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Why Knowledge Management Didn’t Save General Motors: Addressing Complex Issues By Convening Conversation

Conversation Matters

GM was brought down by a flawed strategy, but an organization’s strategy is clearly a product of the knowledge that exists within its walls. The knowledge existed within GM to develop a more competitive strategy. The knowledge management task is to bring together the collective knowledge of the organization to bear on complex issues.

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Transparent Office: In-the-Flow and Above-the-Flow

Transparent Office

» December 26, 2007 In-the-Flow and Above-the-Flow I often hear from wiki champions inside organizations that "Its hard to get people to use wikis" Theres something right about that comment, but also something wrong. That was one of the great (if depressing) learnings of the Knowledge Management movement.

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Axero

HR Lineup

The company was founded in 2007 and has its headquarters in San Diego, California. Its flagship product, Communifire, is a comprehensive digital workplace platform that combines collaboration, communication, and knowledge management tools into one unified solution. The post Axero appeared first on HR Lineup.

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KM professorship at Kent State

Knowledge Musings

The Kent State University program on Information Architecture and Knowledge Management has announced a new professorship, sponsored by Goodyear: IAKM Accepting Applications for Goodyear Professor Position. The Master's Program in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management is a unique, innovative program inaugurated in Fall 2001.

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The Bamboo Project Blog: My Personal Learning Environment

The Bamboo Project Blog

Peace, Gayle Fundraising for Nonprofits gayleroberts.com/blog/ Posted by: Gayle Roberts | April 11, 2007 at 10:43 AM Thanks for the kind words, Gayle--I checked out your blog and subscribed to it, too! :-) Funny you should mention GTD. Posted by: Ron Lubensky | April 13, 2007 at 05:10 PM Michelle, This is an amazing post!

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KM in Global Services

Knowledge Musings

At the start of the meeting, we enjoyed a nice conversation about what each of us are doing with knowledge management. Gian Jagai of Hitachi Global Services was the main speaker discussed the entertaining topic of " So You Were Just Promoted to Knowledge Manager - Now What?

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Whatever happened to.?

Knowledge Musings

The article in question is ' Knowledge Management: The Role of Technology'. With Groove 2007 now being part of the Microsoft Office 2007 suite (enterprise edition) we may hear more of it again. I was asked last week by Jerry Ash, editor of InsideKnowledge , to contribute an article on IT as an enabler of KM.