Gen y has triggered off a new set of concerns regarding knowledge management. Right now we are still at a crossroad where culture is a high priority issue but on the other hand we have a young group of professionals also known as gen-y who have revolutionized communication methods and made social networks a catalyst...
We are all in the middle of an unprecedented situation. The COVID-19 outbreak has developed very fast around the world and the impacts are reverberating extensively. Although many advice to promote Knowledge Management , we know for a fact that in many regions the work knowledge managers are doing has been paused till the social...
The traditional way to coordinate KM was to gather, organize, share, and analyze knowledge in terms of resources, documents, and people skills. The problem with this approach was that it leaves a very open scope for action, almost carried to the point where just about any knowledge related activity could fall under the umbrella of...
Coming from implementing KM in an engineering company, I knew the challenge was rough. IT companies have a differente focus and culture. I had a close look at some APQC selected companies in the field of IT (Accenture, TATA, Infosys, Wipro, IBM, etc) and began to develop a quick benchmark. Some of the best practices I...
#GOOGLE CHALLENGE #2 Today I take on the Google Challenge for Knowledge Management which aims at answering the most popular questions surrounding the field (based on google searches) The second question I will answer is: Is knowledge management dead? It´s not the first time I see this particular question. Authors like Daniel O´Leary, James Robinson...
#GOOGLE CHALLENGE #1 Today I take on the Google Challenge for Knowledge Management which aims at answering the most popular questions surrounding the field (based on google searches) The first question I will answer is: Is knowledge management (KM) important? Rather than just providing a straightforward answer to this question I find it important to...
1st generation KM, nicknamed the tool era, was crawling with technology solutions. Many years later we are still looking hard at technology and we seem to be heading towards a new generation nicknamed the Sharepoint era. It seems clear that the future is likely to involve more technology, not less. The temptation therefore is to engage...
“Human beings, are blessed with a language, a system of communication so powerful that we can share what we have learned so that it can accumulate in the collective memory. It can outlast the individuals who acquired that knowledge and it can be passed on from generation to generation”. In an engaging talk, David Christian...
In the following post we will be looking at the future of knowledge management (KM), specifically we will explore together the key tenets of what the field has to hold and how technology will change the role of the KM practitioner. Historical aspects of KM (some history nuggets that should be considered before reading on)....
