A few weeks ago I asked my extended online network, “ What do you think is the biggest fear/need/barrier when it comes to adopting personal knowledge management (PKM) as a practice? Management thinks PKM is only for certain, higher-level employees (it’s not). MORE >>

The most important part of  personal knowledge management  (PKM), in my opinion, is the need for active sense-making. Merely One strength of PKM is the “manual” nature of sense-making activities. Sense-making, or placing information into context, is where the real personal value of PKM lies. The MORE >>

Regular readers know that I am working on putting all of my thoughts on personal knowledge management together, as part of my PKM book project. In my last PKM book update I mentioned I was using a WordPress plug-in to organize the writing. seek_sense_share-pkm_guide  (PDF 2.1 MORE >>

Personal Knowledge Management: A way to deal with ever-increasing digital information. Aids in observing, thinking and using information & knowledge (I Sense). PKM prepares the mind to be open to new ideas (enhanced serendipity). PKM is related to Personal Learning Environments and Personal Learning Networks. MORE >>

PKM consists of practical methods for making sense of the increasing digital information flows around us. And while there are different ways to think of knowledge – processed, procedural, propositional – this model I think adheres to a more basic view. People use their knowledge to make sense of data and information. MORE >>