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Here is his invite: Knowledge Management is beginning to attract attention in the Middle East. But how many organisations have set up a programme to make better use of their knowledge to gain a business edge. By David Gurteen I will be giving a keynote talk at KM Middle East in Abu Dhabi, 15 -16 March. Paul Corney of Sparknow has created a KM questionnaire to better understand the take up of KM in the Middle East. MORE
And while there are different ways to think of knowledge – processed, procedural, propositional – this model I think adheres to a more basic view. Data does not create information; information does not create knowledge and knowledge does not create wisdom. MORE
Online Workshop runs 23 April – 4 May 2012. Hosted by Jane Hart and facilitated by Harold Jarche at the Social Learning Centre. MORE
By David Gurteen I am always looking to help promote activities in the KM field. To this end you can: post events on my site. post jobs on my site. post books or reports on my site. post news items on my site. In each case, the submission is held in a queue until I have checked it out and categorised it. This normally only takes a day or two. If the item is off topic or I feel it is inappropriate for any other reason I reserve the right to delete it. The service is free MORE
By David Gurteen To my mind the failure by business but more so governments to understand the adverse affects of measures, rewards and targets is a colossal Knowledge Management failure. We have the knowledge but we refuse to act on it! As far as I can tell nearly all the research and evidence shows that rewards and targets do NOT work in complex environments. In fact they have the opposite effect of what is intended! MORE
There's been a long running discussion around what Knowledge Management is going to look like going forward and whether big systems that manage knowledge are going to be there. Do we really think that there will be a new wave of Enterprise Knowledge Management or other big systems For example, see Bill Ives' recent post , and Paula Thorton. MORE
By David Gurteen Dave Snowden has recently expanded his 3 Rules of Knowledge Management to 7 Principles of Knowledge Management. Knowledge can only be volunteered, it cannot be conscripted. In the context of real need few people will withhold their knowledge. He has explained each one of them in more detail in his original posting on rendering knowledge. A document is where knowledge goes to die. MORE
With an ever deceasing half-life of knowledge , just keeping up has become a major corporate imperative. We have made little progress in preventing those repeating errors, as firms grow in size and complexity, building relationships that enable knowledge flows, keeping in the loop and finding stuff becomes a huge issue. Discovering opportunities and gaps in knowledge flows, improving personal networking and finding experts (in larger firms). MORE
Over the years there have been some gems relating to knowledge management, collaboration, knowledge sharing and the like. Dilbert on Knowledge Management. A 1998 Dilbert Comic Strip taking a poke at Knowledge Management. MORE
and Do managers need to measure and reward trust? Video: David Gurteen on Incentivizing Knowledge Management. By David Gurteen Those of you who know me, know that I have strong views on incentivizing or rewarding KM activities. MORE
As Brian Gongol notes: If a capital project has an expected service life of 20 to 30 years, it’s entirely possible that people working in an institution in their 20s will be middle or upper-level managers in the same institution by the time the project has to be replaced or upgraded. MORE
Interestingly, I have noted that online forums are male dominated but I tend to find at conferences, workshops and certainly my knowledge cafes there are more woman - often a 60:40 or even 70:30 ratio of women to men By David Gurteen Its great to see a Linkedin KM discussion group Women in KM set up only for women! And by four of my favorite KM women at that - well done Karen, Nerida, Diana and Jeanne :-). MORE
eLearning Learning Hot List - May 29, 2009 to June 5, 2009 Top Posts The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals. Adobe eLearning Suite: is it worth it? MORE
Those absolutely mind-blowing and rather provocative sentences, as depressing and as exciting as they may sound, don’t come from a knowledge worker working in a particular corporation protesting about the poor state of workplace learning or learning in general. MORE
This is not the original title for this blog, the change is a bow towards the good folks on the ACT-KM listserv, some of whom are checking for a pulse on the teenaged wrist of Knowledge Management. However, for organizational knowledge, the focus is on these conversations. MORE
