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This website covers knowledge management, personal effectiveness, theory of constraints, amongst other topics. Opinions expressed here are strictly those of the owner, Jack Vinson, and those of the commenters.

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Jul 2
Jul 2 Desired feature: ignore threads in YahooGroups

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Jul 1
Jul 1 Stretching the silo analogy

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Jun 30
Jun 30 Is mail to me bouncing?

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Jun 30
Jun 30 Connected intelligence article via wiki

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community, knowledge management

Jenny Ambrozek is using a wiki to create a well-researched article on Connected Intelligence for The Knowledge Tree. I've started participating, and she has opened the invitation to anyone who is interested.

Jun 29
Jun 29 Paglia and others refining KM

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knowledge management

Lou Paglia has engendered an interesting discussion with "Knowledge is the important word" in KM at his blog. He suggests a shift to thinking "knoweldge enablement" instead of "control."

Jun 29
Jun 29 Meeting our needs with social software

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blogs, technology

Matt Hodgson had some interesting thoughts on "Meeting needs - why social computing works." He wrote in reaction to another blog posting, which nearly illustrates the point.

Jun 27
Jun 27 Connected mode productivity, multitasking is okay sometimes

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personal effectiveness, project management

Anne Zelenka at Web Worker Daily had some interesting thoughts about a different mode of productivity that isn't harmed by multi-tasking. "Connected Mode: Multitasking for Productivity."

Jun 27
Jun 27 Body Language of Knowledge Management

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random fun, knowledge management

Michael Hugos has an entertaining piece in CIO India, "Body Language of Knowledge Management."

Jun 27
Jun 27 Leading vs managing

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business

Another interesting discussion from Sig at Thingamy: mindless stuff and leadership vs. management. He starts with an example of "managing" teenagers and gets to the key that they can only be led.

Jun 26
Jun 26 You know what you know better than anyone

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knowledge management

Luis Suarez has a report on Bob Buckman's discussion from the APQC conference. I particularly liked this tidbit on knowledge-is-power: "Don’t be afraid to share what you know, because you know it better than anyone else!"

Jun 26
Jun 26 Group support via social network services - how and why

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community, technology

I've been looking at using one of the social networking services to extend the reach of a growing community of ~200 people. Does LinkedIn's or Facebook's group feature make sense?

Jun 25
Jun 25 History repeats in knowledge management

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blogs, knowledge management

Several weeks ago, a friend forwarded me the links to two Toby Redshaw (CVP of IT Strategy at Motorola) interviews with Dan Bricklin. Redshaw has rolled out blogs and wikis at Motorola, and the discussion of their impact has me recalling the history of knowledge management.

Jun 23
Jun 23 David Byrne on bicycling in NYC

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self, random fun

Someone from my local cycling club forwarded a link to David Byrne's journal entry on "Bicycles in NYC." While I've never had the pleasure of cycling in NYC, I have biked in Philadelphia and Chicago.

Jun 21
Jun 21 Seven Reasons for Your Company to Start an Internal Blog

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blogs, project management

C. G. Lynch at CIO.com has Seven Reasons for Your Company to Start an Internal Blog from the just-completed Enterprise 2.0 conference.

Jun 21
Jun 21 Wiig on past and future of KM, ten years ago

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knowledge management

A former student forwarded me the Karl Wiig article, "Knowledge management: Where did it come from and where will it go?" from 1997. I decided I wanted to read through to see how well Wiig predicted the future.

Jun 18
Jun 18 Survey of blogging for projects

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blogs, project management

Dennis McDonald is looking to survey people who are using blogs to support their project management work, either as the sole tool or in conjunction with other PM tools.

Jun 18
Jun 18 Coffee uber alles

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random fun

I've been sealed! The official seal generator gives you a bunch of options to create your own seal. Have at it.

Jun 17
Jun 17 When silos work

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personal effectiveness, knowledge management

Kaye Vivian takes a new spin on knowledge silos that highlights an important aspect of how and why they arise in business.

Jun 17
Jun 17 Drucker and the (knowledge) worker

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personal effectiveness, knowledge management

Matt Hodgson has pointed me to the writings of Anne Zelenka and a discussion they've been having about Peter Drucker and the implications of Drucker's thinking on work in a Web2.0 world.

Jun 16
Jun 16 Welcome, Inside Counsel readers

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self, knowledge management

I was interviewed for an article on KM in legal departments for Inside Counsel. "Step-by-step guide to a successful KM initiative" has been published in the June 2007 issue, and I am quoted along with Dennis Kennedy and several others.

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