Jay Cross helps people work and live smarter.
Jay is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. The Internet Time Alliance, which he chairs, helps corporations and governments use networks to accelerate performance.
Jay has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix. A champion of informal learning and systems thinking, Jay’s calling is to create happier, more productive workplaces. He was the first person to use the term eLearning on the web. Jay is the author of Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways that Inspire Innovation and Performance, Working Smarter Fieldbook, and Implementing eLearning. Thousands of people read his articles and blogs.
Jay is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School. Jay and his wife Uta live with their miniature long-haired dachshund in the hills of Berkeley, California.