Knowledge Management News™ is a an information repository dedicated to Knowledge, Content, Information, and Identity Management.
Knowledge Management News™ is a no cost information repository and occasional newsletter focused on Knowledge, Content, Information, and Identity Management. The purpose is simple; to provide news and insights for and about the Knowledge/Information Management practitioner.
An important construct that is gaining acceptance is that of Identity Management; especially relevant to KM is Digital Identity Management. The combining of KM with DIdM makes inter and intra organizational knowledge sharing possible in a secure, reliable, and effective manner. The addition of DIdM to KM brings into play the added dimensions of access control, context, presence, and trust credentials, thus providing even greater relevance to the KM process.
Check out David Coleman and Stewart Levine’s new book,
I doubt that you will find a better resource on the technology and best practices for collaboration.
I have known David for years, and greatly respect him and his work.
You might also be interested in the Collaboration 2.0 event
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 people to information to create a competitive advantage.
Clearly we have a revolution taking place with respect to social networks. What are social networks doing? Creating and extending connections of course. The context (business, pleasure, …) of those connections varies but still allows for developing relevant connectedness.
Do social networks allow us to find out what we don’t know, do they allow us to share our knowledge with other people, do they empower and leverage the collectives knowledge? The answer to all those questions is YES. So why are structured organizations so slow to adopt social networking and collaborative tools like Wiki’s within their “walls”…
It was announced today that Microsoft has purchased Credntica’s U-Prove technology.
Trust (and privacy) is a key aspect of connectedness. We share more with people we trust and less with those we don’t. As Kim Cameron puts it, U-Prove works on a “need to know” basis. If a web site proves worthy we might share more details and the Info Card with U-Prove will make that easier to accomplish.
We will eventually see adoption of Info Cards as a mechanism. Adoption is slow but this bit of news will undoubtedly move things along.
Daylight savings time kicks in here in the United States this weekend. That’s almost a full month earlier than in the past. Does this really save energy?
A recent study conducted by Matthew Kotchen and Ph.D. student Laura Grant from UCSB indicates that it costs Indiana residents approximately an additional $8.6mm in utilities when they started observing DST. That’s a pretty significant cost.
What’s the KM angle? Maybe there are not cost benifits to Daylight Savings Time, but some people think there are social benefits; less crime, fewer fatal auto accidents, and more outdoor recreation time.
What do I think? I just don’t want to lose that hour this weekend.
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