Then, to be wise was to commit knowledge to memory. Consider the same passage, liberally edited to be a critique of the new medium of Facebook and social networking, rather than the new medium of the written word. Is the grammar of Facebook robust enough to hold all the nuance of true connection? It's long. It's dense. MORE >>

For example, document taxonomies and knowledge sharing procedures were defined; identified experts shared their knowledge in defined communities. Today, we can identify six strong trends that lead into new concepts of knowledge sharing and collaboration: Exploring. Visualisations allow a more efficient knowledge transfer. MORE >>

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. Conversation. MORE >>

We waste only about as much time checking emailing and Facebook and handling technical hiccups than we used to spend on cigarette breaks when that was the most common office addiction: a measly 28 minutes a day. Blackberry distractions Facebook iPass iPhone smartphones workaholismIn one sense,  the impact is grim. Are we better off? MORE >>

I do a lot of presentations where one of the topics is how to use LinkedIn more effectively as part of your knowledge work. In most cases, I will ask for a show of hands: How many of you have a LinkedIn Account? Generally 50-70%. How many of you actively use LinkedIn? Generally down to 10%. How many of you get really high value from LinkedIn? MORE >>