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The Three Eras of Knowledge Management - Summary

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I have posted lengthy descriptions of each of the three eras of knowledge management and here I have made a brief summary of all three. Since the term “knowledge management” came into popular usage, there have been three significant changes in how organizations have thought about their knowledge.

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Potentiation: Neurology and Knowledge Management

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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 Power of Action Learning: A Process for Building a Collaborative Culture

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It is not a new process, but one that was used both in Europe and the US, long before the term “Knowledge Management” was first heard in organizations. A system for learning reflectively – sets, which are small groups that meet regularly over several months. Authority to take action on the problem/opportunity.

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The Bamboo Project Blog: Blogging for Learning

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The Bamboo Project Blog « A Seriously Creative Ad! Main | Another Way to Participate in our Social Media Wiki Carnival and a Few Shout-Outs » Blogging for Learning Beth Kanter wrote yesterday about the recent growth in blogs maintained by nonprofit techies, linking it to my earlier posts on creating a climate of learning.

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Collective Sensemaking: How One Organization uses the Oscillation Principle

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K&S Days are a day of conversation held in several configurations, as a whole, in small groups, and in one-to-one meetings. The day provides time for necessary coordination and joint decision-making but also for sharing client work, exchanging professional development ideas, and working on projects. Circles connect.

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Evaluation in Healthcare Improvement

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The topic of the seminar I will be attending with leaders from USAID, World Health Organization , ISQua, NIHR , IHI , and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is ‘ How do we learn about improving healthcare, so that we can make our improvement efforts more rigorous, attributable, generalizable and replicable ?” I think it is.

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We Know More Than We Can Say: The Paradox of Tacit Knowledge - Part One

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“We know more than we can say” is a popular phrase heard at KM conferences and quoted in the many KM blogs. It is quoted to encourage attending to tacit knowledge, rather than exclusively focusing on explicit knowledge. At this time, I had been in the unit a couple or three years. The baby’s urine output goes down.