In the August 29th SMR post we gave attention to knowledge workers, a first “category” for people working in the knowledge domain. Another category is that of strategic knowledge professionals. These are knowledge development/knowledge sharing (KD/KS) employees often thought of as a company’s “information professionals,” “content professionals,” “IT specialists,” “information managers,” or any of the myriad new titles …
Knowledge Workers in the New Environment (2)
An earlier SMR post addressed the subject of careers in KM/Knowledge Services. Let’s continue. In my work I’m noticing more and more attention being given to different categories of knowledge workers. It’s not a new idea, and in his 1997 book Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organizations (1997) Tom Stewart sorts through the employees doing …
“Same Institution, Changing Culture, Different Economic Context, Different Set of Players….”
Reviewing a few recent client assignments, I find myself intrigued when we get to speaking about what works and what doesn’t work. I’m also stimulated by comments offered in response to a previous SMR post about Sharing Techniques from the Development Community (which itself was inspired by Ian Thorpe’s Learning as Part of the Brand). As a result, …
Sharing KM Techniques from the Development Community
I’m a big fan of Ian Thorpe’s blog – KM on a Dollar a Day – and I’m not shy about recommending that others take a look. Here’s another opportunity for the rest of us to pick up some good tips, regardless of the industry we work in. Ian’s latest post, the second of two …
Knowledge Workers in the New KM Environment
After the build-up in prior posts about the Annual Conference of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) – held in Philadelphia last month – a bit of follow-up is appropriate. I won’t report on the entire conference, but I’m happy to share a few comments about some of the activities. Perhaps this brief post will be of …
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