Now, let’s go back in time, about 17 years ago, when The Cluetrain Manifesto was first published , and let’s have a look into this particular quote from David Weinberger himself about the one main role of knowledge workers, according to him. . Can you have too many conversations at work? MORE
Great post by Dave Pollard - Knowledge Management: Finding Quick Wins and Long Term Value the second Dilbert comic strip in the post is worth the visit to the page. I'm probably particularly happy with the list because several items echo suggestions I've been making in posts such as: Managing your RSS Feeds PKM and Personal Learning Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 MORE
By David Gurteen Certified Knowledge Manager Training. Topics: KM Practices, Business Case, Strategy, Program Planning, KM, Frameworks, KM and Organisational Culture, Change Management for KM, Programs, Leadership and Competencies for KM, Knowledge Assessment, Metrics, Enterprise KM, Process-oriented KM, Knowledge Mapping, Benchmarking, Expertise Location, Search, Personal KM, Web 2.0, 4 - 8 May 2009, Basel, Switzerland. MORE
Or, better said, it all comes down to, finally, come to terms with the fact that our very own self-importance has managed to destroy Social Media and just leave it at Media , as we become … it. General Interest Knowledge Management Learning Open Business Open Leadership MORE
By David Gurteen Those of you who know Patrick Lambe of Straits Knowledge may also know his alter ego Dr David Vaine. Dr Vaine gave a short speech at the ACTKM Annual Conference Dinner in October earlier this year where he outlined the key features of Fourth Generation Knowledge Management, and dealt with the difficult question of managing the transition between Generation X and Generation Y in the workplace. MORE
Tweet Nick Milton highlights an overview of knowledge management (KM) from Susan Camarena , CKO at the Federal Transit Authority, which includes: How do we implement KM? This is the root of personal knowledge management (PKM). MORE
This to me is what Knowledge Management is about and is its future. By David Gurteen Many of you may have noticed a new term kicking around the Enterprise 2.0 and Social Media space - that of Social Business. Its precise meaning is still the subject of debate - see the discussion on Quora: What are the distinctions between Social Business and Enterprise 2.0? MORE
Knowledge Management Research & Practice (KMRP) Journal has been extended to April 8th. By David Gurteen Many of you will have made the most of the free online access to all the Palgrave Macmillan journals throughout March. If you weren't aware of the offer then you have only a few days left but access to the. Here are some hot links. KMRP home page. Current journal. Editors selection. KMRP archive. Enjoy MORE
Twitter is one of the most powerful knowledge sharing and relationship building tools on the web. By David Gurteen Eric Mack thinks that within 18 months Twitter will change our world. I agree! I see three key benefits of using Twitter: It lowers resistance to sharing information. The 140 character limitation is now a strength.) It makes it easy to tap into a global mindset. And it provides quick recognition and feedback for what you think and know. Credit: Eric Mack. MORE
By David Gurteen Stan Garfield has put together a truly comprehensive list of Knowledge Management Communities MORE
But in fact it has been clear for some time that many individuals are already taking responsibility for not only acquiring new knowledge and skills but for a wide range of activities for their continuous learning and professional development. MORE
However, he has written up an interesting retrospective of two decades of IKM (Information and Knowledge Management) based on a presentation that he gave on the 21st anniversary of the UK networking group NetIKX. By David Gurteen David Skyrme retired some years ago and does not do any formal KM nowadays. MORE
By David Gurteen So all you KMers who enjoy shooing and editing video - Patrick Lambe of Green Chameleon has announced a Make a Video about KM Competition. Go for it - it should be fun MORE
By David Gurteen Interested in pursuing a formal qualification in Knowledge Management? Balanced coverage of human and IT-oriented approach to managing knowledge at the personal, group and organisational levels Suitable for knowledge workers in all industries and learnt concepts are widely applicable True multi-media delivery with games, animation, peer-to-peer interactions supplementing online content and web seminars. MORE
By David Gurteen I mentioned a month or two back a new book Knowledge Management Matters: By Practitioners for Practitioners written by a number of well known KM practitioners and edited by John and JoAnn Girard. The book is free and you can download it from here. John Girard tells me that about 1000 people have downloaded a copy of the book already and that they are in the process of developing a series of companion videos, the first of which is now available on YouTube. MORE
