Knowledge Management and Flower Power ! On the supply side, we have trouble providing "knowledge" to the KM system or even between each other. Not invented here syndrome ( wikipedia description ): This is a classic problem in knowledge management (and in consulting in general). So your KM implementation isn't going so well? MORE >>

Along with the discussion of respect and time and attention that I just wrote about, Merlin Mann spent a little time talking about what a knowledge worker is and does from his perspective. I've heard the version of a knowledge worker being someone who defines their work or maybe someone who knows more than their boss. It's a process. MORE >>

link] December 7-9, 2009 International Association for the Scientific Knowledge (IASK) Teaching and Learning : Excellence and Quality – Timeless Challenges in Education, Proto, Portugal. link] December 17-18, 2009 International Conference on eLearning for Knowledge-Based Society , 6 th , Bangkok, Thailand. link] February 22-23, 2010. MORE >>

At almost the same time last week a friend on Twitter and a mailing list mentioned James Robertson's Knowledge managers: stuck in the shadow of immortal figures. The ideals set far too high a barrier to actually get anything done: [The list of work practices] leaves knowledge managers stuck in the shadow of immortal figures. MORE >>

The 2010 version was recently released. as “imperative” or “significant” to their organization’s business goals, citing knowledge sharing, team collaboration and project coordination as the main drivers. Finally, the report states 60% find it easier to locate “knowledge” on the Web than on internal systems. MORE >>