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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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Jan 22
Jan 22 Do I need an update to my blog?

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blogs, self

Hello kind readers. I have been thinking that I'd like to "freshen up" my blog, but I don't have a whole lot of energy to make a big update.

Jan 20
Jan 20 Uncertainty: manage for it or estimate better?

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project management, theory of constraints

Glen Alleman has some interesting thoughts about uncertainty in projects and whether we need to estimate better. I wonder if theory of constraints and buffer management points to a different solution.

Jan 19
Jan 19 Responsibility to collaborate - Jordan Frank

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culture, knowledge management

Jim McGee points to an interesting interview with Jordan Frank on the idea that we have a "responsibility to collaborate" with one another. I see it both from the perspective of the individual and of the organization as a whole.

Jan 18
Jan 18 My picks for Enterprise 2.0 sessions

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events, knowledge management

The Enterprise 2.0 Conference is attempting to use the concepts to help organize the Boston conference.

Jan 13
Jan 13 Making it All Work

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Jan 9
Jan 9 Useful stuff tomorrow is today's oddity

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Jan 6
Jan 6 Podcasts and other media sources

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Jan 5
Jan 5 Cost focus costs too much

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Jan 4
Jan 4 Books read in 2009

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book review, self

Dec 22
Dec 22 They are making us do it

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Dec 20
Dec 20 Severe post-implementation disorder

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Dec 13
Dec 13 Heading off the rails, again

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Dec 13
Dec 13 Scanning the filters, filtering the scans

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Dec 12
Dec 12 Study network sciences at the University of Pennsylvania

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Dec 8
Dec 8 Global MAKE winners for 2009

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knowledge management

Teleos and Rory Chase have announced their 2009 Global MAKE winners. Congratulations to all the organizations. There are many familiar names in the list from years past.

Dec 7
Dec 7 Twelve months of 2009 with Knowledge Jolt

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self

It's time for another all-about-me meme. I don't think I've posted one here in a long time, as most of them have moved over to Facebook and Twitter. (Thankfully, for the most part.)

Dec 7
Dec 7 Arsenault's 8 Things You Need to Know About Collaboration

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community, knowledge management

Dale Arsenault gives us a straightforward description of collaboration in "8 Things You Need to Know About Collaboration."

Dec 3
Dec 3 Hooking into the zeitgeist - that's knowledge management

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blogs, self, knowledge management

Inspired by a comment from Robert Lavigne, "Sharing of new found knowledge is the responsibility of all knowledge workers." While many people see KM as all about the "management" and "collection" of knowledge, I have always seen it as about informing as many people as possible about what is going on / what is going through the organizational mind.

Nov 24
Nov 24 Too much on the plate

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personal effectiveness, project management, theory of constraints

How Smart Leaders Talk About Time is a "Conversation Starter" from HarvardBusiness.org in October. It talks about the the struggle so many businesses have of having too many things to do and prioritizing amongst them. What is a leader to do?

Nov 22
Nov 22 Is there a next stage to KM 1.0, 2.0, ...

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knowledge management

Atle Iversen has a series of posts on what he is calling Knowledge Management 3.0. I agree with everything he says, other than that he's created a new designation to call this 3.0.

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