2010) uses a Web-based note system to store messages, manage his financial risk and stay on top of the multiple factors necessary to run a successful dairy farm. We need to re-think workplace learning for a networked society. Formal, structured learning plays only a small role in getting things done in the networked workplace. MORE >>

When I wrote that the only knowledge that can be managed is our own , I wanted to highlight that command & control methods do not work well in this network era that is replacing the industrial/information era. While a certain amount of hierarchy may be necessary to get work done, networks naturally route around hierarchy. MORE >>

Mark coined the term, subject matter networks , as a change from the industrial concept of subject matter expert, or SME, a term I first heard in the military in the mid-1970′s. In a complex world the optimal social form is the  multi-organizational network  and emergent practices must be continuously developed through cooperation. MORE >>

It’s all about networks. Understanding networks that is. Encouraging workplace practices like  personal knowledge management  is a start. Nurturing Creativity is now a management responsibility. The collaborative enterprise requires looser hierarchies and stronger networks. There is  no normal. MORE >>

Today, we can easily connect to networks that offer diverse views. Social media can facilitate the sharing of tacit knowledge through conversations to inform the collaborative development of emergent work practices. But finding and weaving our knowledge networks is getting easier with over two billion of us connected by the Internet. MORE >>