Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category

What KM isn’t

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

I was just reading a some forum posts on a well known business focused social web site about KM.  The topic was around web/enterprise 2.0 and KM.  A valid and relevant topic.  There were a couple of posts where supposed KM experts postulated that KM was all about documents and ...

Nothing to fear

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Many of us around the world are confronting the harsh reality of economic uncertainty.  In many respects fear has eclipsed rational thinking and created a reality not wholly based on fact - perception became reality.  Fear has replaced rational thought.   This article from bizjournals brought me back to reality.  I (we) can't use ...

Emotional Intelligence in Business

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

I came across this white paper on Emotional Intelligence (EQ).  The paper is focused predominantly on the American male and paints a very interesting and bleak picture if things don't change. American males (according to this paper) are rewarded for being impulsive in business.  What we need is to channel that impulsiveness ...

People are complex

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

I just finished reading David Coleman's latest blog over at Collaborate.com - Is Trust Critical for Collaboration.  David comes to an interesting conclusion that I can and do support.  I too have been one of those people that put trust at the top of the list when it came to ...