Comments on: Leveraging Knowledge Management http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2009/02/leveraging-knowledge-management.html A discussion of knowledge management that goes above and beyond technology. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:12:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Mary Abraham http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2009/02/leveraging-knowledge-management.html/comment-page-1#comment-343 Mary Abraham Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:17:48 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=524#comment-343 That's a great photo, Felix! As with most things, it probably is unwise to stretch a metaphor too far. My point in using a tire jack was to focus on something that, with very little energy expended, could life and support a much larger thing. KM done right acts in the same way: with very little energy expended, we help our colleagues do more and do better. That to me is a very useful form of leverage and a good goal for any KM effort. - Mary That’s a great photo, Felix!

As with most things, it probably is unwise to stretch a metaphor too far. My point in using a tire jack was to focus on something that, with very little energy expended, could life and support a much larger thing. KM done right acts in the same way: with very little energy expended, we help our colleagues do more and do better. That to me is a very useful form of leverage and a good goal for any KM effort.

- Mary

]]> By: Mary Abraham http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2009/02/leveraging-knowledge-management.html/comment-page-1#comment-342 Mary Abraham Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:13:05 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=524#comment-342 Thanks very much for passing this along. - Mary Thanks very much for passing this along.

- Mary

]]> By: Abbe http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2009/02/leveraging-knowledge-management.html/comment-page-1#comment-333 Abbe Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:25:39 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=524#comment-333 I subscribed to your blog a couple of months ago and appreciate your perspective. As you compile information for your preso at LegalTech 2009, you might be interested in reading about what many are saying re. the use of wikis during a recession as a knowledge management and collaboration tool. Aberdeen has published reports relevant to this and co-hosted a webinar with us (you can download it http://www.etouch.net/home/). Wiki consultants/bloggers are writing about it, as are journalists - http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=223. I subscribed to your blog a couple of months ago and appreciate your perspective. As you compile information for your preso at LegalTech 2009, you might be interested in reading about what many are saying re. the use of wikis during a recession as a knowledge management and collaboration tool. Aberdeen has published reports relevant to this and co-hosted a webinar with us (you can download it http://www.etouch.net/home/). Wiki consultants/bloggers are writing about it, as are journalists – http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=223.

]]> By: Felix Harling http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2009/02/leveraging-knowledge-management.html/comment-page-1#comment-332 Felix Harling Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:46:05 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=524#comment-332 Mary, first, congratulations for your blog. I'm a casual reader and appreciate your posts. Nevertheless, I disagree with the tire jack as a useful symbol for knowledge management: 1. it's a tool vs. KM is mostly about people 2. you use it only in breakdown situations vs. KM is embedded in day-to-day work 3. (nearly) everybody would like to avoid the situation to make use of it vs. people make use of KM because it helps to deliver value So, one picture says more than a thousand words. Mmh, difficult to say, but maybe this one (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwong/2702621401/) is a better symbol for KM? Mary,
first, congratulations for your blog.
I’m a casual reader and appreciate your posts. Nevertheless, I disagree with the tire jack as a useful symbol for knowledge management:
1. it’s a tool vs. KM is mostly about people
2. you use it only in breakdown situations vs. KM is embedded in day-to-day work
3. (nearly) everybody would like to avoid the situation to make use of it vs. people make use of KM because it helps to deliver value
So, one picture says more than a thousand words. Mmh, difficult to say, but maybe this one (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwong/2702621401/) is a better symbol for KM?

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