Our KM/Knowledge Services Community Discussion Forum will meet again on Wednesday, January 5, 2021, at 12:45 PM (ET). Our subject is Humanist Management and Knowledge Services, and I will be the host and moderator for our first discussion in the new year. Humanist management – as a subject – was introduced to our knowledge strategy …
Guest Post from Ed O’Neal: A More Realistic Career Path for Knowledge Workers
[Ed O’Neal and Guy St. Clair got to know one another at the recent KM Education Forum Summit in Washington, where they talked together about KM work in the corporate structure. Thanks to Ed for sharing his thoughts with SMR’s readers.] In and out of KM for a career… I spent 24 years in …
Knowledge Thought Leaders: An Exercise
Thanks to all who have participated in our discussion about organizational thought leaders. Before we move on to another subject, let’s review with a little exercise: Think about five people in your company who, in your opinion, are knowledge thought leaders (keep the names to yourself). As you think about these people, list five characteristics …
Knowledge Thought Leaders: A Practical Question
Sergio Storch in Brazil offers an intriguing dialogue opportunity in his response to the last post about knowledge thought leaders. So intriguing, in fact, that I want to be sure the question gets thrown out to all our readers, so I’m highlighting it as a separate post. Here’s his practical question: In a concrete situation …
Knowledge Thought Leaders
The most recent post from SMR asked readers to identify the characteristics of the knowledge thought leader, and the query opened a new line of discussion for those of us working with KM/knowledge services. Some responses came via several LinkedIn KM-focused groups (and selected responses were moved over to the comments block of the post). …