The main themes are: Memories are captured as knowledge artifacts, each limited by what it can convey, depending on its nature and the knowledge of recipient. Knowledge management can provide a structure to capture institutional memory, but it requires more than one approach. MORE
Pergamon Museum, Berlin. MORE
Knowledge-sharing practices are highly contextual. This makes sense when you consider that knowledge sharing is deeply personal as well as social, so it reflects the larger culture and the particular workplace. MORE
Have you seen “ Using Knowledge Management “? and Social Business are pretty close to some of the basic key principles behind traditional Knowledge Management, drafted back in the day, like I have blogged about, just recently, under the heading “ KM, Enterprise 2.0 MORE
That there is a ‘best’ way to manage knowledge an information? Harold and I have discussed this exact issue before and we are both on the same page that Personal is really important word in Personal Knowledge Management. MORE
Interesting discussion going on with contribution by Luis Suarez, Jay Cross, David Wilson - around the distinction between Knowledge Management and Learning: Knowledge Management and Informal Learning Knowledge Management and Learning - Separated at Birth? KM and Learning This is an interesting exchange because it highlights that approaches to learning and to knowledge management are shifting and beginning to overlap more now. MORE
By David Gurteen *Certified Knowledge Manager Training*. Topics: KM Practices, Business Case, Strategy, Program Planning, KM Frameworks, KM and Organisational Culture, Change Management for KM Programs, Leadership and Competencies for KM, Knowledge Assessment, Metrics, Enterprise KM, Process-oriented KM, Knowledge Mapping, Benchmarking, Expertise Location, Search, Personal KM, Web 2.0, 19 - 23 April 2010, Basel, Switzerland. MORE
By David Gurteen If you don't already know him, I'd like to introduce you to Nick Milton of Knoco by way of a recent blog post of his: Knowledge Management is not an end in itself. Companies do not exist for the purpose of propagating and advancing knowledge - they exist to sell products and services. But to the extent that competitive advantage relies on informed decision making within the business - knowledge management has a crucial role to play. MORE
My knowledge of Kahn is very limited–b ut essentiall y it’s a lecture. Hangout on Air, February 8, 10-11:00 am Pacific. YouTube. Our first weekday Hangout on Air. Attendance was down. Probably not the best weekday to try. MORE
By David Gurteen Interested in pursuing a formal qualification in Knowledge Management? Balanced coverage of human and IT-oriented approach to managing knowledge at the personal, group and organisational levels Suitable for knowledge workers in all industries and learnt concepts are widely applicable True multi-media delivery with games, animation, peer-to-peer interactions supplementing online content and web seminars. MORE
They are a nuisance, impossible to navigate, and you can’t really store anything meaningful in them anyway, since real knowledge is quite impossible to put onto a piece of paper. Tags: Management innovation The Future Wonderful short article in Harvard Business Publishing by Freek Vermuelen describes how top-down informationbases actually get in the way of doing business. The advice to derive from this research? MORE
That’s the top layer of my Personal Knowledge Management set-up. MORE
In What did Einstein know about Knowledge Management, Chris Collinson posts his top 10 favourite “Einstein on Knowledge Management” quotes, and also links to this infographic by IQmatrix on Visually, which mindmaps most of the quotes plus others. [.]. MORE
By David Gurteen So all you KMers who enjoy shooing and editing video - Patrick Lambe of Green Chameleon has announced a Make a Video about KM Competition. Go for it - it should be fun MORE
Knowledge Management Related Topics Jane Hart
OCTOBER 17, 2013
In What did Einstein know about Knowledge Management, Chris Collinson posts his top 10 favourite “Einstein on Knowledge Management” quotes, and also links to this infographic by IQmatrix on Visually, which mindmaps most of the quotes plus others. [.].
David Gurteen
JANUARY 29, 2018
By David Gurteen Stan Garfield has put together a truly comprehensive list of Knowledge Management Communities
Martijn Linssen
OCTOBER 1, 2012
This is not the original title for this blog, the change is a bow towards the good folks on the ACT-KM listserv, some of whom are checking for a pulse on the teenaged wrist of Knowledge Management. However, for organizational knowledge, the focus is on these conversations.
