Sometimes, I amaze myself with simple things!
My website www.knowledge-management-online.com
is three years old and, this morning, I was reflecting on future
directions, topics and themes for knowledge management.
I have always had a simple Google search on the home page,
both to search the web, and to search within the website.
Because the website contains all the structured input, as well
as all the unstructured, or less structured blog content from
my KM consulting blog this past three years, and it contains
Directory details and comments from KM practitioners around
the world, I was simply amazed at the results I received from
several interesting internal searches of the website.
The searches gave me far far more information than I will ever
remember or recall. Even the content that I wrote myself!
How powerful, and yet, so simple. Or is it really that simple?
Think of all the advances that humanity has had to make to get
to the stage of offering us all simple searches on the World Wide
Web using a laptop computer, or even now, a simple search
using my iPhone!
I would call it simply marvellous.
Ron Young
More at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
New free KM ebook from Asia
I was very pleased to hear from my good friend and work colleague, Dr. Serafin D. Talisayon, this morning.
He announced that The Asian Productivity Organization today released a new free KM e-book entitled “From Productivity to Innovation: Proceedings from the Second International Conference on Technology and Innovation for Knowledge Management.” The conference was held in New Delhi, India last 12–14 February 2008. Dr. Serafin D. Talisayon of the Philippines served as the conference rapporteur and volume editor.
I started session 1 'Setting the Tone' with my paper 'Back to Basics: Strategies for Identifying, Creating, Storing, Sharing and Using Knowledge.
You can download the e-book for free by clicking HERE.
The book has 20 chapters, plus Q&A and technical sessions:
1: Back to Basics: Strategies for Identifying, Creating, Storing, Sharing and Using Knowledge (Ron Young)
2: Technology and Innovation for Knowledge Management (G. S. Krishnan, Arundhati Chattopadhyay and Avadh Yadav)
3: A Strategy for Library Networking in the Knowledge Economy (Dr. Prema Rajagopalan, Prof. M. S. Mathews and M. Kavitha)
4: Global Knowledge Management Trends (Dr. Rory Chase)
5: HAWK-i: Holistic Analysis for Working Knowledge and Implementation (Anne Chappuis, Luc de Golbéry, Paramita Sen, Nirbhay Sen and Sanjay Gupta)
6: Case Study: Knowledge Management in Wipro (Ved Prakash)
7: The Knowledge Economy Project: The Experience of IIT Roorkee (Prof. Harsha Sinvhal and Prof. Vinay K. Nangia)
8: Knowledge Management Framework: An APO Perspective (Praba Nair)
9: The Status of Knowledge Management in Asia: Results of an APO Survey of Nine Member Countries (Dr. Serafin D. Talisayon)
10: Critical Factors Constraining the Growth and Development of the Indian Economy: A Sectoral Study (Dr. Prema Rajagopalan, Prof. M. S. Mathews and M. Kavitha)
11: Knowledge Management in the Food and Nutrition Community in India: The UN’s New KM Initiative (Gopi N. Ghosh)
12: Participation of the International Management Institute in the Knowledge Economy Project (Prof. Ashoka Chandra and Prof. M. K. Khanijo)
13: Innovation and Knowledge Management: An Indic Play Ethic and a Global HR Model (Dr. Prem Saran)
14: Dimensions of Knowledge Management Projects and Leveraging Technology in Higher Educational Institutions (Dr. M. S. Rawat)
15: Service Quality in the Supply Chain: A Knowledge Gap Perspective (Gyan Prakash and Kripa Shanker)
16: The Intellectual Property System (N. N. Prasad)
17: Knowledge Management Systems in an Engineering Consultancy Organization (Sanjeev Kumar)
18: The Transformation of Innovation into Technology, Economy and Society (K. Kalaiselvan)
19: A New Infrastructure for Managing Knowledge in High-Value Outsourcing (Avinash Rao)
20: Knowledge Management for Competitive Advantage in the Steel Industry (Y. Bhaskara Rao and J. V. S. Sarma)
Ron Young
More at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
He announced that The Asian Productivity Organization today released a new free KM e-book entitled “From Productivity to Innovation: Proceedings from the Second International Conference on Technology and Innovation for Knowledge Management.” The conference was held in New Delhi, India last 12–14 February 2008. Dr. Serafin D. Talisayon of the Philippines served as the conference rapporteur and volume editor.
I started session 1 'Setting the Tone' with my paper 'Back to Basics: Strategies for Identifying, Creating, Storing, Sharing and Using Knowledge.
You can download the e-book for free by clicking HERE.
