Thoughts on KM, Collaboration, Organizational Effectiveness and Silo Busting
Posted in Information Management, Social Media on Dec 28th, 2009
I have been reading a number of articles dealing with the age old problem of information overload. Seth Godin blogged about Getting meta and asked if information about information is now more important than the actual content we’re seeking. It is in a tag and search society!
Tom Davenport purported in the Harvard Business Review that we are [...]
Posted in Social Media on Dec 1st, 2009
I was out watching the UFC fight with my significant other a few Saturdays ago when the loser of the title fight stated he was going to continue his rant on Twitter. That struck me so funny that I tweeted about it. Right then and there at 11 pm central time on a Saturday: “Even [...]
Posted in Knowledge Management, Learning, Marketing, Social Media on Nov 10th, 2009
Is it me or are the lines blurring between Communication, Marketing, Learning and Knowledge Sharing? Usually, these are distinct functions with people who have years of experience and even advanced degrees in the relevant subject matter. Not anymore!
My own path has taken me from Communication (with a Master’s in Communication) to Learning to Knowledge Management [...]
Posted in Social Media on Sep 30th, 2009
I attended a Social Media Roundtable yesterday morning and the question of trust came right to the forefront of the cultural debate of why companies should use (or don’t use) social media. A lawyer can poke holes into any argument for or against social media but leaders need to instill a culture of trust in [...]
Posted in Knowledge Management, Social Media on Aug 17th, 2009
The most common question I get about web 2.0 tools is when should we use a wiki? I find this question most interesting. Even though Twitter has been around a lot less time than wikis, it seems like companies have figured out Twitter’s place in their tool box but wikis are still a head-scratcher.
We are [...]