to ap­prehend, anticipate, and heighten positive potential.

For strategic design and implementation, contact Loretta Donovan at AI Consulting, www.squidoo.com/worksmarts.

Berkana Institute, Margaret Wheatley; http://www.margaretwheatley.com/ http,//www.berkana.org/index.html.

"We are a worldwide community of people who recognize the need for change in our communities, organizations and nations. We are offering our leadership to help resolve our most pressing local problems. We define a leader as anyone who wants to help, who is willing to step forward to make a differ­ence in the world. We know that the world is blessed with an abundance of these leaders."

Beyond Bullets, Cliff Atkinson; http://www.beyondbullets.com/.

Atkinson is the fellow who helped win the multimillion dollar judgment against Merck. The site provides advice and examples of persuasive presentations.

Coaching Platform, Gunnar Bruckner; http://coachingplatform.com/.

"This Web site enables business activities in which collaboration is the key to creating solutions or services. The software was designed by observing how the best coaches and most responsible consultants communicate with each other and with their clients. It is a dynamic, flexible system that sup­ports the entire range of roles and actions required for information sharing and collaboration."

Cognitive Edge, Dave Snowden; http://www.cynefin.net/.

Cognitive Edge (formerly The Cynefin Centre) is an international net­work that focuses on the application of complexity science to management and organizational practice. At its heart is "a distinction between ordered and unordered systems and the consequent recognition that systems with funda­mentally different qualities require the application of contextually differen­tiated methods for both diagnosis and intervention."

eLearning Centre; http://www.e‑learningcentre.co.uk/.

"The eLearning Centre provides independent eLearning advice and con­sultancy to businesses and education and maintains a large collection of links to eLearning resources in its Information section." Now part of Learning Light.

eLearning Forum, Eilif Trondsen; http://www.elearningforum.com.

The eLearning Forum is a noncommercial, global community of people who make decisions at the intersection of learning, technology, business, and design. Founded in 1999 as the Silicon Valley el‑earning Network, eLearn­ing Forum has gained a reputation as the thought leader on eLearning trends, best practices, and advice on the industry. Members of the community of prac­tice include corporate chief learning officers, eLearning marketing executives, investment analysts, and researchers and developers.

EPSS Central, Gary Dickelman; http://www.epsscentral.info/.

EPSScentral.INFO is a set of free resources on the many disciplines that comprise performance‑centered design: cognitive science, usability engi­neering, agile development, information engineering and architecture, knowledge management, hypermedia engineering, content management, learn­ing technologies, and human factors engineering. Dickelman is a thought leader in performance‑centered design.

Global Learning Resources, Kevin Wheeler; http://www.glresources.com/.

Companies that need leading‑edge strategies, fresh mind‑sets, and cost­effective processes to win the competition for top talent find Global Learn­ing Resources to be a remarkable partner. Its clients get ahead of business, demographic, and organizational trends due to its research and focus on iden­tifying emerging issues and best practices.

The Grove Consultants, David Sibbet; http://www.grove.COM/.

For more than twenty‑five years, The Grove Consultants International has taken its pioneering work in visual planning and organization change and seeded it worldwide. It believes that people and organizations are more vital and empowered when working creatively with one another, much like living things in nature. This orientation is the soil from which all of Grove's prod­ucts, consulting, and design processes grow.

Gurteen Knowledge Center, David Gurteen; http://www.gurteen.com/.

The Gurteen Knowledge Community is a global learning community of over twelve thousand people in 138 countries. The community is for people who are committed to making a difference: people who wish to share and learn from each other and who strive to see the world differently, think differently, and act differently. Membership is free. The main themes of this site are knowl­edge management, teaming, creativity, innovation, and personal development. The site contains over four thousand pages of material on books, people, other Web sites, blogs, articles, events, courses, quotations, and much more.

HeartMath, Bruce Cryer; http://heartmath.com Institute of HeartMath, Sara Paddison; http://www.heartmath.org/.

"A change of heart changes everything." Research and cases of reducing stress and increasing longevity by focusing on emotions.

Informal Learning Blog and Informal Learning Book site, Jay Cross; http://informL.com.

This is the hub of the informal learning community. Sign up for Un­workshops. Read extensions to this book.

Integral Transformative Practice, George Leonard; http://www.itp‑life.com/ main.html.

"Integral Transformative Practice is a long‑term program for realizing the potential of body, mind, heart, and soul. It is integral in that the various aspects of the self are seen as separate windows to an underlying wholeness. It is transformative in that it aims at significant positive change, the manifesta­tion of unrealized potential. And it is a practice in that it involves long‑term, positive activities that, above and beyond any specific external rewards, are of value in and of themselves."

Internet Time Group, Jay Cross; http://intemettime.com.

This site presents articles, presentations, pointers, feeds, and commentary about learning and performance.

IT Conversations, The Conversations Network, Doug Kaye; http://www .itconversations.com/.