The book has 20 chapters, plus Q&A and technical sessions:
1: Back to Basics: Strategies for Identifying, Creating, Storing, Sharing and Using Knowledge (Ron Young)
2: Technology and Innovation for Knowledge Management (G. S. Krishnan, Arundhati Chattopadhyay and Avadh Yadav)
3: A Strategy for Library Networking in the Knowledge Economy (Dr. Prema Rajagopalan, Prof. M. S. Mathews and M. Kavitha)
4: Global Knowledge Management Trends (Dr. Rory Chase)
5: HAWK-i: Holistic Analysis for Working Knowledge and Implementation (Anne Chappuis, Luc de Golbéry, Paramita Sen, Nirbhay Sen and Sanjay Gupta)
6: Case Study: Knowledge Management in Wipro (Ved Prakash)
7: The Knowledge Economy Project: The Experience of IIT Roorkee (Prof. Harsha Sinvhal and Prof. Vinay K. Nangia)
8: Knowledge Management Framework: An APO Perspective (Praba Nair)
9: The Status of Knowledge Management in Asia: Results of an APO Survey of Nine Member Countries (Dr. Serafin D. Talisayon)
10: Critical Factors Constraining the Growth and Development of the Indian Economy: A Sectoral Study (Dr. Prema Rajagopalan, Prof. M. S. Mathews and M. Kavitha)
11: Knowledge Management in the Food and Nutrition Community in India: The UN’s New KM Initiative (Gopi N. Ghosh)
12: Participation of the International Management Institute in the Knowledge Economy Project (Prof. Ashoka Chandra and Prof. M. K. Khanijo)
13: Innovation and Knowledge Management: An Indic Play Ethic and a Global HR Model (Dr. Prem Saran)
14: Dimensions of Knowledge Management Projects and Leveraging Technology in Higher Educational Institutions (Dr. M. S. Rawat)
15: Service Quality in the Supply Chain: A Knowledge Gap Perspective (Gyan Prakash and Kripa Shanker)
16: The Intellectual Property System (N. N. Prasad)
17: Knowledge Management Systems in an Engineering Consultancy Organization (Sanjeev Kumar)
18: The Transformation of Innovation into Technology, Economy and Society (K. Kalaiselvan)
19: A New Infrastructure for Managing Knowledge in High-Value Outsourcing (Avinash Rao)
20: Knowledge Management for Competitive Advantage in the Steel Industry (Y. Bhaskara Rao and J. V. S. Sarma)
Ron Young
More at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
The Intersection of Ethics and Knowledge Management
I am so pleased to see that the Southern California Knowledge
Management Forum have set a very powerful theme for this year's
conference.To my mind,'Ethics and Knowledge Management' are the
key issues before us, whether it's developing a KM strategy for
Human Rights, Extreme Poverty, or simply increasing the level of
trust within the organization.
Third Annual Meeting, August 5 - 6, 2009
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
Conference Theme
The theme of this year's conference is "The Intersection of Ethics and Knowledge Management." The global business and economic landscape has seen many recent changes and firms are being faced with new challenges each day. But can all of the efforts to manage the knowledge of the firm be considered ethical and socially responsible? The conference seeks to explore the development and application of corporate knowledge practices and issues emerging in the knowledge economy from a social/ethical perspective. Topics may include, but are not limited to:
Social, cultural and ethical impact of Web 2.0
Advancing privacy, security and trust in a knowledge-driven economy
Advancing globally responsible practices through knowledge management
Ownership, collaboration and digital rights management
Individual rights vs. Collective rights
Legal (and illegal) implications
Stewardship, mentoring and succession management
Multi-generational learning and knowledge-sharing
Return on investment and corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Establishing values-centered employees
For more information about the conference go to:
http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/newsevents/kmforum/
Ron Young
More at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Management Forum have set a very powerful theme for this year's
conference.To my mind,'Ethics and Knowledge Management' are the
key issues before us, whether it's developing a KM strategy for
Human Rights, Extreme Poverty, or simply increasing the level of
trust within the organization.
Third Annual Meeting, August 5 - 6, 2009
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
Conference Theme
The theme of this year's conference is "The Intersection of Ethics and Knowledge Management." The global business and economic landscape has seen many recent changes and firms are being faced with new challenges each day. But can all of the efforts to manage the knowledge of the firm be considered ethical and socially responsible? The conference seeks to explore the development and application of corporate knowledge practices and issues emerging in the knowledge economy from a social/ethical perspective. Topics may include, but are not limited to:
Social, cultural and ethical impact of Web 2.0
Advancing privacy, security and trust in a knowledge-driven economy
Advancing globally responsible practices through knowledge management
Ownership, collaboration and digital rights management
Individual rights vs. Collective rights
Legal (and illegal) implications
Stewardship, mentoring and succession management
Multi-generational learning and knowledge-sharing
Return on investment and corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Establishing values-centered employees
For more information about the conference go to:
http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/newsevents/kmforum/
Ron Young
More at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Monday, January 26, 2009
New Global Knowledge Order - New Rules?
This morning our UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, talked from
Downing Street about the global financial crisis and suggested
a new global order with some new rules.
Although he was talking about the global financial economy,
in the main,I could not help but relate it to the global knowledge
economy.His words would not be amiss in a discussion about
global knowledge management.