Luis Suarez
MAY 13, 2011
Have you seen “ Using Knowledge Management “? and Social Business are pretty close to some of the basic key principles behind traditional Knowledge Management, drafted back in the day, like I have blogged about, just recently, under the heading “ KM, Enterprise 2.0
Jane Hart
AUGUST 11, 2012
But in fact it has been clear for some time that many individuals are already taking responsibility for not only acquiring new knowledge and skills but for a wide range of activities for their continuous learning and professional development.
Harold Jarche
AUGUST 12, 2013
The main themes are: Memories are captured as knowledge artifacts, each limited by what it can convey, depending on its nature and the knowledge of recipient. Knowledge management can provide a structure to capture institutional memory, but it requires more than one approach.
David Gurteen
DECEMBER 14, 2009
and Do managers need to measure and reward trust? Video: David Gurteen on Incentivizing Knowledge Management. By David Gurteen Those of you who know me, know that I have strong views on incentivizing or rewarding KM activities.
Harold Jarche
APRIL 10, 2013
Knowledge-sharing practices are highly contextual. This makes sense when you consider that knowledge sharing is deeply personal as well as social, so it reflects the larger culture and the particular workplace.
Harold Jarche
JULY 18, 2011
Tweet Nick Milton highlights an overview of knowledge management (KM) from Susan Camarena , CKO at the Federal Transit Authority, which includes: How do we implement KM? This is the root of personal knowledge management (PKM).
Jane Hart
APRIL 13, 2012
Online Workshop runs 23 April – 4 May 2012. Hosted by Jane Hart and facilitated by Harold Jarche at the Social Learning Centre.
Jay Cross
MARCH 12, 2010
That’s the top layer of my Personal Knowledge Management set-up.
David Gurteen
MAY 28, 2018
By David Gurteen I mentioned a month or two back a new book Knowledge Management Matters: By Practitioners for Practitioners written by a number of well known KM practitioners and edited by John and JoAnn Girard. The book is free and you can download it from here. John Girard tells me that about 1000 people have downloaded a copy of the book already and that they are in the process of developing a series of companion videos, the first of which is now available on YouTube.
David Gurteen
JULY 26, 2017
By David Gurteen I am always looking to help promote activities in the KM field. To this end you can: post events on my site. post jobs on my site. post books or reports on my site. post news items on my site. In each case, the submission is held in a queue until I have checked it out and categorised it. This normally only takes a day or two. If the item is off topic or I feel it is inappropriate for any other reason I reserve the right to delete it. The service is free
Jay Cross's Informal Learning
OCTOBER 12, 2010
Pergamon Museum, Berlin.
David Gurteen
JULY 29, 2015
However, he has written up an interesting retrospective of two decades of IKM (Information and Knowledge Management) based on a presentation that he gave on the 21st anniversary of the UK networking group NetIKX. By David Gurteen David Skyrme retired some years ago and does not do any formal KM nowadays.
David Gurteen
AUGUST 20, 2010
Over the years there have been some gems relating to knowledge management, collaboration, knowledge sharing and the like. Dilbert on Knowledge Management. A 1998 Dilbert Comic Strip taking a poke at Knowledge Management.
Harold Jarche
MARCH 18, 2010
And while there are different ways to think of knowledge – processed, procedural, propositional – this model I think adheres to a more basic view. Data does not create information; information does not create knowledge and knowledge does not create wisdom.
Tony Karrer
JULY 22, 2009
That there is a ‘best’ way to manage knowledge an information? Harold and I have discussed this exact issue before and we are both on the same page that Personal is really important word in Personal Knowledge Management.
David Gurteen
MARCH 8, 2010
By David Gurteen To my mind the failure by business but more so governments to understand the adverse affects of measures, rewards and targets is a colossal Knowledge Management failure. We have the knowledge but we refuse to act on it! As far as I can tell nearly all the research and evidence shows that rewards and targets do NOT work in complex environments. In fact they have the opposite effect of what is intended!
