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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.

Knowledge Jolt with Jack

Feb 3
Feb 3 Helping the experts and stopping the email chatter

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personal effectiveness, knowledge management

Just think. If you write in public, it is both easier to find you AND when they do, the conversation can be at a higher level. Luis Suarez makes me think.

Feb 3
Feb 3 What is the right culture for your organization?

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culture, theory of constraints, knowledge management

You have to be careful with "culture" discussions because they can lead you down some strange paths. Ana Neves has an interesting discussion around knowledge management, and I see them applying to just about anything that wants a specific culture as part of the strategy.

Jan 31
Jan 31 Atomic Buffalo Turds or a review of Velocity

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book review, theory of constraints

Velocity is a business novel from the Theory of Constraints community with co-author Jeff Cox coming at TOC again after his work with The Goal years ago. This one introduces combined improvement efforts that are designed to set direction AND give you speed: Velocity.

Jan 25
Jan 25 KM is not for looking pretty

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personal effectiveness, knowledge management

There are a lot of interesting conversations happening recently about knowledge management and the value of knowledge sharing or knowledge collecting and what it all means. KM is about taking action.

Jan 24
Jan 24 Isn't It Obvious - of course not

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book review, theory of constraints

I picked up Eli Goldratt's latest business novel, Isn't It Obvious, and absolutely flew through the book. The title of the book is one of Goldratt's favorite ideas: that the best theories are always seen (in hindsight) as obvious solutions.

Jan 22
Jan 22 Cupcakes in Chicago in a book

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self, book review

My friend, Tammy Green, just sent me a copy of her luscious Chicago Cupcake Crawl e-book. Not only is it about cupcakes (cupcakes bakeries) in Chicago, but the pictures are just fabulous. And the writing is funny too - her personality shines right through the pages.

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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