Knowledge Management Weblog

Tuesday, May 29, 2001

This is an intresting experiment in knowledsge-sharing among a huge group online. Could they have used Open Space Technology?

They say: "I.B.M. invited all 320,000 of its employees to a marathon brainstorming session called WorldJam last week, capping a nine- month, multimillion-dollar effort to imagine and build a suitable room in cyberspace for an event that would be impossible to hold anywhere else.

By the end of the three-day exchange, at noon on Thursday, nearly 52,600 workers had logged in at one time or another, according to WorldJam's delighted managers. The visitors generated more than 6,000 proposals and comments, and viewed five postings each on average."

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posted by Dan Randow 9:34 AM permanent link

Thursday, May 24, 2001

Etienne Wenger says:

I am an independent thinker, researcher, consultant, author, and speaker.
I am mostly known for my work on communities of practice.

Theoretically, my work focuses on social learning systems.
I am trying to understand the connection between knowledge, community, learning, and identity.
The basic idea is that human knowing is fundamentally a social act.
This simple observation has profound implications for the way we think of and attempt to support learning.

Practically, these ideas are helping people who face all sorts of challenges, such as:
design more effective knowledge-oriented organizations
create learning systems across organizations
improve education and lifelong learning
rethink the role of professional associations
design a world in which people can reach their full potential.

I make a living helping people and organizations apply these ideas.
I do consulting, workshops, and public speaking.
I also work in collaboration with a number of special partners.
You might also want to check the consortium we have just started.

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posted by Dan Randow 10:32 AM permanent link

Tuesday, May 22, 2001

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