IBM gambles on a shift from the KM model - Into the big blue yonder. With a corporate population bigger than many small countries, IBM first assigned staff to dedicated KM systems in 1994, before it became an established discipline. KM Question of the Week. A: There are many ways to go about this. Collaborative team space. Why Now? MORE >>

recently had the opportunity to speak with Ethan McCarty, Senior Manager, Digital and Social Strategy at IBM about Social Business and what the technology giant was doing in this area. Rick Liebling: First, what was the impetus for Social Business @ IBM ? Ethan McCarty: IBM has a long history of digital collaboration. MORE >>

You can do this on a wiki (with comments) or Google Docs (with comments), but the more robust tools I came across were Traction , Basecamp , and Activities on Lotus Connections. From the screencast I find IBM’s Activities in tune with human behaviour. Google Wave. Could Google Wave Redefine Email and Web Communication? MORE >>

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This post is about my first couple of days experimenting with Google Plus. Google Plus is very impressive…it’s a shot at being a Facebook/Twitter hybrid and more…I pointed to a mashable post in Jul 2007 (4 years ago) to hints of Google social networking, then it was called Socialstream. Google Plus. MORE >>