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Urgent News – KM is Apparently Data Storage/Mining!

July 18, 2011 By 1 Comment

Wrong With This Picture? See it? Look closely!

I’ve been kicking around a thought related to the term “knowledge management systems” and then a couple of days ago stumbled onto an article that discussed “some ways to ensure success in knowledge management projects.” That article was actually about another article in which that author discussed the “challenges of knowledge management.” Both of those articles are perfect fodder for discussing what’s been running through my mind about the term “knowledge management systems” and what happens when someone reduces KM to what is essentially data storage and data mining. So let’s give it a toss and see where we land.

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Shocking KM News! Users Reject Lessons Learned Database!

July 13, 2011 By 3 Comments

So close....

I know that this will no doubt come as a shock to some, and I urge you to not read this alone — you will need close support to get you through the moment. But I’m saddened to report that according to an audit conducted by the Australian Department of Defence….(here it comes, prepare yourself!) the Department of Defence lessons learned database was “abandoned” by users who found it too difficult to use.
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KM Competency Model: The Emperor’s New Clothes

June 30, 2011 By 3 Comments

Hans Christian Andersen's tale, "The Emperor's New Clothes"

Okay, so I was having this conversation a couple of days ago about a KM “competency model” and then it came up again yesterday, and then again this morning, and so I thought that it might be a good time to tackle this particular issue. Buckle up and hang on, let’s talk about KM competency models! Specifically, let’s talk about what happens when a “very large organization” wants to develop a KM competency model and they instead begin weaving “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”
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Knowledge Management Whac-A-Mole

June 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The only strategy was to "whack" quickly. Not much of a strategy though.

What does Whac-A-Mole and many knowledge management implementations have in common? Perhaps a lot more than you’d think (and that’s not a good thing).
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KM – Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way

June 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Lead, follow, or get out of the way. Effective leaders choose the right path, and then lead others.

A recent article by David Griffiths published in Inside Knowledge is stirring a few discussions. David discusses an opinion/concern titled, “Knowledge Management is Dead.” Not really, just that some are apparently afraid to call it KM anymore.
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Peeling a KM Metric Onion (may make you cry!)

June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Peeling a KM onion (may make you cry).

Groan. Here we go again. I stumbled upon a report that provides guidance on what is supposedly the “top” knowledge management metrics. Ah huh. It would seem that the metrics are suspect, how they were determined to be the “top” is suspect, and heck, I’ll go so far as to say that the top five metrics aren’t even “good” KM metrics much less “top” metrics.

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KM – Wild Animals!

June 21, 2011 By 1 Comment

Unleash your socialization wild animals!

Unleashing “wild animals” usually doesn’t sound like such a great idea. But with a bit of rethinking what those are and where they live, we can address issues that all the Web 2.0 technology never seems to address.
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Knowledge Management Yoga

June 20, 2011 By 1 Comment

Knowledge Management Yoga for Knowledge Sharing

This is a short little follow-up to my recent post about knowledge sharing, Jack Bauer and the whole pushing string thing.  I think that it could be called Knowledge Management Yoga.

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Knowledge Management – Contemporary Definition?

June 14, 2011 By 1 Comment

Sometimes you just have to wonder about those so-called KM experts!

It seems that in hopes of offering up a “contemporary” definition of knowledge management, one supposed expert clearly demonstrates that there is an on-going (contemporary) confusion about knowledge management (especially with that “expert”).
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Knowledge Sharing: Jack Bauer & Pushing String

June 13, 2011 By 6 Comments

Sharing Knowledge - © Cedefop, 1996-2010

Does your organization spend a lot of time trying to “push string” rather than nurture an environment that supports social interaction? Does “Jack Bauer” roam your hallways, eager to “interrogate” an employee rather than encourage spontaneous knowledge sharing?
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