Sometimes it seems a little too easy, doesn’t it? A little too simplistic. And, yes, in our work we are often asked: cannot knowledge management do the job? Why must KM converge with information management and strategic learning in this discipline called knowledge services? There are two reasons. The first is that in today’s business and research environment, the management …
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 …
Andrew Doughman: Journalism, Good Writing, and KD/KS Are All Part of the Same Picture
The subject of this post is Andrew Doughman, a young journalist I met recently in Nairobi. Andrew’s work has made quite an impression on me and some of my friends in the community. Andrew is finishing up his studies at the University of Washington in Seattle, and he has been in Kenya to work as …
Foreclosures: Where Was the Strategic Learning?
Let’s not kid ourselves. When it comes to KM/knowledge services, there is definitely a great deal of ignorance out there. And coming up with a feasible “work around” (to use the popular IT term) is pretty much part of the picture in most companies. Sure, we all lament the costs, costs that are usually very, …
KD/KS in American Politics: Can We Get to the Higher Ground?
I’m not so sure, and perhaps the question is more than rhetorical. It seems that wherever I travel, colleagues in other countries are fascinated – and a little frightened – by what’s happening in American politics. The much-talked-about polarization seems to be taking its toll not only in political campaigns in the United States, but …