Dr Ann Hylton has made and entry in the KM Global Directory.
She says, "I have it in mind to form the 'INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF KNOWLEDGE AUDITORS'.
I am proposing the formation of this professional body for Knowledge Auditors and asking that interested parties make their interest known to me. This will help me to determine if Knowledge Audit Specialists and Practitioners:
(a) want such a Knowledge Auditing professional body
(b) would like to be founding members of this association.
If you are interested in this initiative, you can read more in the Directory and communicate with Dr Hylton directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
KM at the Singapore Civil Service College
Mr Gopinathan has made and entry in the KM Global Directory.
Mr Gopinathan is the Deputy Director with the Civil Service College of Singapore. He is experienced in developing and implementing information and knowledge management systems for Private and Public Service organisations.
He is a part-time lecturer for the Master of Science (Knowledge Management) programme jointly launched by Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and Civil Service College. He is also a certified knowledge manager by The Knowledge and Innovation Management Professional Society (USA) . He is trained and mentored by Dr Etienne Wenger on Communities of Practice (CoPs) and have helped launched CoPs in the Singapore Public Sector.
If you are interested, you can read more in the Directory and communicate with Mr Gopinathan directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Mr Gopinathan is the Deputy Director with the Civil Service College of Singapore. He is experienced in developing and implementing information and knowledge management systems for Private and Public Service organisations.
He is a part-time lecturer for the Master of Science (Knowledge Management) programme jointly launched by Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and Civil Service College. He is also a certified knowledge manager by The Knowledge and Innovation Management Professional Society (USA) . He is trained and mentored by Dr Etienne Wenger on Communities of Practice (CoPs) and have helped launched CoPs in the Singapore Public Sector.
If you are interested, you can read more in the Directory and communicate with Mr Gopinathan directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
A KM framework, methodology and a toolkit which has been filed for patent in the US.
Nirmala Palaniappan has made and entry in the KM Global Directory.
Nirmala (NP) is passionate about Knowledge Management (KM) and has been into it for close to 9 years now. (Her other areas of expertise and interest include Business Analysis, Process Improvements, Branding/Advertising and Strategic Planning.)
NP has conceived a KM framework, methodology and a toolkit which has been filed for patent in the US. She has also designed a KM system that has blogs as a single window to knowledge. She is currently a Senior KM Manager with Oracle and is responsible for KM strategy and implementation for Oracle, Asia Pacific Regions.
She was earlier a lead KM consultant at Wipro and was a key player in a strategic KM consulting assignment win.
She has authored and presented several KM papers at national and international conferences on KM implementation, Collaboration, Toolkits, and Blogging.
One of her goals is to be an influential KM thought leader and she also hopes to write a book on KM...
If you are interested, you can read more in the Directory and communicate with NP directly.
I am also an avid reader of Nimmy's unique and popular Aa..ha! [Thinking Inside The Blog!]blog.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Nirmala (NP) is passionate about Knowledge Management (KM) and has been into it for close to 9 years now. (Her other areas of expertise and interest include Business Analysis, Process Improvements, Branding/Advertising and Strategic Planning.)
NP has conceived a KM framework, methodology and a toolkit which has been filed for patent in the US. She has also designed a KM system that has blogs as a single window to knowledge. She is currently a Senior KM Manager with Oracle and is responsible for KM strategy and implementation for Oracle, Asia Pacific Regions.
She was earlier a lead KM consultant at Wipro and was a key player in a strategic KM consulting assignment win.
She has authored and presented several KM papers at national and international conferences on KM implementation, Collaboration, Toolkits, and Blogging.
One of her goals is to be an influential KM thought leader and she also hopes to write a book on KM...
If you are interested, you can read more in the Directory and communicate with NP directly.
I am also an avid reader of Nimmy's unique and popular Aa..ha! [Thinking Inside The Blog!]blog.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Patrick Lambe and "KM Method Cards"
Patrick Lambe has made and entry in the KM Global Directory.
Patrick Lambe is a two-term President of the Information and Knowledge Management Society and founder and Principal Consultant of Straits Knowledge, a KM consulting and research firm based in Singapore. He is also an Adjunct Professor in Knowledge Management at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
In 2008 he published "KM Method Cards" a deck of 80 guide cards covering a wide range of approaches, methods and tools that are useful in implementing knowledge management.
Patrick is a prolific writer, international keynote speaker and teacher,in knowledge management and has an eminent worldwide professional standing in KM.
If you are interested, you can read more in the Directory and communicate with Patrick directly.
