The KM Chicago meeting this evening was a panel discussion, chaired by me, in which we played off the recent Time Magazine Person of the Year recognition that user-generated-content is king in this world of YouTubes and Flickrs and the like.
The KM Chicago meeting this evening was a panel discussion, chaired by me, in which we played off the recent Time Magazine Person of the Year recognition that user-generated-content is king in this world of YouTubes and Flickrs and the like.
Chuck Frey has posted an Exclusive interview with Tony Buzan, which reveals more about mind mapping than I knew.
Jonathan Spira at Collaboration Loop provides a collective take on The Knowledge Worker's New Year's Resolutions.
Josh Nankivel has started blogging and picked up on the perennially-favorite topic of multi-tasking. He talks about the theory of constraints connection, and he also makes connection to Covey's 4 quadrants.
Teleos has released three more of their MAKE awards for 2006: Europe, Asia and India.
What are the common notions about "lost knowledge?" It turns out the common notions aren't always correct, according to a study from Lori Rosenkopf at Wharton.
A friend pointed me to an item from the Accenture press releases about a survey they've done, "Managers Say the Majority of Information Obtained for Their Work Is Useless." Does this suggest a portal or something else?
My wife contributed a segment to "A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science" to be published on 30 April 2007. Yipee!
I've updated some of the background aspects of this blog to include the well-formed web's CommentAPI. And, since I couldn't find clear instructions, I provide them to you at no charge.
David Gurteen posted a draft list of attributes of an effective knowledge worker. There are some interesting thoughts here, as well as comments from Jim McGee and others that round out the idea.
Shannon's Random Mutterings falls to the topic of knowledge management in "Why Is Knowledge Management So Hard?" For Shannon, KM is about doing well as an individual. I would add that there is an important component that related to how the group of us work together
What would you recommend for tips on dealing with the flood of digital information? That's the question from Michael Sampson in his "Seven Things" article. He provides six, and I try at a seventh.
Liz Lawley points us to this moving story of a soldier who has left his son a journal / guidebook.
Happy New Year, everyone. I hope 2007 brings you joy and satisfaction in your lives!
The conversation about aggregator features gets a little confusing, if you aren't paying attention to the problem you are trying to solve. Here are some Feed Overload problems one might encounter and want to address with a better tool.
The Project Management Podcast at the beginning of December interviewed Allen Elder of No Limits Leadership, who has been doing Critical Chain Project Management and Theory of Constraints for many years.
Bruce MacEwen has a nice piece on leadership that takes off from the recent HBR article about Havard's Program for Leadership Development. I picked up on his comment that leaders need to bring people into the conversation by voicing reservations.
I have recently received an iPod Nano. I have been collecting digital content for many years, so my library is many times larger than what fits on the device itself. How in the world do I use iTunes successfully under this situation?
Teleos has announced the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises in North America for 2006. Raytheon has come in first in the rankings for the second year in a row.
KM Chicago is looking for someone to talk about the whole Web 2.0 phenomenon, particularly in light of the Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2006.