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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. To date, Knowledge Management has primarily been in the service of cost cutting or its twin, time saving.

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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? Communities of Practice. Recognition Programs.

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Whatever happened to.?

Knowledge Musings

The article in question is ' Knowledge Management: The Role of Technology'. It has been visually improved and is now sold as Banxia Decision Explorer alongside other specialised products. Groove Networks was bought my Microsoft in 2005 and the product marketed (in quite a low key way) as Microsoft Groove.

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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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The Bamboo Project Blog: Seven Strategies for Supporting Personal Learning Environments at Work

The Bamboo Project Blog

Try Introducing Tools in the Context of Productivity and Making Work Easier A lot of staff feel overwhelmed by their workloads and may see the introduction of PLE tools as another thing on the To Do list. Posted by: Michele Martin | August 15, 2007 at 10:24 AM Walking them through it. Some cool stuff here with interesting commentary.

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The Bamboo Project Blog: Welcome to Employee Learning Week: Seeing Yourself as a Learner

The Bamboo Project Blog

Posted by: Robin Reagler | December 03, 2007 at 12:41 PM Thanks, Robin--I was one of those kids in school who asked a lot of questions and never raised her hand, but unfortunately most teachers didn't care for that. Posted by: Michele Martin | December 03, 2007 at 01:26 PM Michele, You model the model of learning too!