He said we need a new way of thinking and governing.
He talked about the high interdependence and connectivity of
the world, and global flows.
He stated that we cannot bring about better global security control
with only national regulation. We need an open global economy and we
need a global coordinated response.
He proposed a new global order, with some new rules.
He proposed an 'early warning' system, or an early alerting system
to prevent systemic imbalances.
In discussing a global regulatory system, he talked of the
importance of establishing a common set of principles, best
practices and common standards across nations.
He stated the need for 'agreed transparency'.
I am not saying that I agree or disagree with his talk
and proposals, at this stage, but I did think to myself,
as he was speaking:
'I have seen and heard these same words, so many times,
in many KM blogs, KM articles and KM books, including my own.
But I do not like the thought of ,say, a new global knowledge
order,with its emerging new rules, working with global regulation?
I thought also, what risks do we take with sub-prime knowledge?'.
But, is there anything here, between money flows and
knowledge flows, that we can learn and use?
Ron Young
More at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Downing Street about the global financial crisis and suggested
a new global order with some new rules.
Although he was talking about the global financial economy,
in the main,I could not help but relate it to the global knowledge
economy.His words would not be amiss in a discussion about
global knowledge management.
He said we need a new way of thinking and governing.
He talked about the high interdependence and connectivity of
the world, and global flows.
He stated that we cannot bring about better global security control
with only national regulation. We need an open global economy and we
need a global coordinated response.
He proposed a new global order, with some new rules.
He proposed an 'early warning' system, or an early alerting system
to prevent systemic imbalances.
In discussing a global regulatory system, he talked of the
importance of establishing a common set of principles, best
practices and common standards across nations.
He stated the need for 'agreed transparency'.
I am not saying that I agree or disagree with his talk
and proposals, at this stage, but I did think to myself,
as he was speaking:
'I have seen and heard these same words, so many times,
in many KM blogs, KM articles and KM books, including my own.
But I do not like the thought of ,say, a new global knowledge
order,with its emerging new rules, working with global regulation?
I thought also, what risks do we take with sub-prime knowledge?'.
But, is there anything here, between money flows and
knowledge flows, that we can learn and use?
Ron Young
More at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Friday, January 09, 2009
Book - Knowledge Management for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
I am working with a global km practitioner team to develop a book
on KM for small and medium sizes enterprises, to be completed by
April 2009.
In part of the book, we are researching and writing KM for sme
case studies, probably 8 - 10 good cases across industry sectors
and geography.
Please let me know if you are interested in our developing a
case study for your organization, or if you know of a good sme
implementation to nominate.
We would probably define an sme as an organization with less
than 200 employees and / or sales turnover of less than
US$ 10 million pa.
We intend to finalise the list of case study companies by the
end of January 2009.
Please, also, let me know if you are interested in receiving
details of the book/ebook when published.
You can contact me directly at: ronyoung@young-int.com
Ron Young
More at:www.knowledge-management-online.com
on KM for small and medium sizes enterprises, to be completed by
April 2009.
In part of the book, we are researching and writing KM for sme
case studies, probably 8 - 10 good cases across industry sectors
and geography.
Please let me know if you are interested in our developing a
case study for your organization, or if you know of a good sme
implementation to nominate.
We would probably define an sme as an organization with less
than 200 employees and / or sales turnover of less than
US$ 10 million pa.
We intend to finalise the list of case study companies by the
end of January 2009.
Please, also, let me know if you are interested in receiving
details of the book/ebook when published.
You can contact me directly at: ronyoung@young-int.com
Ron Young
More at:www.knowledge-management-online.com
Friday, January 02, 2009
Book - Personal knowledge management in a global knowledge economy
I have set my New Year goal to finish my latest book which has the working title "Personal knowledge management in a global knowledge economy". It should be ready as an ebook within the first quarter of 2009.
Naturally, I would be so grateful for any interest shown or feedback given, so I enclose a description of the book, as at today, as a soft pre-release.
I do hope to get your feedback and interest, or email me directly ronyoung@young-int.com.
Happy New Year
Ron Young
Planetary knowledge with personal knowledge management.
This book is written to change lives and organizations around the world. It provides substantial opportunity in a rapidly emerging global knowledge economy, despite global recession in traditional economies. We are at the dawn of a revolutionary era where the means of production is not with the capitalists who own the land, buildings, plant and machinery etc, but with the individual, wherever he or she may live. We are entering the era of the individual knowledge capitalist, who owns the means to knowledge production! This book describes in simple steps the means to effective knowledge working.
It is a book that contains one of the most critical and essential life skills for the 21st Century – how to become an effective knowledge worker - in a rapidly growing global knowledge economy. It is for those who wish to become Web citizens.