I am very keen to examine the KM Method Cards and I intend to review this great KM initiative shortly.I am also an avid reader of Patricks very popular KM blog.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Patrick Lambe is a two-term President of the Information and Knowledge Management Society and founder and Principal Consultant of Straits Knowledge, a KM consulting and research firm based in Singapore. He is also an Adjunct Professor in Knowledge Management at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
In 2008 he published "KM Method Cards" a deck of 80 guide cards covering a wide range of approaches, methods and tools that are useful in implementing knowledge management.
Patrick is a prolific writer, international keynote speaker and teacher,in knowledge management and has an eminent worldwide professional standing in KM.
If you are interested, you can read more in the Directory and communicate with Patrick directly.
I am very keen to examine the KM Method Cards and I intend to review this great KM initiative shortly.I am also an avid reader of Patricks very popular KM blog.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Knowledge Management for SME's
Lanlan Cruz has just made and entry in the KM Global Directory.
Her work at the Center for Knowledge Management at the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), a government-owned-and- controlled-corporation affiliated to the Asian Productivity Organization (APO), entails promoting KM and assisting organizations in using knowledge to improve their productivity and competitiveness.
Lanlan is currently "working on refining the KM Readiness Check to make it more appropriate for SMEs and also developing a case study on KM for SMEs. I want the case study to be able to depict the concern of those SMEs who already have TQM, which is, what need do they have for KM that TQM is not already doing for them? They want to know how it figures in the House of Quality. Is KM something that needs to be highlighted because it enhances their TQM or is it something that is already mainstreamed in the organization and therefore there is no need to spell it out?"
If you are interested in KM for SME's you may like to read more and/or contact Lanlan Cruz directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Her work at the Center for Knowledge Management at the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), a government-owned-and- controlled-corporation affiliated to the Asian Productivity Organization (APO), entails promoting KM and assisting organizations in using knowledge to improve their productivity and competitiveness.
Lanlan is currently "working on refining the KM Readiness Check to make it more appropriate for SMEs and also developing a case study on KM for SMEs. I want the case study to be able to depict the concern of those SMEs who already have TQM, which is, what need do they have for KM that TQM is not already doing for them? They want to know how it figures in the House of Quality. Is KM something that needs to be highlighted because it enhances their TQM or is it something that is already mainstreamed in the organization and therefore there is no need to spell it out?"
If you are interested in KM for SME's you may like to read more and/or contact Lanlan Cruz directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Stan Garfield and Global Knowledge Management
Stan Garfield has made and entry in the KM Global Directory.
He led the Worldwide Consulting & Integration Knowledge Management Program for Hewlett-Packard Services, and has an eminent worldwide professional standing and career in Global KM.
If you are interested, you can read more in the Directory and communicate with Stan directly.
I am also an avid reader of Stans very popular weekly KM blog.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
He led the Worldwide Consulting & Integration Knowledge Management Program for Hewlett-Packard Services, and has an eminent worldwide professional standing and career in Global KM.
If you are interested, you can read more in the Directory and communicate with Stan directly.
I am also an avid reader of Stans very popular weekly KM blog.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Monday, June 09, 2008
KM Standards in India
Mr G.S.Krishnan has just made and entry in the KM Global Directory.
He is heading the Information Technolgy and Knowledge Management Group of National Productivity Council(NPC), New Delhi in India with the designation of Director (IT).
He is also the convenor member of the KM Standards expert panel formed by the Bureau of Indian Standards.
If you are interested in KM Standards you may like to contact Mr Krishnan directly.
His interests are also in learning and teaching about KM applications in diverse fields and sectors.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
He is heading the Information Technolgy and Knowledge Management Group of National Productivity Council(NPC), New Delhi in India with the designation of Director (IT).
He is also the convenor member of the KM Standards expert panel formed by the Bureau of Indian Standards.
If you are interested in KM Standards you may like to contact Mr Krishnan directly.
His interests are also in learning and teaching about KM applications in diverse fields and sectors.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Synergies and complementaries between Web2.0 paradigm and KM
Roxanna Samii is a knowledge practitioner working for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized United Nations agency and an international financial institution.
IFAD are concerned with enabling poor rural people to overcome poverty.
Roxanna has created an entry if the KM Global Directory and is particularly interested in the social aspects of KM, therefore really interested in creating synergies and complementaries between Web2.0 paradigm and KM.
If you have the same interest, you may like to enter into a discussion with Roxanne.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
IFAD are concerned with enabling poor rural people to overcome poverty.
Roxanna has created an entry if the KM Global Directory and is particularly interested in the social aspects of KM, therefore really interested in creating synergies and complementaries between Web2.0 paradigm and KM.
If you have the same interest, you may like to enter into a discussion with Roxanne.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Friday, June 06, 2008
Moving Kenya into the Knowledge Economy 2010
Dr Ann Hylton has entered a very interesting KM initiative
in the Global KM Directory for Kenya, entitled 'Moving Kenya
into the Knowledge Economy 2010'.
