By Jérome Coignard, CIO of CrossKnowledge

In a recent post published on the Harvard blog, Bill Taylor notices the rise of the Teaching Organisation, as an evolutionary step of the Learning Organisation model. According to his observations, the most innovative companies are not just committed to continuous learning : they are strongly committed to teaching as well, sharing their ideas and best practices with their clients, partners and competitors.

CrossKnowledge, the European expert in the remote development of leadership and management skills through new technologies, is pleased to announce the launch of its new CrossKnowledge HR Network.

This innovative initiative based on the model of a social networking community is intended to create an interactive platform to enhance dialogue and to promote the sharing of experiences between HR professionals and experts across Europe.

To effectively support the rollout of your strategic initiatives and the development of the related skills, the new forms of online interaction and sharing are now essential complements to top-down training. A real platform for ‘dialoguing’ and contributing online, new CrossKnowledge Dialogues 2.0 makes it possible to develop loyalty among and retain your communities, and to stimulate participation, by gathering opinions and suggestions and encouraging peer dialogue.


Very easy to use for both businesses and participants, CrossKnowledge Dialogues 2.0 plays a key role in creating networks and fostering communication on the major challenges, or opportunities, that your business faces. Consensuses are reached naturally through a system for exchanging opinions and voting which encourages participants to really think about ideas or projects.

Did you know that on average Internet users now spend more time on social networking sites than using e-mail! It’s only a matter of time before these sites make their impact felt on companies, their processes and their operating methods.
Viadeo, Facebook, LinkedIn, ... CrossKnowledge has been quick to take an interest in these new modes of communication, certain that they’ll improve the effectiveness of teaching methods and the development of students’ skills. They will generate profound and enduring changes in companies, processes and leadership models. Implementing these changes may meet with reluctance and require risk-taking, but there will be significant gains in productivity and agility for companies which take this route.