The book is inspired by the Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, who said
“Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That is our commitment“
This book shows you how to much better develop your ability to create, capture, store, share, apply and sell your knowledge by applying the best personal knowledge management disciplines, process, methods and tools. It provides you with a very fast, convenient solution, immediately downloadable, and it has been written by one of the thought leaders in global knowledge management today.
It is a book where you will learn how to:
* Create personal income and wealth in a rapidly growing knowledge economy
* How to develop a perfect business with no financial capital and turn your personal knowledge into digital income.
* How to avoid stress and ‘information overload’ and save time and effort, by organising and accessing your information and knowledge effectively in a personal goal and results focused way
* How to develop valuable sought after knowledge working skills and competencies
* How to save time and money by less ‘reinventing of the wheel’ and ‘repeating the same mistakes’
* How to use your brain more effectively to provide you with the events, circumstances and opportunities you need to succeed in a knowledge economy
* How to successfully participate in global knowledge community web services
* How to develop a knowledge based livelihood that significantly contributes to a more sustainable and ecologically friendly planet
For the past fifteen years, Ron Young has been giving presentations, running seminars, workshops and conferences all over the word in knowledge management. He was also inspired to write this book following his introductory quote from the late Professor Peter Drucker who said
“The greatest contribution that management has made in the 20th Century was to increase the productivity of manual working fifty fold. The greatest contribution that needs to be made in the 21st Century is to similarly increase the productivity of knowledge working fifty fold”.
This book aims to dramatically increase personal knowledge working skills, competencies, productivity and income.
Whether you are working in a large organization in a developed economy that could benefit from your increased knowledge working skills, or an individual in an under-developed nation that wishes to fully participate in a global knowledge economy, this book will most certainly change your life.
The book has been written as a result of Ron Young personally ‘practising what he preaches’.
1. A day in the life of a global knowledge worker
2. Trust the system and start using the knowledge tools today
3. The practical personal daily knowledge management process
4. The principles of personal knowledge management
5. The global knowledge community
6. The global knowledge web services
Copyright Ronald Young 2009 - All Rights Reserved
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Naturally, I would be so grateful for any interest shown or feedback given, so I enclose a description of the book, as at today, as a soft pre-release.
I do hope to get your feedback and interest, or email me directly ronyoung@young-int.com.
Happy New Year
Ron Young
Planetary knowledge with personal knowledge management.
This book is written to change lives and organizations around the world. It provides substantial opportunity in a rapidly emerging global knowledge economy, despite global recession in traditional economies. We are at the dawn of a revolutionary era where the means of production is not with the capitalists who own the land, buildings, plant and machinery etc, but with the individual, wherever he or she may live. We are entering the era of the individual knowledge capitalist, who owns the means to knowledge production! This book describes in simple steps the means to effective knowledge working.
It is a book that contains one of the most critical and essential life skills for the 21st Century – how to become an effective knowledge worker - in a rapidly growing global knowledge economy. It is for those who wish to become Web citizens.
The book is inspired by the Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, who said
“Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That is our commitment“
This book shows you how to much better develop your ability to create, capture, store, share, apply and sell your knowledge by applying the best personal knowledge management disciplines, process, methods and tools. It provides you with a very fast, convenient solution, immediately downloadable, and it has been written by one of the thought leaders in global knowledge management today.
It is a book where you will learn how to:
* Create personal income and wealth in a rapidly growing knowledge economy
* How to develop a perfect business with no financial capital and turn your personal knowledge into digital income.
* How to avoid stress and ‘information overload’ and save time and effort, by organising and accessing your information and knowledge effectively in a personal goal and results focused way
* How to develop valuable sought after knowledge working skills and competencies
* How to save time and money by less ‘reinventing of the wheel’ and ‘repeating the same mistakes’
* How to use your brain more effectively to provide you with the events, circumstances and opportunities you need to succeed in a knowledge economy
* How to successfully participate in global knowledge community web services
* How to develop a knowledge based livelihood that significantly contributes to a more sustainable and ecologically friendly planet
For the past fifteen years, Ron Young has been giving presentations, running seminars, workshops and conferences all over the word in knowledge management. He was also inspired to write this book following his introductory quote from the late Professor Peter Drucker who said
“The greatest contribution that management has made in the 20th Century was to increase the productivity of manual working fifty fold. The greatest contribution that needs to be made in the 21st Century is to similarly increase the productivity of knowledge working fifty fold”.
This book aims to dramatically increase personal knowledge working skills, competencies, productivity and income.
Whether you are working in a large organization in a developed economy that could benefit from your increased knowledge working skills, or an individual in an under-developed nation that wishes to fully participate in a global knowledge economy, this book will most certainly change your life.
The book has been written as a result of Ron Young personally ‘practising what he preaches’.
1. A day in the life of a global knowledge worker
2. Trust the system and start using the knowledge tools today
3. The practical personal daily knowledge management process
4. The principles of personal knowledge management
5. The global knowledge community
6. The global knowledge web services
Copyright Ronald Young 2009 - All Rights Reserved
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Capital, Knowledge and Transparency
This resonated with me:
McGraw-Hill aligns with three enduring global needs:
• the need for Capital
• the need for Knowledge
• the need for Transparency
These are the foundations necessary to foster economic growth and to allow individuals, markets and societies to reach their full potential.
