Finding Middle Ground in Office Use of Collaboration Tools

A great article that all CIOs, IT managers, and tech savvy marketers should read. Bottom line: Nessicity adversity are both mother's of invention. Locking down software and tools, like internal blogs or company blogs, is not going to help in the long run. The people thinking outside of the box by tapping into these technologies…

Unwired, Unlisted

And I thought I was the only one who jumped when the phone rang thinking “What is that strange sound? Oh, the phone!” I definitely prefer e-mail and IM to phone calls. My wife and I IM between my and her home offices. The phone is great and I often “resort” to it when the…

Avoiding the “Gotchas” of Knowledge Management | Winter 2003/2004 Perspectives | ICF Consulting

Pretty good article. Some basic and important things to watch for…beyond the standard PM stuff of having support from the top, clear owners and roles, it's important to understand the KM as it is often implemented is completely contrary to the way people have learned to work. Keep your good ideas and use them as…

Inv-2 Organisation | news | The consultant also, apparently, has no clothes

I finally read the article The Nonsense of Knowledge Management last week on the ferry. This posting discusses it as well and mirrors my opinions. I agree with both authors that KM is a bad term and has been overblown. However I disagree with Wilson is that I think helping any company effectily manage information…