She says, "For Africa's sake, and for KM growth in Africa, it is hoped that this 'Moving Kenya into the Knowledge Economy 2010' initiative will be a success and that Kenya by 2010 will really have given birth to, (started), a New Economic Life truly driven by its people's knowledge."
You may like to read about this important initiative and, if you can help,
please contact Dr Hylton directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
in the Global KM Directory for Kenya, entitled 'Moving Kenya
into the Knowledge Economy 2010'.
She says, "For Africa's sake, and for KM growth in Africa, it is hoped that this 'Moving Kenya into the Knowledge Economy 2010' initiative will be a success and that Kenya by 2010 will really have given birth to, (started), a New Economic Life truly driven by its people's knowledge."
You may like to read about this important initiative and, if you can help,
please contact Dr Hylton directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Global KM Directory continues to develop...now 68 countries
As at the end of May 2008, we have 64 key countries in the KM Global Directory, and more will be added during June.
Some great KM practitioners and consultants have added their details during May, and much more is promised for June.Check it out, as it happens, by subscribing to the 'What's New' section.
So far, we have entries from the following countries:
USA, UK, India, Malaysia, Spain, Canada, France, Bulgaria, HongKong, Singapore, Norway.
We hope it will help you better connect with other KM practitioners, consultants, teachers, policy makers, students, organizations and other interested parties.
So please let us know your KM capabilities, needs and offerings.
If your country is not listed yet, and you wish to register now, please let us know your country, by commenting on this blog post, or emailing ronyoung@knowledge-management-online.com and we will create your country page within 24 hours.
We will announce new countries and entries through this blog.
We hope you will register in the KM Global Directory. The more who register and share KM capabilities, needs and interests, comments and opinions, the more benefit to us all.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Some great KM practitioners and consultants have added their details during May, and much more is promised for June.Check it out, as it happens, by subscribing to the 'What's New' section.
So far, we have entries from the following countries:
USA, UK, India, Malaysia, Spain, Canada, France, Bulgaria, HongKong, Singapore, Norway.
We hope it will help you better connect with other KM practitioners, consultants, teachers, policy makers, students, organizations and other interested parties.
So please let us know your KM capabilities, needs and offerings.
If your country is not listed yet, and you wish to register now, please let us know your country, by commenting on this blog post, or emailing ronyoung@knowledge-management-online.com and we will create your country page within 24 hours.
We will announce new countries and entries through this blog.
We hope you will register in the KM Global Directory. The more who register and share KM capabilities, needs and interests, comments and opinions, the more benefit to us all.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
KM Global Directory...capabilities, needs and challenges are coming in
Continuing the launch of a free service, a KM Global Directory of Practice on
the website added ten more countries to the KM Global Directory yesterday.
So far, we have received details of KM capabilities, needs, challenges and issues from USA, UK, India, Malaysia, Spain, Canada, France, Bulgaria.
We hope it will help you better connect with other KM practitioners, consultants, teachers, policy makers, students, organizations and other interested parties.
So please let us know your KM capabilities, needs and offerings.
We expect to launch at least 5 new countries per day, and all the key countries should be completed by the end of May 2008.
If your country is not listed yet, and you wish to register now, please let us know your country, by commenting on this blog post, or emailing ronyoung@knowledge-management-online.com and we will create your country page within 24 hours.
We will announce new countries each day through this blog.
We hope you will register in the KM Global Directory. The more who register and share KM capabilities, needs and interests, comments and opinions, the more benefit to us all.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
the website added ten more countries to the KM Global Directory yesterday.
So far, we have received details of KM capabilities, needs, challenges and issues from USA, UK, India, Malaysia, Spain, Canada, France, Bulgaria.
We hope it will help you better connect with other KM practitioners, consultants, teachers, policy makers, students, organizations and other interested parties.
So please let us know your KM capabilities, needs and offerings.
We expect to launch at least 5 new countries per day, and all the key countries should be completed by the end of May 2008.
If your country is not listed yet, and you wish to register now, please let us know your country, by commenting on this blog post, or emailing ronyoung@knowledge-management-online.com and we will create your country page within 24 hours.
We will announce new countries each day through this blog.
We hope you will register in the KM Global Directory. The more who register and share KM capabilities, needs and interests, comments and opinions, the more benefit to us all.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Monday, May 26, 2008
KM Global Directory...25 more countries added last week
Continuing the launch of a free service, a KM Global Directory of Practice on
the website added twenty five more countries to the KM Global Directory last week.
People are now starting to add their own KM capabilities, needs, issues and challenges, around the world. You can check this out automatically, as it happens, by creating an RSS feed to the 'What's New' section, or checking it out when needed. The 'What's New' section will highlight new people and new countries added, as well as other important website changes.
