Davenport and Prusak define knowledge as “ a fluid mix of framed experience, values, contextual information, and expert insight that provides a framework for evaluating and incorporating new experiences and information. Management of the KM function will be based on a small centralized core, with a wider distributed network. MORE >>

That crazy cat Luis Suarez over at elsua.net (who I really respect) got me thinking with a recent post entitled “ The KM and Social Computing Culture Changes “ In it he states: I am sure that you would agree with me that it’s very rare to find some common ground between traditional Knowledge Management and Social Computing. MORE >>

I became interested in knowledge management (KM) as I was introduced to it in the mid 1990’s while practising instructional systems design (ISD) and human performance technology (HPT) in the military. became a consumer and simultaneously a sharer of online knowledge. This still sums up the core concept of PKM. MORE >>

Knowledge management (KM) was a most promising field until it was hijacked by software vendors who were selling IT systems for six figures. Personal Knowledge Management is one counter movement to centralized document repositories. saw this happen with e-learning. The better ones resemble simulations. MORE >>

In my two earlier posts on this subject I started by challenging the knowledge management orthodoxy of codification and then proceeded to make some more sophisticated points about the nature of explicit knowledge. In particular I argued that explicit knowledge arises as a result of and complement to, tacit knowledge. MORE >>