This provides great presentations downloaded from information technol­ogy conferences and more.

Jane's E-Learning Pick of the Day, Jane Hart (née Knight); http://janeknight.typepad.com/.

Despite her youthful vigor and beauty, Jane has worked in education and training for nearly a quarter century. Do not miss her Directory of Free eLearning Tools. She is also a managing partner of WallerHart Learning Architects.

Master New Media, Robin Good; http://www.mastemewmedia.org/, http:// www.masterviews.com/.

Master New Media provides what you need to know about collaboration, free telephone calls, instant messaging, virtual classrooms, Web tricks, free images, or any other aspect of computer‑based communication. Incredible scope.

Meta‑Learning Lab, Jay Cross, Clark Quinn, Claudia L'Amoreaux, Claudia Welss, and Bill Daul; http://www.meta‑learninglab.com/.

The Meta‑Learning Lab is dedicated to increasing people's capacity to learn and improving the performance of individuals and organizations. Learn­ing has become the ultimate competitive advantage in our dynamic, knowl­edge‑based society.

Mindjet LLC; http://www.mindjet.com/us/.

Maker of my mind‑mapping software. Free trial available.

Network Roundtable at the University of Virginia, Rob Cross; https://webapp.comm.virginia.edu/networkroundtable/.

"By applying network analysis to business imperatives such as innovation, revenue growth, cost containment, and talent management, the Network Roundtable is demonstrating how a relational view of work can improve or­ganizational and individual performance. This group of top organizations has two primary objectives. The first is to teach members how to apply network analysis to critical business issues. Online tutorials, quarterly hands‑on work­shops, biweekly webinars, free use of a proprietary software, and access to training material enable members to undertake successful projects in their own organizations. The second objective is to conduct research demonstrating how network analysis yields actionable insights and measurable business impact. Current programs of research on innovation and top‑line revenue growth, client connectivity and sales force effectiveness, large‑scale change and post­merger integration, talent management and leadership development, and strategy execution and alignment are extending the application of network analysis to a range of business imperatives."

Org.net, Valdis Krebs; http://www.orgnet.com/.

Valdis is a top expert in social network analysis. His InFlow software is the state of the art.

Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania, Marty Seligman; http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/.

Positive psychology includes the study of positive emotion, positive char­acter traits, and positive institutions. Seligman is now turning his attention to training positive psychologists, individuals whose practice will make the world a happier place, parallel to the way clinical psychologists have made the world a less unhappy place. Take the VIA Signature Strengths Ques­tionnaire to identify the pursuits that will bring you happiness.

Quinnovation, Clark Quinn; http://www.quinnovation.com

Quinn is a pragmatic generalist whose work includes games, mobile learn­ing, performance support, content models, and intelligent systems. Combin­ing a deep cognitive background and strong technology experience with creativity and strategic business experience, Quinnovation takes a broad per­spective toward meeting real needs, including organizational, learning, per­formance, and knowledge perspectives.

SRI-Business Intelligence, Eilif Trondsen; etrondsen@sric-bi.com. (650) 859-2665.

Eilif and I managed the eLearning Forum for five years. He is currently researching virtual worlds in business. A group of Fortune 100 companies is forming now (February 2007). Call Eilif for more information.

Stephen Denning, http://www.stevedenning.com/.

Denning is the master storyteller who helped turn World Bank around by telling a compelling story. Read his latest book, The Leader's Guide to Storytelling.

Visual Insight, Eileen Clegg; http://visualinsight.net.

Eileen’s a visual journalist. Her work helps business people get a whole lot more out of meetings both by displaying an alternative perspective and by providing an artifact for reflection. Three or four times a year, Eileen conducts intensive two-day workshops in beautiful Bodega Bay, about 90 minutes north of San Francisco. I’ve been to one and I’ll probably go to the next one. See her site for more details. Pssst: You don’t need to be an artist to become a superlative visual communicator.

Weber Consulting Group, Craig Weber; weberconsulting®earthlink.net.

Weber designed the Courageous Conversations program at Pfizer and elsewhere.

Work‑Learning Research, Will Thalheimer; http://www.work‑learning.com. Thalheimer is a research psychologist specializing in learning, cognition, memory, and performance. The site provides the data about what really works.

WallerHart Learning Architects, Vaughn Waller and Jane Hart. http://whla.co.uk/index.html.

World Café, Juanita Brown; http://www.theworldcafe.com/

Based on living systems thinking, the World Cafe is a proven approach for fostering authentic dialogue and creating dynamic networks of conversation around your organization or community's real work and critical ques­tions‑improving both personal relationships and people's capacity to shape the future together.

XPLANE, the Visual Thinking Company, Dave Gray; http://wwwxplane.com/. XPLANE is an information design firm that develops visual maps and sto­ries to make complex business issues easier to understand. Put Dave's blog, Communication Nation, on your reading list: http://communicationnation. blogspot.com/.