August 2007 Archives
Rather than fussing about the fact of information overload, Ross Dawson suggests that maybe it is something to thrive on, if managed properly.
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Stephen Collins has copied 10 tips on KM strategies from a mailing list discussion. I'm most entertained by the fact that most of these have nothing to do with KM directly.
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Maybe I'll start a weekly series of posts that include interesting-to-me questions from LinkedIn Answers.
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Another Theory of Constraints post: Henrik MÃ¥rtensson has posted his Chain Theory Webcast to YouTube.
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Kevin Fox of the TOC Center has started bloging with the obviously-titled Theory of Constraints blog. The latest entry is on CCPM, More Projects Faster.
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In listening to some podcasts today, I heard the familiar knowledge management story of the Xerox repair technicians. But it came with a different ending than I recall.
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Eric Mack is looking for anecdotes on "How to kill collaboration & productivity with bad policy." I see a connection to trust.
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I was browsing my reading list and noticed something about Open Space that said one of the hidden rules is that there is no need to apologize. That's one of the key (to me) rules of Hacky Sack.
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A lot of people have mentioned the Stephen Collins Knowledge Worker 2.0 "Power to the people" slides. If you haven't seen them and you are interested in the topic, go have a look.
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Cynthia Lesky will be the featured speaker at the KM Chicago Sept 11 meeting, where she will focus on secondary information in knowledge management.
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Another article in the July Communications of the ACM caught my attention. The Effects of Web-based Technologies on Knowledge Transfer by Waymond Rodgers and Solomon Negash.
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The July Communications of the ACM has an interesting article on Collaborative Structuring: Organizing Document Repositories Effectively and Efficiently (full text for members only) by Harris Wu and Michael Gordon.
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Jason Alba has taken a very conversational style with "I'm on LinkedIn - Now What?" He talks about his experiences using this tool, making the book read like he is sitting there with you, explaining the point of various features of LinkedIn.
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JP Rangaswami has an interesting perspective on knowledge management as it relates to instructional design and "learning" in general. His model is that KM should support the learning activity.
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Brad Isaac has a great piece on Note Taking: A Beginner's Guide to Mind Mapping Meetings over at Lifehacker.
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Several people in my reading sphere have mentioned Dave Greenfield's Social Bookmarking Apps Provide a New Knowledge Management Platform in eWeek. He discusses four enterprise offerings.
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I monitor questions from LinkedIn Answers via the web feeds for several categories, and I review the questions once a week or so. here are several I found interesting this week.
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Here is a video that has gone viral about George's elaborate wedding proposal. Sentimentals might cry.
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While knowledge management is interesting and challenging, Discover Magazine has recently published "10 Unsolved Mysteries of the Brain."
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"If you aren't sharing knowledge, you are no different from the guy who files false workers compensation claims."
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CIO Magazine generally gives you useful technology and management news. But sometimes, there are articles like this "20 USB Gizmos That Have No Place in the Enterprise (But You'll Love Just the Same)."
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Here is something I've wanted to visualize with my social network service data, my network of mutually-connected friends. Thomas Fletcher has given it to us on Facebook.
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I'm not so interested in the specifics of Freecycle as in the familiar sound of their growing pains, as reported on the front page of the Chicago Tribune today.
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Tyner Blain: "Your project is almost finished. Last week, it was almost finished. And you suspect that next week, it will still be almost finished. Why does this happen, and what can you do about it?" Beautiful.
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Some discussion of articles and a podcast recently that address the issues of productivity and multitasking. The short version: don't multitask.
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Advances in Information, Communications and Knowledge Management Support Systems for R&D will be held outside Philadelphia on 15-16 October 2007. It's got interesting content AND will be a knowledge cafe format.
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I had the opportunity to revisit how I define knowledge management and came up with "How are people using technology, information and one another to get work done."
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Wondering what to do about setting up a social networking website for your burgeoning community of Hot Rod Bowling* enthusiasts? Here are some resources for you.
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Interesting meme to collect individuals' favorite tools, started by the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies. They've already compiled results from about 75 respondents.
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Bill Brantley has clarified what he means by "microprojects." I'm not sure they are that different from "normal" projects. What about you?
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Bill Brantley has given me a pair of things to think about today. One on the myth about how people retain knowledge, and the other on how trust cannot be trained into people.
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Matt Thommes is thinking about "Grouping RSS feeds by priority and frequency." This is an idea I've been playing with for a while, but I've never gotten right because of exactly the problem that Matt discusses in his post.
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Betsy Fanning of the AIIM Standards Watch is requesting Best Practices for Email Management through a new community they've set up. They are looking for suggestions as to what the group should discuss. I've got a few thoughts, of course.
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Here's something that isn't going to happen: shut down the internet because it is keeping people from communicating. At least Elton John thinks so.
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"Time out (please?)" from Brett Miller and some reflection on Facebook has me thinking that the best Facebook application is my bicycle. Or the back porch and a Moleskin.
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The Sunday sessions at BlogHer rocked! This was were all "unconference" style via Open Space Technology. As a result of this session, I've set up CoffeeNeeded.com and made even more connections with wonderful BlogHers.
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People who have been following my blog for a while have probably seen me reference Brandon Wirtz' thought that Blogs are just a front porch. I like this particular analogy enough that I tossed it out as a topic at the BlogHer unconference.
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