In knowledge work (2004) I commented on how Lilia Efimova described the main uses of blogs for knowledge work: personal knowledge repositories, learning journals, or networking instruments. Many companies are tryng to find ways to motivate their knowledge workers. Tags: Wirearchy Work MORE >>

Before industrialization, work was local or industry meant cottage-industry. About three hundred years ago, work became an organizational matter. Factories require groups of people working together. Clocks measure working hours instead of the sun. That works when the world is stable, and things remain the same over time. MORE >>

Replacing today’s haphazard approaches with systematic, enlightened management accelerates the development of future workers and gets the entire organization working smarter. Convergence of work and learning. Work and learning have merged. Knowledge work has evolved into keeping up and taking advantage of connections. MORE >>

Work Design - From Industrial to Networked Age        (previously, Part I and the first half of Part II ). The vertical structure of knowledge did not foresee the coming of horizontal networking tools now shaping today's workplace. At the heart of the issue is the way work is designed and an organization develops its structure.  MORE >>

Yesterday, during my presentation on personal knowledge management to IBM BlueIQ I was asked about the role of blogging in my own sense-making processes. In my Seek>Sense><Share model, seeking and annotating information is important but cannot stand on its own. This strikes me as the core of collaborative knowledge work. MORE >>