Cool - Ron Young
More at www.knowledge-management-online.com
McGraw-Hill aligns with three enduring global needs:
• the need for Capital
• the need for Knowledge
• the need for Transparency
These are the foundations necessary to foster economic growth and to allow individuals, markets and societies to reach their full potential.
Cool - Ron Young
More at www.knowledge-management-online.com
Monday, December 22, 2008
Learning and Knowledge creation is Super
I am certainly glad to be back blogging my KM Consulting learnings and experiences after a few very hectic months of writing a series of KM articles, which you can read as Google Knols and, also, writing several KM reports and recommendations for clients with pretty tough year-end deadlines. But life is now back in balance for a while.
I hope to soon share some incredible new learnings and experiences that I have had, and some of which I believe will literally turn the KM world upside down, and, I am glad to say, for the better. Just as an interesting aside, I had a fun experience whilst travelling to a client last week.
Whilst travelling from New Delhi to Ghaziabad in a car, I noticed a large billboard on the main road. It was advertising a forthcoming spiritual event promoting the peak of well being, and there was a great quote I wanted to capture and share.
"It's not about becoming Super Human
Its about realizing that being Human is Super"
Sadhguru
Not only do I like this quote, but it inspired me to spontaneously think
"Its not about becoming a Super learning and knowledge creating organisation
but its about realising that learning and knowledge creation is Super"
Enjoy
Ron Young
more at www.knowledge-management-online.com
I hope to soon share some incredible new learnings and experiences that I have had, and some of which I believe will literally turn the KM world upside down, and, I am glad to say, for the better. Just as an interesting aside, I had a fun experience whilst travelling to a client last week.
Whilst travelling from New Delhi to Ghaziabad in a car, I noticed a large billboard on the main road. It was advertising a forthcoming spiritual event promoting the peak of well being, and there was a great quote I wanted to capture and share.
"It's not about becoming Super Human
Its about realizing that being Human is Super"
Sadhguru
Not only do I like this quote, but it inspired me to spontaneously think
"Its not about becoming a Super learning and knowledge creating organisation
but its about realising that learning and knowledge creation is Super"
Enjoy
Ron Young
more at www.knowledge-management-online.com
Monday, August 11, 2008
Knowledge and wisdom are my passion and my work
Today I have created my third Knol article on Google entitled ' Knowledge and wisdom are my passion and my work'.
Throughout my life, I have always been extremely passionate about knowledge and wisdom
At one end of the spectrum, I am extremely passionate about knowledge management for individuals, teams, organizations and global communities and networks. It became my profession, as a knowledge management consultant, since 1995.
At the other extreme, I am passionate about what you might call 'higher knowledge', philosophy, especially moral and spiritual philosophy and/or ethics. I am passionate about both the ancient wisdom, especially eastern philosophy and modern scientific knowledge, whether it be about quantum theory, neuroscience, nanotechnology or even molecular biology and molecular computing.
If you are interested in my thoughts and my work with knowledge and wisdom, whether it is about practical daily issues and challenges of knowledge management, or whether it is about my perspective and experiences about the meaning and purpose of life, or both, you can find my books, articles and blogs listed.
As always, I would highly value your comments, feedback and any reviews, so that I may continually improve this Knol.
Ron Young
For more information:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Throughout my life, I have always been extremely passionate about knowledge and wisdom
At one end of the spectrum, I am extremely passionate about knowledge management for individuals, teams, organizations and global communities and networks. It became my profession, as a knowledge management consultant, since 1995.
At the other extreme, I am passionate about what you might call 'higher knowledge', philosophy, especially moral and spiritual philosophy and/or ethics. I am passionate about both the ancient wisdom, especially eastern philosophy and modern scientific knowledge, whether it be about quantum theory, neuroscience, nanotechnology or even molecular biology and molecular computing.
If you are interested in my thoughts and my work with knowledge and wisdom, whether it is about practical daily issues and challenges of knowledge management, or whether it is about my perspective and experiences about the meaning and purpose of life, or both, you can find my books, articles and blogs listed.
As always, I would highly value your comments, feedback and any reviews, so that I may continually improve this Knol.
Ron Young
For more information:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Updating the Future of Knowledge Management - a second Knol
Today I have created my second Knol article on Google entitled ' Updating The Future of Knowledge Management'.
In 1999 I published an article entitled 'Future of Knowledge Management' in the European American Business Journal. Today, 9 years later in August 2008, I decided to review and rewrite this article.
Where is Knowledge Management (KM) going in the next ten years? What did I get right in 1999? What did I get wrong and what have I learned from this? What are the challenges for knowledge driven organizations if they are to thrive in the global knowledge economy in the next 10 years?
