It was about ten years ago that those of us working in KM began to realize that we needed something less amorphous and vague than the term “knowledge management.” As I noted in the last post, “knowledge management” just caused too much confusion when we tried to describe our work. As we tried to convey the …
Archives for January 2011
Talking the Talk: The Language We Use When We Speak about Knowledge Sharing
As we move deeper into the new year, let’s review some of the terms we use when we speak about knowledge sharing. In the corporate environment these days, we’re all pretty much agreed that organizational effectiveness is largely dependent on the quality of knowledge sharing practiced throughout the organization, with the ideal being some level …
Charles Ombongi Masese Completes SMR Africa’s First Scholarship Program
SMR International has announced that the winner of SMR Africa’s first training program has completed his courses. Inaugurated in 2010 with funding from SMR Africa – SMR’s African affiliate – the program enables African students to learn ICT and KM skills. Charles Ombongi Masese of Nairobi and Nyanguru Village, Kisii was the first SMR Africa scholarship …
Thinking About: Your KM/Knowledge Services Strategy
For knowledge services managers dealing with enterprise-wide knowledge strategy, the newest issue of the McKinsey Quarterly Monthly Newsletter is an attention-grabber. [Note: you need to register to read the complete issue. Registration directions should come up when you first open the link.] Here’s how the authors get our attention: “Do you really have a strategy—crisp …
KM/Knowledge Services: What Works?
Welcome to 2011 and what I’m seeing as a new world for KM/knowledge services. More and more people, it seems to me, are speaking about knowledge strategy and the importance of the connection between an organization’s business/management strategy and its knowledge strategy. At the same time, KM has been around long enough that we’re now …