Jay Cross
MARCH 27, 2009
They are a nuisance, impossible to navigate, and you can’t really store anything meaningful in them anyway, since real knowledge is quite impossible to put onto a piece of paper. Tags: Management innovation The Future Wonderful short article in Harvard Business Publishing by Freek Vermuelen describes how top-down informationbases actually get in the way of doing business. The advice to derive from this research?
David Gurteen
FEBRUARY 22, 2009
By David Gurteen Dave Snowden has recently expanded his 3 Rules of Knowledge Management to 7 Principles of Knowledge Management. Knowledge can only be volunteered, it cannot be conscripted. In the context of real need few people will withhold their knowledge. He has explained each one of them in more detail in his original posting on rendering knowledge. A document is where knowledge goes to die.
Tony Karrer
DECEMBER 13, 2006
Interesting discussion going on with contribution by Luis Suarez, Jay Cross, David Wilson - around the distinction between Knowledge Management and Learning: Knowledge Management and Informal Learning Knowledge Management and Learning - Separated at Birth? KM and Learning This is an interesting exchange because it highlights that approaches to learning and to knowledge management are shifting and beginning to overlap more now.
Tony Karrer
JUNE 15, 2007
There's been a long running discussion around what Knowledge Management is going to look like going forward and whether big systems that manage knowledge are going to be there. Do we really think that there will be a new wave of Enterprise Knowledge Management or other big systems For example, see Bill Ives' recent post , and Paula Thorton.
David Gurteen
FEBRUARY 6, 2009
By David Gurteen Certified Knowledge Manager Training. Topics: KM Practices, Business Case, Strategy, Program Planning, KM, Frameworks, KM and Organisational Culture, Change Management for KM, Programs, Leadership and Competencies for KM, Knowledge Assessment, Metrics, Enterprise KM, Process-oriented KM, Knowledge Mapping, Benchmarking, Expertise Location, Search, Personal KM, Web 2.0, 4 - 8 May 2009, Basel, Switzerland.
Jay Cross
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
My knowledge of Kahn is very limited–b ut essentiall y it’s a lecture. Hangout on Air, February 8, 10-11:00 am Pacific. YouTube. Our first weekday Hangout on Air. Attendance was down. Probably not the best weekday to try.
David Gurteen
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
Interestingly, I have noted that online forums are male dominated but I tend to find at conferences, workshops and certainly my knowledge cafes there are more woman - often a 60:40 or even 70:30 ratio of women to men By David Gurteen Its great to see a Linkedin KM discussion group Women in KM set up only for women! And by four of my favorite KM women at that - well done Karen, Nerida, Diana and Jeanne :-).
Tony Karrer
NOVEMBER 20, 2006
With an ever deceasing half-life of knowledge , just keeping up has become a major corporate imperative. We have made little progress in preventing those repeating errors, as firms grow in size and complexity, building relationships that enable knowledge flows, keeping in the loop and finding stuff becomes a huge issue. Discovering opportunities and gaps in knowledge flows, improving personal networking and finding experts (in larger firms).
David Gurteen
JANUARY 9, 2010
By David Gurteen *Certified Knowledge Manager Training*. Topics: KM Practices, Business Case, Strategy, Program Planning, KM Frameworks, KM and Organisational Culture, Change Management for KM Programs, Leadership and Competencies for KM, Knowledge Assessment, Metrics, Enterprise KM, Process-oriented KM, Knowledge Mapping, Benchmarking, Expertise Location, Search, Personal KM, Web 2.0, 19 - 23 April 2010, Basel, Switzerland.
David Gurteen
JANUARY 18, 2011
Here is his invite: Knowledge Management is beginning to attract attention in the Middle East. But how many organisations have set up a programme to make better use of their knowledge to gain a business edge. By David Gurteen I will be giving a keynote talk at KM Middle East in Abu Dhabi, 15 -16 March. Paul Corney of Sparknow has created a KM questionnaire to better understand the take up of KM in the Middle East.
