In his post Some qualities of a knowledge worker, which I also mentioned yesterday, Jack Vinson (@jackvinson) mentioned a few skills needed by knowledge workers and notes These are things that aren’t part of the standard training curriculum. Maybe these things should be in the next generation of “life skills” classes they teach in high [...]
Also tagged Concept Work, Knowledge Work, learning, Mastery, Work as Art, WorkLiteracyI read – and highly recommend – Garry Kasparov’s book How Life Imitates Chess a couple of years ago, and am thinking I should pick it back up again. If not to read in its entirety, then at least to skim through my dog-ears and margin notes. There are a lot of good insights into [...]
Also tagged Complexity, Concept Work, Knowledge Work, Mastery, Work as Art, WorkLiteracyWhen addressing the idea of tacit knowledge in respect to knowledge management, most descriptions focus on the tacit knowledge IN organizations – that is, the tacit knowledge of the individual members of the organization – and how to capture and share that tacit knowledge. While I believe it is important to understand this tacit knowledge, I’ve [...]
Also tagged Complexity, Knowledge Management, neuroscienceYesterday’s #kmers chat focused on the topic Retaining the Knowledge of People Leaving your Organization. Quite a bit of discussion around the topic, including questions about whether you should try to capture knowledge from those leaving, how you should do it, etc. etc. Personally, I agree with V Mary Abraham (@vmaryabraham) when she says: Ideally, [...]
Also tagged Books, KM, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Work, Mastery, WorkCognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age by Clay Shirky My rating: 5 of 5 stars In his new book, Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age, Clay Shirky covers some of the same ground as several other authors I’ve read this year. But even though some of the starting material [...]
Also tagged Books, Cognitive Surplus, Creativity, Life, Mastery, Social MediaWhat is a friend? Seems a simple enough question, but in this age of FaceBook, Twitter, and all the rest, the word itself is getting a lot of use. Use that some people say is not appropriate. I got started thinking down this line a couple of weeks ago when I heard a reporter on [...]
Also tagged friends, Life, Social Media… not Microsoft, not social media tools, but: PEOPLE. A recent blog post by Dave Snowden and some commentary by Luis Suarez have reminded me of something Bruce Schneier said a while back (in 2004, actually): Since the beginning of time, people have always been the biggest security threat. That hasn’t changed because of computers. [...]
Also tagged Security, Social Networking, ToolsI am reading Clay Shirky‘s book Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age and will share my thoughts once I’ve completed it, but wanted to share this little tidbit now. The idea of true competition is one that really resonates with me and is something I’ve been trying to make sense of in [...]
Also tagged Books, competition, Creativity, learning, LifeIt is better to do nothing than to be busy doing nothing. Doing nothing is refreshing, a chance to recharge if only for a little bit. Your mind is free to wander where it may, with or without conscious intervention. Free association of thoughts runs rampant, resulting in ideas that would never have come to [...]
Also tagged Life, Work“Keep me in the loop.” This all too common expression is – or should be – the bane of anyone trying to implement, or just use, a social media approach to collaboration and communication. What it really means is… “I want to know what’s going on with your project, but I don’t care enough to [...]
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