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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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The Bamboo Project Blog: Blogging for Learning

The Bamboo Project Blog

Rather, the problem is that most course-managementsystems were developed at a time when the Internet was seen primarilyas a mechanism for information delivery. Course-management systems werenot created to enhance learning, but to make it easier for a facultymember to deliver materials to students.

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How to Learn From Experience

Conversation Matters

I also highlight some examples of learning from experience that are currently improving productivity and increasing collaboration within organizations. Generative questions are the gold standard of learning from experience becasue they surprise us, engage both heart and spirit, build relationships, and reframe reality ( Bushe 2007 ).

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Understanding Quality by Design

Knowledge Musings

During my last week in Chicago I attended the iBio event on Understanding Quality by Design - a panel discussion between Venkat Venkatasubramanian (Purdue), Dan Heighway ( Eli Lilly ), and Sam Venugopal ( Conformia ). There is also a simple time element: it takes time to build internal and external access to that prior art.