I find it exciting to write about the future of knowledge management in 2008 on a Knol, as I fully embrace the Knol as a great addition to the knowledge management toolkit.
As always, I would highly value your comments, feedback and any reviews, so that I may continually improve this Knol.
Ron Young
For more information:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
In 1999 I published an article entitled 'Future of Knowledge Management' in the European American Business Journal. Today, 9 years later in August 2008, I decided to review and rewrite this article.
Where is Knowledge Management (KM) going in the next ten years? What did I get right in 1999? What did I get wrong and what have I learned from this? What are the challenges for knowledge driven organizations if they are to thrive in the global knowledge economy in the next 10 years?
I find it exciting to write about the future of knowledge management in 2008 on a Knol, as I fully embrace the Knol as a great addition to the knowledge management toolkit.
As always, I would highly value your comments, feedback and any reviews, so that I may continually improve this Knol.
Ron Young
For more information:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Leading Knowledge Management and Communications at Hewlett-Packard, India
Sameer Agarwal from India has made and entry in the KM Global Directory.
Sameer works with Hewlett-Packard - Decision Support and Analytics (DSAS) and serves as the leader for Knowledge Management and Communications. At HP, he has been responsible for setting up an integrated KM, information and communications program based on contextual KM techniques.
He spent close to 4 years at A.T. Kearney learning the various nuances of Knowledge Management – from technology to strategy to operations. Post this, Sameer moved to Genpact where he led the corporate knowledge management initiative at a global level.
Sameer can be tracked on his blog at www.sameeragarwal.com/blog
If you are interested, you can read more in the Directory and communicate with Sameer directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Sameer works with Hewlett-Packard - Decision Support and Analytics (DSAS) and serves as the leader for Knowledge Management and Communications. At HP, he has been responsible for setting up an integrated KM, information and communications program based on contextual KM techniques.
He spent close to 4 years at A.T. Kearney learning the various nuances of Knowledge Management – from technology to strategy to operations. Post this, Sameer moved to Genpact where he led the corporate knowledge management initiative at a global level.
Sameer can be tracked on his blog at www.sameeragarwal.com/blog
If you are interested, you can read more in the Directory and communicate with Sameer directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Friday, August 01, 2008
Knol from Google versus Wikipedia?
People are asking me, 'So what is the real difference between a Knol and Wikipedia, and what are the strengths and weaknesses of the two?'.
Well, here is a Knol by Reginald Patterson, 'Knol versus Wikipedia' which I think is a good start.
What do you think?
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Well, here is a Knol by Reginald Patterson, 'Knol versus Wikipedia' which I think is a good start.
What do you think?
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Knowledge Management in the 21st Century - a first Knol article
Well today I have created my first Knol article on Google entitled 'Knowledge Management in the 21st Century'. Its my current point of view on the state of KM, where it might be going, and some challenges over the next years. It's good to see other Knowledge Management Knols appearing already. Google define a Knol as a unit of knowledge.
My first article is far far from complete, but because it is a Knol, it can be rapidly developed, continually improved, and I can refine and develop it further over time and experience. What I urgently seek now is comments and even reviews. Any sort of feedback is very much welcomed.
So I see the blogsphere as a marvellous fragmented or loosely connected global space which is ideal for capturing and developing opinions, ideas, insights, learnings, comments etc chronlogically, and often spontaneously, and I see the knolsphere (if it can be called that for the moment)as a space to develop ideas, opinions, insights, learnings and comments into articles that can be peer reviewed and further developed.
If we wish to, we could then develop several Knols into book chapters, and/or website themes and so on. Of course, the Knol can accomodate collaborative authoring in public and private modes, so, together with blogs and, say, ebooks it could be used as part of a progressive authoring suite.
Coincidentally, or maybe not so, I first heard of the Knol through using my 'Google alerts', learned more about it through 'Google Groups' and 'Search', of course. I use Google reader to better aggregate and track what I am reading, and I am now sharing my thoughts on a Google blog.
I think I badly need a vacation!
Ron Young
For more information:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
My first article is far far from complete, but because it is a Knol, it can be rapidly developed, continually improved, and I can refine and develop it further over time and experience. What I urgently seek now is comments and even reviews. Any sort of feedback is very much welcomed.
So I see the blogsphere as a marvellous fragmented or loosely connected global space which is ideal for capturing and developing opinions, ideas, insights, learnings, comments etc chronlogically, and often spontaneously, and I see the knolsphere (if it can be called that for the moment)as a space to develop ideas, opinions, insights, learnings and comments into articles that can be peer reviewed and further developed.
If we wish to, we could then develop several Knols into book chapters, and/or website themes and so on. Of course, the Knol can accomodate collaborative authoring in public and private modes, so, together with blogs and, say, ebooks it could be used as part of a progressive authoring suite.
