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

Conversation Matters

In 2008 KM was alive and well at GM. 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.

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

Transparent Office

These wikis are typically replacing knowledge management systems (or creating knowledge management systems for the first time). That was one of the great (if depressing) learnings of the Knowledge Management movement. Left to their own devices, people dont collaborate very much in above-the-flow ways.

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McAfee on Widening the Flow

Transparent Office

In the old world of emails and knowledge management systems, our tools and processes force a rigid distinction between "doing your job" (i.e., in-the-flow activities, usually in email) and "giving back to the organization" (above-the-flow contributions to a knowledge management system).

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The Bamboo Project Blog: Blogging for Learning

The Bamboo Project Blog

Course-management systems werenot created to enhance learning, but to make it easier for a facultymember to deliver materials to students. For this process to really work well, I think these questions should be considered every day or every few days. What actions can I take to learn more efficiently and effectively for the future?

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

The Bamboo Project Blog

Posted by: Michele | March 21, 2007 at 02:36 AM Well put, Michele. I think as you climb the management ladder, the fear is that your mistakes will land in front of a larger audience and that the audience won't accept your humanity. Posted by: Cara | January 30, 2009 at 05:47 AM looking good! peace, love and abundance.

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Where Knowledge Management Has Been and Where It Is Going- Part Three

Conversation Matters

In this three part series I‘ve classified the evolving landscape of knowledge management into three categories. The first category is Leveraging Explicit Knowledge and is about capturing documented knowledge and building it into a collection - connecting people to content. Leveraging Collective Knowledge.

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The Bamboo Project Blog: My Personal Learning Environment

The Bamboo Project Blog

tools, as well as my ongoing belief in constructivist theories of learning , Ive come to believe that the future of staff development lies in our ability to go beyond structured training to facilitating informal processes and learning experiences that occur on a daily basis. But through my own personal experiences with Web 2.0