Edwin Vargas at the LinkedIn Knowledge Management Group has responded to recent posts here, last week’s series about KM/knowledge services. Edwin’s question is valuable and will, I expect, help think about KM/knowledge services a little differently. In his response, Edwin tells us that his company is talking about getting vendors that provide tools for KM. He …
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). …
Question: How Do You Identify Knowledge Thought Leaders?
Networking is key. It doesn’t seem to matter what the topic is, whether one is seeking to innovate, create, or simply move forward with the day-to-day work, the entire management community seems to be talking about networking: personal, professional, electronic social media. We’ve all come to accept that networking is a good thing. As it …
