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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?

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Potentiation: Neurology and Knowledge Management

Conversation Matters

Of course, it’s all a good deal more complex since that lone neuron is also exciting lots of other neurons and even turning some off – but for the purpose of thinking about how it impacts knowledge, lets stay simple. Each time the pathway is excited it becomes more potentiated, that is, more accessible the next time.

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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. Your comment has not yet been posted.

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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.