The KM Global Directory will enable you to create your own web page, upload and edit picture and information about your KM capabilities, interests, wants and needs. Others will be able to submit comments, share knowledge, contacts, services, methods and tools and even make ratings of KM professionals, where appropriate.
We hope it will help you better connect with other KM practitioners, consultants, teachers, policy makers, students, organizations and other interested parties.
There will be a section for each country in the world, categorized according to the United Nations World Macro Regions.
1. Africa
2. Asia
3. Europe
4. Latin America
5. Northern America
6. Oceania
We expect to launch at least 5 new countries per day, and all the key countries should be completed by the end of May 2008.
If your country is not listed yet, and you wish to register now, please let us know your country, by commenting on this blog post, or emailing ronyoung@knowledge-management-online.com and we will create your country page within 24 hours.
We will announce new countries each day through this blog.
We hope you will register in the KM Global Directory. The more who register and share KM capabilities, needs and interests, comments and opinions, the more benefit to us all.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
the website added twenty five more countries to the KM Global Directory last week.
People are now starting to add their own KM capabilities, needs, issues and challenges, around the world. You can check this out automatically, as it happens, by creating an RSS feed to the 'What's New' section, or checking it out when needed. The 'What's New' section will highlight new people and new countries added, as well as other important website changes.
The KM Global Directory will enable you to create your own web page, upload and edit picture and information about your KM capabilities, interests, wants and needs. Others will be able to submit comments, share knowledge, contacts, services, methods and tools and even make ratings of KM professionals, where appropriate.
We hope it will help you better connect with other KM practitioners, consultants, teachers, policy makers, students, organizations and other interested parties.
There will be a section for each country in the world, categorized according to the United Nations World Macro Regions.
1. Africa
2. Asia
3. Europe
4. Latin America
5. Northern America
6. Oceania
We expect to launch at least 5 new countries per day, and all the key countries should be completed by the end of May 2008.
If your country is not listed yet, and you wish to register now, please let us know your country, by commenting on this blog post, or emailing ronyoung@knowledge-management-online.com and we will create your country page within 24 hours.
We will announce new countries each day through this blog.
We hope you will register in the KM Global Directory. The more who register and share KM capabilities, needs and interests, comments and opinions, the more benefit to us all.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Monday, May 12, 2008
KM Global Directory of Practice..more countries launched
Continuing the launch of a free service, a KM Global Directory of Practice on the website adds eleven more
countries today.
It will enable you to create your own web page, upload and edit picture and information about your KM capabilities, interests, wants and needs. Others will be able to submit comments and even ratings, where appropriate.
We hope it will help you better connect with other KM practitioners, consultants, teachers, students, organizations and other interested parties.
There will be a section for each country in the world, according to the United Nations World Macro Regions.
The first seven countries were launched yesterday. Today we launch:
1. Germany
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Finland
5. Sweden
6. Canada
7. Hong Kong
8. Singapore
9. Thailand
10.Philippines
11.New Zealand
Yesterday we launched:
1. United States of America
2. United Kingdom
3. Australia
4. Japan
5. Spain
6. Malaysia
7. India
We expect to launch at least 5 new countries per day, and should be completed by the end of May 2008.
If your country is not listed, and you wish to register now (first listed will appear at the top of each country page) please let us know your country, by commenting on this blog post, or emailing ronyoung@knowledge-management-online.com and we will create your country page within 24 hours.
We will announce new countries each day through this blog.
We hope you will register in the Global Directory. The more who register and share KM capabilities and interests, comments and opinions, the more benefit to us all.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
countries today.
It will enable you to create your own web page, upload and edit picture and information about your KM capabilities, interests, wants and needs. Others will be able to submit comments and even ratings, where appropriate.
We hope it will help you better connect with other KM practitioners, consultants, teachers, students, organizations and other interested parties.
There will be a section for each country in the world, according to the United Nations World Macro Regions.
The first seven countries were launched yesterday. Today we launch:
1. Germany
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Finland
5. Sweden
6. Canada
7. Hong Kong
8. Singapore
9. Thailand
10.Philippines
11.New Zealand
Yesterday we launched:
1. United States of America
2. United Kingdom
3. Australia
4. Japan
5. Spain
6. Malaysia
7. India
We expect to launch at least 5 new countries per day, and should be completed by the end of May 2008.
If your country is not listed, and you wish to register now (first listed will appear at the top of each country page) please let us know your country, by commenting on this blog post, or emailing ronyoung@knowledge-management-online.com and we will create your country page within 24 hours.
We will announce new countries each day through this blog.