Coincidentally, or maybe not so, I first heard of the Knol through using my 'Google alerts', learned more about it through 'Google Groups' and 'Search', of course. I use Google reader to better aggregate and track what I am reading, and I am now sharing my thoughts on a Google blog.
I think I badly need a vacation!
Ron Young
For more information:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Understanding the dynamics of knowledge and know how is crucial to employee engagement and performance management
Anjana Doshi (Anj) from the UK has made and entry in the KM Global Directory.
Anjana passionately believes that understanding the dynamics of knowledge and know how is crucial to employee engagement and performance management. She uses the value of diversity, inclusive working, and collaborative partnering to help ambitious management teams operate as high performance teams whilst executing robust, profitable and yet complex business transformations.
She states that "Sustainability of change and growth hinges on how people interact, behave and collaborate. Facilitating the best dynamics to ensure sustainability and engagement is a fascinating key dimension for me. Process and system changes are relatively easy in my assessment and get too much priority."
"I would very much like to share my thoughts with others who are practitioners like myself and those who may have experiences to share as executives and managers responsible for difficult transformations."
If you are interested, you can read more in the Directory and communicate with Anj directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Anjana passionately believes that understanding the dynamics of knowledge and know how is crucial to employee engagement and performance management. She uses the value of diversity, inclusive working, and collaborative partnering to help ambitious management teams operate as high performance teams whilst executing robust, profitable and yet complex business transformations.
She states that "Sustainability of change and growth hinges on how people interact, behave and collaborate. Facilitating the best dynamics to ensure sustainability and engagement is a fascinating key dimension for me. Process and system changes are relatively easy in my assessment and get too much priority."
"I would very much like to share my thoughts with others who are practitioners like myself and those who may have experiences to share as executives and managers responsible for difficult transformations."
If you are interested, you can read more in the Directory and communicate with Anj directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Thursday, July 24, 2008
KNOL - a unit of knowledge from Google
Today, I claim that knowledge management has taken a great step forward towards a more inclusive discipline.
I was so pleasantly surprised to see the launch of KNOL by Google. For me, it marks a significant step towards more inclusive and more Open Source Global Knowledge Management. Whereas Wikipedia may be considered to be an incredibly powerful resource for the creation and dissemination of knowledge, there are some limitations, that I believe Google have addressed.
As a key principle of effective knowledge management, it is now possible to have more choice in the information and knowledge you are presented with. With KNOL, you can choose to have an 'author-centric' and a more 'fully inclusive' series of authoritative articles with the same name, for example 'knowledge management', if you wish, as opposed to having just one authoritative article that is managed with that name. There is great merit in both approaches and, if you so wish, you can now choose both.
As a result, Global Knowledge Management is about to move to the next incredibly exciting step, and KNOL is certainly a part of that.
I am now far more motivated, enthused and committed to continually extending and improving KNOL articles and contribute more, starting with some links to more inclusive approaches to knowledge management, new perspectives on knowledge asset management, the inevitable drive to more open source knowledge, and the impact of rapidly emerging knowledge tools to support new and disruptively innovative knowledge processes, that will take us all to the next level of knowledge management. The Semantic Web 3.0 is just one example of this.
Thanks to Google and KNOL, we can now all add our voices, articles and perspectives, and choose to be more inclusive, for the common good of effective global knowledge management.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
I was so pleasantly surprised to see the launch of KNOL by Google. For me, it marks a significant step towards more inclusive and more Open Source Global Knowledge Management. Whereas Wikipedia may be considered to be an incredibly powerful resource for the creation and dissemination of knowledge, there are some limitations, that I believe Google have addressed.
As a key principle of effective knowledge management, it is now possible to have more choice in the information and knowledge you are presented with. With KNOL, you can choose to have an 'author-centric' and a more 'fully inclusive' series of authoritative articles with the same name, for example 'knowledge management', if you wish, as opposed to having just one authoritative article that is managed with that name. There is great merit in both approaches and, if you so wish, you can now choose both.
As a result, Global Knowledge Management is about to move to the next incredibly exciting step, and KNOL is certainly a part of that.
I am now far more motivated, enthused and committed to continually extending and improving KNOL articles and contribute more, starting with some links to more inclusive approaches to knowledge management, new perspectives on knowledge asset management, the inevitable drive to more open source knowledge, and the impact of rapidly emerging knowledge tools to support new and disruptively innovative knowledge processes, that will take us all to the next level of knowledge management. The Semantic Web 3.0 is just one example of this.
Thanks to Google and KNOL, we can now all add our voices, articles and perspectives, and choose to be more inclusive, for the common good of effective global knowledge management.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Thursday, July 17, 2008
National Library for Health Knowledge Management Specialist Library
Caroline De Brun from the UK has made and entry in the KM Global Directory.
Caroline is responsible for finding content for the National Library for Health Knowledge Management Specialist Library .
The aim of this site is to provide National Health Service staff with the resources required to embed knowledge management into their daily practice, with a view to improving the patient experience.
