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Nov
4
2010

"Today, much of the promise and fulfillment of the E2.0 vision is centers around generalized benefits of knowledge sharing and collaboration. We're talking about implementation of micro-blogs, wikis and enterprise search in corporate life. However, as long as the promise of E2.0 is captured in terms of generalized benefits, it will be viewed as peripheral and discretionary, rather than centrally important to the business. Guess what else - when times are tough, it will be at the front of the line at the CFO's office, subject to budget cutbacks. So what's next for E2.0?

For E2.0 to move into the realm of being business critical, three things have to happen -"

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  • Instead of pitching E2.0 as a means to improving collaboration and communication, it needs to be viewed as critically enabling specific business workflow patterns within an organization.
  • Move from back-office knowledge sharing to front-office revenue generating.
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Aug
13
2010

"Every month I review the search terms that lead people to our Knoco website, just to see what people are searching for. A common search term that came up again this month, is "How to incentivise knowledge sharing".

I thought it was worth a blog post on it's own.

The simple answer is Don't!"

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  • Firstly, make it clear that Knowledge Sharing is part of the job. If you need your sales reps to put knowledge into the CRM system, then write it into the company expectations. Just as timewriting is an expectation, or performance appraisals are an expectation, so knowledge entry should be an expectation, in this case
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  • Knoco stories: How to incentivise knowledge sharing?
Jul
19
2010

"Communication is the process by which this constantly evolving knowledge is applied on data and information to a decisionable end. This process will generate insights on how to take advantage of the information you have gathered"

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Feb
5
2010

"But are companies, with all their good intentions, getting the most from open innovation? We suspect that the initial successes, encouraging as they are, represent only the beginning. What if open innovation were defined more broadly and more ambitiously? Could even greater value be realized? If so, what would the next wave of open innovation look like?"

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  • This approach has two limitations. First, it misses the opportunity to build long-term trust-based relationships among participants. Second, it does not encourage participants to build cumulatively upon the contributions of others.
  • On the other side, really challenging problems require tapping into the tacit knowledge possessed by more than one individual in order to create new knowledge and generate a workable solution.
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Jan
8
2010

"Our focus on social networks has a very different emphasis. In fact we would argue that classical networking approaches tend to undermine rather than support the value of social networks. In this world, it is not who you know, but what you learn from, and with, who you know. Contacts are of very limited value in this changing world — the name of the game is how to participate in knowledge flows."

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  • In the classical networking approach, the game is about presenting yourself in the most favorable light possible while flattering the other person into giving you their contact information.
  • A learning disposition leads to a very different approach. Now the effort focuses on understanding the needs of the other, with a particular focus on understanding the biggest issues others are wrestling with.
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Jun
2
2009

Are you a fully engaged knowledge worker? If the answer is “No,” then the boss needs to know why knowledge workers can’t be managed in the traditional sense.

Here’s the message you need to convey to your employer.

The need for change to modern management is firmly grounded in our increasing insights regarding the power of “emergent” human behavior.

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  • Knowledge workers are an investment rather than an expense. They not only desire considerable personal autonomy but also the responsibility and accountability for running at least some part of an organization. They need to be treated as partners or associates and not as typical Industrial Age employees.
  • Further, tacit knowledge must be allowed to “emerge” through voluntary collaboration or self-organization. People are seldom aware of exactly what unrelated knowledge they possess until confronted with a problem or an opportunity.
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Jul
23
2008

But the world isn’t like that - it can be risky and unpredictable, and, whilst you do need systems and processes, you need to be able to account for the exceptions - which often happen more often than you think. The irony is, as SOA-type systems handle processes more and more effectively, it means that people have less to do with processes, and therefore get more involved with exceptions. The more processes get standardised the more costly exceptions become as a percentage of operating expense. Customer requirements, supply problems, pricing can move incredibly quickly, and an SOA architecture isn’t going to help you when the problem is not knowing who to call.
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From a technology point of view, employees need the social software tools required to resolve exceptions, and to disseminate the tacit knowledge that goes hand in hand with exception handling throughout the enterprise. You need to be able to quickly find the veteran who knows exactly what to do when a particular supplier drops the ball and you need to bypass standard procurement in order to meet a customer’s expectations. Once found, the resolution to that exception needs to be captured in a way that it can be found long after the veteran has retired.

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Jul
4
2008

Perhaps there is a method to not only use KM data but also to offer characteristics of each individual based on their work relationships and interaction. Actually using the knowledge and the skills is what is important. Getting relationships identified will enhance the potential for using the knowledge and identifying the key players for any project. SNA provides this added value.

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  • Peter Drucker suggested in 1997 “the productivity of knowledge and knowledge workers will not be the only competitive factor in the world economy. It is, however, likely to become the decisive factor, at least for most industries in the developed countries
  • SNA highlights who the critical resources are in the organization beyond knowledge, skills, and abilities. This insight might help with leadership identification, trust issues, communication strengths / deficiencies, or innovation skills that are intangible and hidden in most organizations.
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Jun
22
2008

There are several roles that can be played by HR in developing knowledge management system.

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  • HR should help the organization articulate the purpose of the knowledge management system.
  • as a knowledge facilitator, HRM must ensure alignment among an organization's mission, statement of ethics, and policies
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