We hope you will register in the Global Directory. The more who register and share KM capabilities and interests, comments and opinions, the more benefit to us all.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
KM Global Directory of Practice launched
By popular request, we have just launched a free service, a KM Global Directory of Practice on the website.
It will enable you to create your own web page, upload and edit picture and information about your KM capabilities, interests, wants and needs. Others will be able to submit comments and even ratings, where appropriate.
We hope it will help you better connect with other KM practitioners, consultants, teachers, students, organizations and other interested parties.
There will be a section for each country in the world, according to the United Nations World Macro Regions.
The first countries launched today are
1. United States of America
2. United Kingdom
3. Australia
4. Japan
5. Spain
6. Malaysia
7. India
We expect to launch at least 5 new countries per day, and should be completed by the end of May 2008.
If your country is not listed, and you wish to register now (first listed will appear at the top of each country page) please let us know your country, by commenting on this blog post, or emailing ronyoung@knowledge-management-online.com and we will create your country page within 24 hours.
We will announce new countries each day through this blog.
We hope you will register in the Global Directory. The more who register and share KM capabilities and interests, the more benefit to us all.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
It will enable you to create your own web page, upload and edit picture and information about your KM capabilities, interests, wants and needs. Others will be able to submit comments and even ratings, where appropriate.
We hope it will help you better connect with other KM practitioners, consultants, teachers, students, organizations and other interested parties.
There will be a section for each country in the world, according to the United Nations World Macro Regions.
The first countries launched today are
1. United States of America
2. United Kingdom
3. Australia
4. Japan
5. Spain
6. Malaysia
7. India
We expect to launch at least 5 new countries per day, and should be completed by the end of May 2008.
If your country is not listed, and you wish to register now (first listed will appear at the top of each country page) please let us know your country, by commenting on this blog post, or emailing ronyoung@knowledge-management-online.com and we will create your country page within 24 hours.
We will announce new countries each day through this blog.
We hope you will register in the Global Directory. The more who register and share KM capabilities and interests, the more benefit to us all.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Twine and Knowledge Management - I started my beta test yesterday and wow!
On Sunday, whilst catching up on my favourite blogs, I read 'Do you want early access to the Twine beta', from Nova Spivak, at Radar Networks.
As I have been following Twine for a while, it really was no problem for me to blog why I wanted an early access, which was the condition Nova had set, and then email him.
I hoped for a reply sometime in the following week.
Two hours later, I received a reply from Nova from his Blackberry!
"Thanks, nice to meet you - we will let you in next week"
That's extraordinary service.
Yesterday, Wednesday morning, I was let in to Twine.
Three hours later I had created three Twines of my own. I thought I had better keep them private, and not make a fool of myself, until I understood what Twine was really about and how to use it properly. Well I needn't have worried. It is quite intuitive.
In just one hour I had added into my first Twine, which is a project with a small team that started three months ago, all the associated team emails, an MS Powerpoint presentation, an Excel spreadsheet, several Word documents, my Blog, several Websites and some notes.
That alone made me feel better organised. Especially having the emails for the project all together in one place. (Twine allocates an email address for each Twine, so you can email them in).
Next thing I know, Twine reads all of this and starts to auto-tag. It starts to tell me the 'people' it came across in the project, the 'organisations', the 'places' and 'other tags' or concepts too. Already the list is impressive. If Twine gets better at learning what your interests are, the more you use it, and I get results within a couple of hours from 49 items, I cannot wait to see more.
The sad thing is that I now have to go to some intense project meetings for a couple of days, and I will not be able to get to know Twine better until I return. But I will be able to find time to show the people I am meeting what Twine already knows about them, and the project, after a couple of hours!
I feel much more organised too! I think tools like Twine are starting to show us what Web 3.0 is really about. I am pretty sure that my personal and team knowledge management work practices are in for a radical change!
So far, I have had extraordinary service from Nova Spivak, and an extraordinary experience in starting to use Twine.
Much more on my beta testing of Twine later.
It's certainly worth following Twine. Check it out and please let me know what you think.
Ron Young
www.knowledge-management-online.com
As I have been following Twine for a while, it really was no problem for me to blog why I wanted an early access, which was the condition Nova had set, and then email him.
I hoped for a reply sometime in the following week.
Two hours later, I received a reply from Nova from his Blackberry!
"Thanks, nice to meet you - we will let you in next week"
That's extraordinary service.
Yesterday, Wednesday morning, I was let in to Twine.
Three hours later I had created three Twines of my own. I thought I had better keep them private, and not make a fool of myself, until I understood what Twine was really about and how to use it properly. Well I needn't have worried. It is quite intuitive.
In just one hour I had added into my first Twine, which is a project with a small team that started three months ago, all the associated team emails, an MS Powerpoint presentation, an Excel spreadsheet, several Word documents, my Blog, several Websites and some notes.
