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

Conversation Matters

In the summer of 2009 GM filed for bankruptcy. 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. Why didn’t KM save General Motors? Do we want to do it?

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Potentiation: Neurology and Knowledge Management

Conversation Matters

An example of a path that is very weak is that uncomfortable experience of meeting someone and ten minutes later not being able to remember her name. I had that experience about three years ago when I was at a meeting where Bill Ives was speaking about Web 2.0.

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The Bamboo Project Blog: Do You Know How to Ask the Right Questions?

The Bamboo Project Blog

June 05, 2009 in knowledge management , knowledge sharing , learning , professional development | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Do You Know How to Ask the Right Questions? And how are we going to address this? What's your "questioning IQ?"

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Social Media in HR Summit, Dublin, Ireland ~ HR to HR 2.0 and.

Strategic HCM

At this one-of-a-kind event participants will meet highly qualified experts from Microsoft, Deloitte, LinkedIn, Twitter, Nokia, Orange, Ford, Unilever, Vodafone, Dell, Samsung, HSBC , etc. ► 2009. Are you among them? Are you looking for a change? Are you interested in exploring the most viral social network issues? .

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Do We Really Need So Many Kinds of Social Media?

Conversation Matters

I recently spoke at the 2009 Army Knowledge Management Conference. The sixty Battle Command Knowledge System (BCKS) Professional forums that have been so successful. On the bottom row of the chart I have suggested social media that would meet that need and factors described. Army strong stories for recruiting. •

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The Bamboo Project Blog: More on Scarcity vs. Abundance Thinking

The Bamboo Project Blog

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The Bamboo Project Blog: Blogging for Learning

The Bamboo Project Blog

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