Knowledge to do what?

Can your organization answer the question; knowledge to do what?  That should be the starting point for any organization embarking on a new or renewed Knowledge Management initiative.  If you can't answer this fundamental question don't even try to implement a process or technology or start a KM program.

Is there a difference between KM & Social Media

Interesting blog post at HBR - Social Media versus Knowledge Management.

I believe KM is and has been  inherently social in nature since the disciplines inception.  The problem, as the author points out is that charlatans have been able to divert the nature and meaning of KM to meet their purposes, much like media has transformed the term 'hacker' from something good to something evil.  At its most fundamental level knowledge management is about connectedness and this is social.

What is cloud computing?

A standardized IT capability (services, software, or infrastructure) delivered in a pay-per-use, self-service way - Forrester.  This definition from Forrester is spot on and so simple that any technical or non-technical person can understand it.

Learned Helplessness

Great blog at HBR about Learned Helplessness - Let's do away with Learned Helplessness - http://bit.ly/LwyMbr
This is a must read for everyone! Challenge the Status Quo.

How Lotus Notes Changed the Collaboration Landscape

http://readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2011/09/sheldon-laube.php

I was part of the early days of Lotus Notes (1989-1996) while at Price Waterhouse.  I worked with Sheldon and his team and then later worked for him at a start-up.  There is a great podcast interview with Sheldon Laube linked to from this article, it is very relevant to the conversation today around enterprise collaboration and social interaction.

Enterprise Collaboration/social interaction is almost a back to the future moment.  We had it with Lotus Notes and now people are starting to recognize again the power of collaboration.

Lotus Notes revisited

Peter O'Kelly on the history of Lotus Notes.  Notes being the first commercially succesful and mass adopted collaboration platform, it still holds a fond place in many collaboration and KM experts hearts.  I even co-authored a book on Lotus Notes back in 1997.

http://pbokelly.blogspot.com/2010/06/leaving-notes-personal-perspectives.html

Nature of Work Will Change

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1416513

Gartner has identified 10 changes that we will see in how people work over the next 10 years.