That alone made me feel better organised. Especially having the emails for the project all together in one place. (Twine allocates an email address for each Twine, so you can email them in).
Next thing I know, Twine reads all of this and starts to auto-tag. It starts to tell me the 'people' it came across in the project, the 'organisations', the 'places' and 'other tags' or concepts too. Already the list is impressive. If Twine gets better at learning what your interests are, the more you use it, and I get results within a couple of hours from 49 items, I cannot wait to see more.
The sad thing is that I now have to go to some intense project meetings for a couple of days, and I will not be able to get to know Twine better until I return. But I will be able to find time to show the people I am meeting what Twine already knows about them, and the project, after a couple of hours!
I feel much more organised too! I think tools like Twine are starting to show us what Web 3.0 is really about. I am pretty sure that my personal and team knowledge management work practices are in for a radical change!
So far, I have had extraordinary service from Nova Spivak, and an extraordinary experience in starting to use Twine.
Much more on my beta testing of Twine later.
It's certainly worth following Twine. Check it out and please let me know what you think.
Ron Young
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Better Personal Knowledge Management and Twine
I have been an interested follower of the writings and work of
Nova Spivak, CEO of Radar Networks in San Francisco.
If you haven't yet come across him, he is the grandson of the late
Professor Peter Drucker, one of my all time heroes,
and Nova has a very enviable track record in founding and
developing web companies to successful IPO's over the years.
Radar Networks have been in stealth mode for quite a while but
in October 2007, they launched an invite-beta version of Twine at
Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco in October 2007.
From their press announcement:
"Radar Networks, a pioneer of Semantic Web technology, today announced the invite-beta of Twine, a new service that gives users a smarter way to share, organize, and find information with people they trust. Twine is one of the first mainstream applications of the Semantic Web, or what is sometimes referred to as Web 3.0"
I immediately put myself down for a beta version as they expand the
final testing phase. I am hoping for an early beta version as I believe Twine could start to change paradigms, both as a teaching tool, and, most importantly, as an effective personal knowledge management tool. I hope that Twine will greatly accelerate my ability to teach, consult and help individuals, teams and organisations, and move more people into the more meaningful Web 3.0 world, to use the Web as a resource to achieve even greater results.
Nova Spivak believes that we can combine the best of the
people focused social web 2.0 tools together with the
semantic technologies that aim to make more sense of documents and the connections between people, and people and documents.
Watching a video from Web2.0 Summit, I respectfully chuckled at
Nova's remark that he is combining the 'wisdom of crowds' with
the 'wisdom of computers' and that Web 3.0 is Web 2.0 with a brain!
Cool!
It's certainly worth following Twine. Check it out and please let me know what you think.
Ron Young
More about Open Source Knowledge Management at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Nova Spivak, CEO of Radar Networks in San Francisco.
If you haven't yet come across him, he is the grandson of the late
Professor Peter Drucker, one of my all time heroes,
and Nova has a very enviable track record in founding and
developing web companies to successful IPO's over the years.
Radar Networks have been in stealth mode for quite a while but
in October 2007, they launched an invite-beta version of Twine at
Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco in October 2007.
From their press announcement:
"Radar Networks, a pioneer of Semantic Web technology, today announced the invite-beta of Twine, a new service that gives users a smarter way to share, organize, and find information with people they trust. Twine is one of the first mainstream applications of the Semantic Web, or what is sometimes referred to as Web 3.0"
I immediately put myself down for a beta version as they expand the
final testing phase. I am hoping for an early beta version as I believe Twine could start to change paradigms, both as a teaching tool, and, most importantly, as an effective personal knowledge management tool. I hope that Twine will greatly accelerate my ability to teach, consult and help individuals, teams and organisations, and move more people into the more meaningful Web 3.0 world, to use the Web as a resource to achieve even greater results.
Nova Spivak believes that we can combine the best of the
people focused social web 2.0 tools together with the
semantic technologies that aim to make more sense of documents and the connections between people, and people and documents.
Watching a video from Web2.0 Summit, I respectfully chuckled at
Nova's remark that he is combining the 'wisdom of crowds' with
the 'wisdom of computers' and that Web 3.0 is Web 2.0 with a brain!
Cool!
It's certainly worth following Twine. Check it out and please let me know what you think.
Ron Young
More about Open Source Knowledge Management at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Share, comment and rank your Knowledge Management (KM) Definitions with us all
Over the next few weeks, we are rolling out a new collaborative website that will allow us all to publish, discuss, review, improve and rank knowledge management topics at www.knowledge-management-online.com.
Today, we launch the first collaborative feature, which is to invite you to share with us all, your definition(s), comments and ranking of knowledge management definitions.