If you are interested, you can read more in the Directory and communicate with Caroline directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Caroline is responsible for finding content for the National Library for Health Knowledge Management Specialist Library .
The aim of this site is to provide National Health Service staff with the resources required to embed knowledge management into their daily practice, with a view to improving the patient experience.
If you are interested, you can read more in the Directory and communicate with Caroline directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The Hong Kong Knowledge Management Forum witnesses the changes
Waltraut Ritter has made and entry in the KM Global Directory for the Hong Kong Knowledge Management Forum (HKKMF)
Waltraut founded the HK Knowledge Management Forum in 1998, which is quite influential in growing the awareness for knowledge-based economy issues in Hong Kong and beyond.
The forum engages in advocacy of areas such as knowledge economy, intellectual capital, innovation, knowledge management across different sectors in the society. The forum is independent and receives no public/government funding. It operates thanks to volunteers, private donations and receives sponsorships and participation fees for public events and community-based activities.
This year will be the HKKMF 10th Anniversary!
If you would like to know more about the work of the Hong Kong Knowledge Management Forum, you may view more here.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Waltraut founded the HK Knowledge Management Forum in 1998, which is quite influential in growing the awareness for knowledge-based economy issues in Hong Kong and beyond.
The forum engages in advocacy of areas such as knowledge economy, intellectual capital, innovation, knowledge management across different sectors in the society. The forum is independent and receives no public/government funding. It operates thanks to volunteers, private donations and receives sponsorships and participation fees for public events and community-based activities.
This year will be the HKKMF 10th Anniversary!
If you would like to know more about the work of the Hong Kong Knowledge Management Forum, you may view more here.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
'Mapping Social Connectivity and Artefact Relationships to Improve Knowledge Productivity'
Graham Durant-Law has made and entry in the KM Global Directory.
Based in Canberra, Australia, he is the principal and director in a boutique consulting company called Knowledge Matters, which specialises in business network analysis(BNA) and knowledge management solutions. He maintains a website and blog at http://www.durantlaw.info/ . This site has many papers and presentations, which are freely downloadable.
At the moment, he is a doctoral candidate at the University of Canberra where he is researching part-time the subject 'Mapping Social Connectivity and Artefact Relationships to Improve Knowledge Productivity'.
If you would like to know more about the work of Graham, you may view more
Graham directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Based in Canberra, Australia, he is the principal and director in a boutique consulting company called Knowledge Matters, which specialises in business network analysis(BNA) and knowledge management solutions. He maintains a website and blog at http://www.durantlaw.info/ . This site has many papers and presentations, which are freely downloadable.
At the moment, he is a doctoral candidate at the University of Canberra where he is researching part-time the subject 'Mapping Social Connectivity and Artefact Relationships to Improve Knowledge Productivity'.
If you would like to know more about the work of Graham, you may view more
Graham directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Monday, July 14, 2008
KM for poverty eradication and knowledge-based development
Professor Serafin "Apin" Talisayon has made and entry in the KM Global Directory.
He advocates knowledge-based development and KM for poverty eradication, in addition to developing appropriate KM tools for clients in the international, public and private sectors.
"I believe that KM can help policy-makers and decision-makers better understand and manage organizations, networks and national economies amidst the changes in the global knowledge economy."
Current positions:
> Director for R&D, CCLFI.Philippines, a non-profit NGO dedicated to personal and organizational learning and change, knowledge-based development, knowledge for poverty alleviation and knowledge management
> Chair, Knowledge Management Association of the Philippines
> Vice-Chair, Society of Knowledge Management Practitioners
> Professor, Technology Management Center, University of the Philippines
He has written a book and edited three others in KM, and is a senior author of a book on knowledge for poverty alleviation. He was lead writer of a technical note on knowledge-based economies in Asia
If you would like to know more about the work of Professor Talisayon, you may contact Professor Talisayon directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
He advocates knowledge-based development and KM for poverty eradication, in addition to developing appropriate KM tools for clients in the international, public and private sectors.
"I believe that KM can help policy-makers and decision-makers better understand and manage organizations, networks and national economies amidst the changes in the global knowledge economy."
Current positions:
> Director for R&D, CCLFI.Philippines, a non-profit NGO dedicated to personal and organizational learning and change, knowledge-based development, knowledge for poverty alleviation and knowledge management
> Chair, Knowledge Management Association of the Philippines
> Vice-Chair, Society of Knowledge Management Practitioners
> Professor, Technology Management Center, University of the Philippines
He has written a book and edited three others in KM, and is a senior author of a book on knowledge for poverty alleviation. He was lead writer of a technical note on knowledge-based economies in Asia
If you would like to know more about the work of Professor Talisayon, you may contact Professor Talisayon directly.
Ron Young
More information at:
www.knowledge-management-online.com
Thursday, June 19, 2008
International Association of Knowledge Auditors
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
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
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