Tony Karrer
APRIL 2, 2007
Great post by Dave Pollard - Knowledge Management: Finding Quick Wins and Long Term Value the second Dilbert comic strip in the post is worth the visit to the page. I'm probably particularly happy with the list because several items echo suggestions I've been making in posts such as: Managing your RSS Feeds PKM and Personal Learning Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0
David Gurteen
JANUARY 20, 2010
By David Gurteen So all you KMers who enjoy shooing and editing video - Patrick Lambe of Green Chameleon has announced a Make a Video about KM Competition. Go for it - it should be fun
David Gurteen
JANUARY 20, 2010
By David Gurteen So all you KMers who enjoy shooing and editing video - Patrick Lambe of Green Chameleon has announced a Make a Video about KM Competition. Go for it - it should be fun
Tony Karrer
JUNE 9, 2009
eLearning Learning Hot List - May 29, 2009 to June 5, 2009 Top Posts The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals. Adobe eLearning Suite: is it worth it?
David Gurteen
JANUARY 20, 2011
This to me is what Knowledge Management is about and is its future. By David Gurteen Many of you may have noticed a new term kicking around the Enterprise 2.0 and Social Media space - that of Social Business. Its precise meaning is still the subject of debate - see the discussion on Quora: What are the distinctions between Social Business and Enterprise 2.0?
David Gurteen
MAY 7, 2009
By David Gurteen Interested in pursuing a formal qualification in Knowledge Management? Balanced coverage of human and IT-oriented approach to managing knowledge at the personal, group and organisational levels Suitable for knowledge workers in all industries and learnt concepts are widely applicable True multi-media delivery with games, animation, peer-to-peer interactions supplementing online content and web seminars.
David Gurteen
MARCH 15, 2009
Twitter is one of the most powerful knowledge sharing and relationship building tools on the web. By David Gurteen Eric Mack thinks that within 18 months Twitter will change our world. I agree! I see three key benefits of using Twitter: It lowers resistance to sharing information. The 140 character limitation is now a strength.) It makes it easy to tap into a global mindset. And it provides quick recognition and feedback for what you think and know. Credit: Eric Mack.
David Gurteen
MARCH 25, 2011
Knowledge Management Research & Practice (KMRP) Journal has been extended to April 8th. By David Gurteen Many of you will have made the most of the free online access to all the Palgrave Macmillan journals throughout March. If you weren't aware of the offer then you have only a few days left but access to the. Here are some hot links. KMRP home page. Current journal. Editors selection. KMRP archive. Enjoy
David Gurteen
JULY 21, 2009
By David Gurteen If you don't already know him, I'd like to introduce you to Nick Milton of Knoco by way of a recent blog post of his: Knowledge Management is not an end in itself. Companies do not exist for the purpose of propagating and advancing knowledge - they exist to sell products and services. But to the extent that competitive advantage relies on informed decision making within the business - knowledge management has a crucial role to play.
David Gurteen
APRIL 3, 2009
By David Gurteen Interested in pursuing a formal qualification in Knowledge Management? Balanced coverage of human and IT-oriented approach to managing knowledge at the personal, group and organisational levels Suitable for knowledge workers in all industries and learnt concepts are widely applicable True multi-media delivery with games, animation, peer-to-peer interactions supplementing online content and web seminars.
David Gurteen
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
By David Gurteen Those of you who know Patrick Lambe of Straits Knowledge may also know his alter ego Dr David Vaine. Dr Vaine gave a short speech at the ACTKM Annual Conference Dinner in October earlier this year where he outlined the key features of Fourth Generation Knowledge Management, and dealt with the difficult question of managing the transition between Generation X and Generation Y in the workplace.
Luis Suarez
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
Or, better said, it all comes down to, finally, come to terms with the fact that our very own self-importance has managed to destroy Social Media and just leave it at Media , as we become … it. General Interest Knowledge Management Learning Open Business Open Leadership
Luis Suarez
OCTOBER 17, 2016
Now, let’s go back in time, about 17 years ago, when The Cluetrain Manifesto was first published , and let’s have a look into this particular quote from David Weinberger himself about the one main role of knowledge workers, according to him. . Can you have too many conversations at work?
Luis Suarez
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Those absolutely mind-blowing and rather provocative sentences, as depressing and as exciting as they may sound, don’t come from a knowledge worker working in a particular corporation protesting about the poor state of workplace learning or learning in general.
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