Page 23, fifth sentence

A little page 23 entertainment, the closest book is Bob Hiebeler's Best Practices from the KMPro meeting in March.

At best, it was a hit-or-miss affair.

Not much by itself, but it describes the results of your typical "collect everything and put it in a database" approach to knowledge management.

The directions , from Frank Patrick's Focused Performance Weblog via a number of other sources:


    Here's what the meme suggests you do:
  • Grab the nearest book.

  • Open the book to page 23.

  • Find the fifth sentence.

  • Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

3 Comment(s)

Ralph Poole said:

This sentence us a great example of why this little exercise is so much fun. My mind runs wild, and not towards KM. Taken out of context, it is almost poetic.

Jack Vinson said:

Ah! I hadn't even thought of that version of the word. The mind runs wild indeed - maybe something out of Mickey Spillane.

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