'KM Definitions' is the most popular page on the website, and we are keen to help students, practitioners, consultants and organisations more easily understand, develop and further improve their own meaning and definition.
We will announce further features through this blog, as they become available, in the following days.
Ron Young
More information at www.knowledge-management-online.com
Today, we launch the first collaborative feature, which is to invite you to share with us all, your definition(s), comments and ranking of knowledge management definitions.
'KM Definitions' is the most popular page on the website, and we are keen to help students, practitioners, consultants and organisations more easily understand, develop and further improve their own meaning and definition.
We will announce further features through this blog, as they become available, in the following days.
Ron Young
More information at www.knowledge-management-online.com
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Fuji Xerox - 'Creative Routine', Knowledge Management and Innovation
It was great to hear Naoki Ogiwara, Consultant, Fuji Xerox, Tokyo present a paper at the 'Technology for Innovation and Knowledge Management' Conference in New Delhi, 12-14th February 2008 entitled 'Knowledge Management for Innovation:- Embedding “Creative Routine” to Build an Innovative Organization'.
What's very interesting indeed about Naoki Ogiwara is that he is a Consultant "Ba" Conductor, based on his work with Professor Nonaka. He is also currently working, for some time, with Professors Tom Davenport and Larry Prusak at Babson College, USA until his return to Japan in July. So Naoki has a very interesting and rich perspective on KM indeed.
I enjoyed several discussions with him off and on-line and I guess the notion of identifying and embedding the 'Creative Routine' in an organisation is the most intriguing for Innovation. This came out of a very strong International collaboration over the years, and the work of a community of 60 Japanese companies sharing together.
The researchers looked for common characteristics of the best companies globally. Was it advanced IT?, Customer Knowledge?, Supplier / Partner Collaboration?, Strong Top Leadership?.
The answer was none of these were completely common, except one thing - they all had a 'Creative Routine' - a pattern of knowledge creation (called a Creative Routine).
It was found that in the best companies all systems (HR,IT, work process, work environment) supported the Creative Routine, which was shared by people throughout the organisation.
After presenting several case studies, Naoki concluded:
Find out your organizations own “creative routine”
- Look for “legends” or “stories” shared among the organization. It usually contains the essence of your own pattern of knowledge creation.
- It can be built on current one.
- It might need to be build from scratch.
Assess people’s ability and current systems if they fit your ideal creative routine
- Many systems (hiring, promotion, compensation, IT, workplace, business process) often conflict with each other.
Small Start, Achieve Success, and then Expand the Story
- The story has the power to change behavior of many people.
Over the three days presentations, panel discussions and individual questions and culminating in an APO workshop, I found that Naoki has this great ability to present some key messages in a very clear, very understandable, and very powerful way.
He has some good mentors / teachers too - Professors Nonaka,Davenport, Prusak.
Ron Young
More information at:
www-knowledge-management-online.com
What's very interesting indeed about Naoki Ogiwara is that he is a Consultant "Ba" Conductor, based on his work with Professor Nonaka. He is also currently working, for some time, with Professors Tom Davenport and Larry Prusak at Babson College, USA until his return to Japan in July. So Naoki has a very interesting and rich perspective on KM indeed.
I enjoyed several discussions with him off and on-line and I guess the notion of identifying and embedding the 'Creative Routine' in an organisation is the most intriguing for Innovation. This came out of a very strong International collaboration over the years, and the work of a community of 60 Japanese companies sharing together.
The researchers looked for common characteristics of the best companies globally. Was it advanced IT?, Customer Knowledge?, Supplier / Partner Collaboration?, Strong Top Leadership?.
The answer was none of these were completely common, except one thing - they all had a 'Creative Routine' - a pattern of knowledge creation (called a Creative Routine).
It was found that in the best companies all systems (HR,IT, work process, work environment) supported the Creative Routine, which was shared by people throughout the organisation.
After presenting several case studies, Naoki concluded:
Find out your organizations own “creative routine”
- Look for “legends” or “stories” shared among the organization. It usually contains the essence of your own pattern of knowledge creation.
- It can be built on current one.
- It might need to be build from scratch.
Assess people’s ability and current systems if they fit your ideal creative routine
- Many systems (hiring, promotion, compensation, IT, workplace, business process) often conflict with each other.
Small Start, Achieve Success, and then Expand the Story
- The story has the power to change behavior of many people.
Over the three days presentations, panel discussions and individual questions and culminating in an APO workshop, I found that Naoki has this great ability to present some key messages in a very clear, very understandable, and very powerful way.
He has some good mentors / teachers too - Professors Nonaka,Davenport, Prusak.
