Thoughts on KM, Collaboration, Organizational Effectiveness and Silo Busting
Posted in Knowledge Management, Management on Sep 22nd, 2009
I was behind on my reading when I stumbled upon an article in April’s Harvard Business Review, titled: “When Internal Collaboration is Bad for Your Company.” My immediate reaction was to buy up every copy and hide it from my leadership team. As I read the article, I understood the point Morten T. Hansen was [...]
Posted in Knowledge Management on Sep 16th, 2009
At our MW KM Symposium on Friday, a few of us had a lively debate over two cornerstones of knowledge management: capturing lessons learned and vetting “best” practices. While I don’t think we came to consensus on either topic, it was nice to actually discuss and challenge one another.
The debate over capturing lessons learned was [...]
Posted in Knowledge Management on Jul 10th, 2009
With the rise of social media and crowdsourcing, do companies need to be concerned with allowing only the “best” ideas, the “best” work and the “best” solutions to be visible and leveraged? Knowing that this takes resources to review and vet practices, can we afford this investment or are we comfortable with “good”?
Simply, this is [...]