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The Three Eras of Knowledge Management - Summary

Conversation Matters

I have posted lengthy descriptions of each of the three eras of knowledge management and here I have made a brief summary of all three. Since the term “knowledge management” came into popular usage, there have been three significant changes in how organizations have thought about their knowledge.

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Why Knowledge Management Didn’t Save General Motors: Addressing Complex Issues By Convening Conversation

Conversation Matters

GM was brought down by a flawed strategy, but an organization’s strategy is clearly a product of the knowledge that exists within its walls. The knowledge existed within GM to develop a more competitive strategy. The knowledge management task is to bring together the collective knowledge of the organization to bear on complex issues.

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Three Books Every KM Professional Should Read

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Much of the very helpful research and theory that under lies our field of KM is produced in the related disciplines of Organization Behavior, Organization Learning, Group Dynamics, Computer Science, and Organizational Psychology. Following are summaries of three such, highly acclaimed, books that have recently been published.

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Knowledge Management: Where We've Been and Where We're Going - Part Two

Conversation Matters

In this series I‘ve classified the evolving landscape of knowledge management into three categories. The first category is leveraging explicit knowledge and is about capturing documented knowledge and building it into a collection - connecting people to content.

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Three Books Every KM Professional Should Read

Conversation Matters

Much of the very helpful research and theory that under lies our field of KM is produced in the related disciplines of Organization Behavior, Organization Learning, Group Dynamics, Computer Science, and Organizational Psychology. Following are summaries of three such, highly acclaimed, books that have recently been published.

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Which Talent Should Your Organization Be Investing Resources Into? Why? A Few Thoughts…

Something Different

Let’s move on: Again, I would encourage everyone to check out some of the prevailing research behind the article here (e-book). See the breakdown below of how that plays out in the aggregate companies reviewed (full study can be found in the link above): Let that sink in a bit… Okay? Are they just not a cultural fit?

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Transparent Office: In-the-Flow and Above-the-Flow

Transparent Office

These wikis are typically replacing knowledge management systems (or creating knowledge management systems for the first time). That was one of the great (if depressing) learnings of the Knowledge Management movement. Above-the-flow wikis are used lightly (when at all) by large groups ofpeople.