Ron Young
More information at:
www-knowledge-management-online.com
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Knowledge Management Solutions for the Graying Workforce
I hear increasing concern around the world, these days, about how to best capture and retain some of the critical knowledge that organisations are losing, following the loss of baby-boomers as they near retirement age - the graying workforce.
IBM Business Consulting Human Capital Management group have stated that "the aging population will be one of the major social and business issues of the 21st Century, and companies worldwide are starting to examine what this means in terms of skills, knowledge and growth" says Mary Sue Rogers, global leader of this group.
I say give everyone a blog! Teach them how they can help both the individual and the organisation! Teach them how to capture learnings, ideas and insights in a blog, and give them the worktime to write it daily, or at worst weekly!
Teach them how to capture these daily or weekly new learnings, insights and new ideas as a worthy habit. Show them how blogging actually helps them better create, organise, synthesize, and develop their knowledge, as well as capture and retain the rich tacit knowledge gems for themselves and others.
A year of blogging will simply outstrip any other techniques I know to capture, retain, rediscover and reuse this valuable knowledge. Two years, five years, ten years plus of blogging and phew....
I started this blog in January 2006 and I am already constantly amazed, when searching it, at some of the useful insights I have captured and have completely forgotten, concerning some of my professional km consulting activities.
One day, the blogging of personal learnings, ideas and insights will be recognised by the more enlightened organisations as a critical skill for the individual, team and entire organisation.
Blog on. I feel so much better now that I have got that off my chest.
Ron Young
More at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
IBM Business Consulting Human Capital Management group have stated that "the aging population will be one of the major social and business issues of the 21st Century, and companies worldwide are starting to examine what this means in terms of skills, knowledge and growth" says Mary Sue Rogers, global leader of this group.
I say give everyone a blog! Teach them how they can help both the individual and the organisation! Teach them how to capture learnings, ideas and insights in a blog, and give them the worktime to write it daily, or at worst weekly!
Teach them how to capture these daily or weekly new learnings, insights and new ideas as a worthy habit. Show them how blogging actually helps them better create, organise, synthesize, and develop their knowledge, as well as capture and retain the rich tacit knowledge gems for themselves and others.
A year of blogging will simply outstrip any other techniques I know to capture, retain, rediscover and reuse this valuable knowledge. Two years, five years, ten years plus of blogging and phew....
I started this blog in January 2006 and I am already constantly amazed, when searching it, at some of the useful insights I have captured and have completely forgotten, concerning some of my professional km consulting activities.
One day, the blogging of personal learnings, ideas and insights will be recognised by the more enlightened organisations as a critical skill for the individual, team and entire organisation.
Blog on. I feel so much better now that I have got that off my chest.
Ron Young
More at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Knowledge Management, leading KM organizations and leading KM countries
It was good to meet Rory Chase, MD of Teleos and founder of the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE Awards), again at the 'Technology for Innovation and Knowledge Management' Conference in New Delhi, India on 12-14th February 2008.
I think he has got one thing very right. It's not necessarily about which Nation is leading in the global knowledge economy. What also really matters is how well an Organization is performing in the global knowledge economy.
Example: The Indian Minister of Trade and Industry will say, quite rightly from his perspective, how important it is to bring India into the global knowledge society.
However, WIPRO, headquartered in Bangalore, India, is certainly world class today in the global knowledge economy, and is leading in KM, compared to many other organisations around the world. In fact, WIPRO's two presentations at the conference, from Mr Ved Prakash on 'KM Initiatives in WIPRO', and from Mr Avinash Rao on 'KM for High Value Outsourcing', gave outstanding and quite leading edge presentations on their work with knowledge management. WIPRO are recognised as one the the 'Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises' by many around the world, whatever criteria you choose to recognise and measure this.
So its about developing both strong Nations and strong global organisations. Now this might delight you or horrify you, depending on your standpoint.
Ron Young
More at:
www-knowledge-management-online.com
I think he has got one thing very right. It's not necessarily about which Nation is leading in the global knowledge economy. What also really matters is how well an Organization is performing in the global knowledge economy.
Example: The Indian Minister of Trade and Industry will say, quite rightly from his perspective, how important it is to bring India into the global knowledge society.
However, WIPRO, headquartered in Bangalore, India, is certainly world class today in the global knowledge economy, and is leading in KM, compared to many other organisations around the world. In fact, WIPRO's two presentations at the conference, from Mr Ved Prakash on 'KM Initiatives in WIPRO', and from Mr Avinash Rao on 'KM for High Value Outsourcing', gave outstanding and quite leading edge presentations on their work with knowledge management. WIPRO are recognised as one the the 'Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises' by many around the world, whatever criteria you choose to recognise and measure this.
So its about developing both strong Nations and strong global organisations. Now this might delight you or horrify you, depending on your standpoint.
Ron Young
More at:
www-knowledge-management-online.com
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