Comments on: Managing the Fire Hose

By: Is LinkedIn Working for You? | Above and Beyond KM

Is LinkedIn Working for You? | Above and Beyond KM — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:06:12 +0000

[...] is LinkedIn working for you? I’ll freely admit that I’m thrilled that LinkedIn provides a way for others to update my rolodex. But past that, I’m not entirely sure where the value lies for a person like [...]

By: Are You Obsolete or Mission Critical? | Above and Beyond KM

Are You Obsolete or Mission Critical? | Above and Beyond KM — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:08:08 +0000

[...] Managing the Fire Hose (Mary Abraham) [...]

By: The Firehose Is Out of Control | Darren Herman

The Firehose Is Out of Control | Darren Herman — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:14:22 +0000

[...] I’m not the first person to talk about this nor the last, but there is definitely a need to filter information and data. I think too many people are focusing on discovery – filtering is needed before we can go out and discover anything new. People talk about the velocity of current flows of information and inputs and say it’s like drinking from a fire hose. That’s wishful thinking. On far too many days, it feels more like living in the Lower Ninth Ward during Hurricane Katrina. For Clay Shirky, that sense of drowning in information is a sure sign not of overload but, rather, of inadequate filters. If he’s right (and I think he is), we have to find a better way of coping. (c) Above and Beyond KM [...]

By: Marshall Potts

Marshall Potts — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:43:09 +0000

I found this extremely interesting looking at KM from a personal networking and management perspective.

One of the problems where Knowledge Management is concerned is that there are so many ways of describing what it is and how it is managed.

From an organizational point of view rather than personal - technology, information storage and retrieval and document management systems can swamp an organizations understanding of how to manage knowledge to its best effect.

I work with a number of experts involved with the KM Institute http://www.kminstitute.org/cms/index.jsp and who are members of my Virtual Enterprise Network.

I have a blog with a definition of KM in the context of organizations if you would like to comment on KM you are welcome.

http://www.jasperassociates.co.uk/wordpress/

By: VMaryAbraham

VMaryAbraham — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:47:35 +0000

Thanks for letting me know about your positive experience with LinkedIn, Wendy. I've taken a look at the groups, but haven't yet found a good point of entry. Too many of the questions/discussions seem oriented to vendors.

- Mary

By: VMaryAbraham

VMaryAbraham — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:45:53 +0000

Doug -

You and I are definitely preaching to the choir. We've experienced the benefits that Web 2.0 tools bring to personal knowledge management efforts.

- Mary

By: Doug Cornelius

Doug Cornelius — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:45:34 +0000

Mary -

You know I have been a fan of the 2.0 approach to knowledge management. The focus is on delivering useful (and easy to use) tools to help people organize their personal knowledge. That they happen to be open to the public and help the larger organization is merely a by product.

Early KM focused on helping the larger organization, not the individual, organize its knowledge.

By: Wendy Reynolds

Wendy Reynolds — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:17:50 +0000

Thank you for this Mary – a concise, articulate list of tools and reasons to use them. I would add that LinkedIn is becoming useful as a source of answers to specific questions. I've had greater success polling my colleagues on LinkedIn groups than I have posting questions to blogs or Twitter.

By: VMaryAbraham

VMaryAbraham — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:07:32 +0000

Thanks so much, Dag. You're absolutely right about how useful it is for knowledge workers to learn this way of working early. The key is lots of education and helpful support when people backslide (as we all do!). Once individuals are effective personal knowledge workers, then the larger organization will realize great benefits.

- Mary

By: dagblakstad

dagblakstad — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:50:43 +0000

I love this article, no less. I have also blogged on the subject, but not nearly as thoroughly on why it is so important and how to accomplish it.

Knowledge workers must learn the tools, and get this way of managing information right under their skin so gets a natural way of working.

Guess I am more of a doer than thinker on this subject.