Archive for the ‘tacit knowledge’ Category

Dave Snowden on the abuse of language

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Some great points by Dave Snowden of Cognitive Edge regarding the abuse of language. It has been one of my peeves for some time how respectable and relevant terminology gets co-opted to the point that it no longer makes no sense to anyone. Clearly I believe in Knowledge ...

Tacit Knowledge and Social Networks

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

I've always tended to hang my KM hat on the value of tacit knowledge and helping organizations leverage that mostly untapped resource.  Those that have been readers of KM News for any length of time are aware of my definition of KM - KM is about connectedness; connecting people to people and ...

Empower the followers

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

WSJ: Management Leaders Turn Attention to Followers (subscription may be required) I suppose it is encouraging to see a Harvard lecturer and the Wall Street Journal focusing attention on what many (most?) of us in the KM space have known for ever....that it's is the little guy, the masses, the worker bees ...

Very Sad News

Monday, December 17th, 2007

It is with profound sadness that I report the passing of Dr. Cyril Brookes. Dr. Cyril H. P. Brookes, a pioneer in Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence died in a tragic accident at home on 13 December 2007. Cyril was a driving force in Australian information Systems having been the Manager of ...