Beyond knowledge management to better management
Jonah Lehrer has written a thought-provoking piece on why we too often miss the great opportunities presented by failure. In Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up, he explains how our brains purport to “help” us by screening out information that doesn’t fit with what we believe we know. Here’s how he describes it: The… Continue Reading →
We know that failure is necessary for innovation. In fact, experience shows that repeated failure usually precedes a major breakthrough. So then, why do we constantly run from failure when we should be planning for it? According to Scott Anthony, it’s because the cost of failure is perceived to be so high that we don’t… Continue Reading →
I spent some time this past weekend working through some problems I was having on my home computer with Mozilla Firefox. After doing a little research, I found the way through the problem by using the safe mode Mozilla provided. What a brilliant option! We’ve talked often about the need to tolerate failure in order… Continue Reading →
Speaker: Dave Snowden, Chief Scientific Officer, Cognitive Edge Session Description: Crisis management has moved from planning to a day-to-day reality. However organizations are ill equipped to manage a situation where we are dealing with unknown unknowables or have to deal with multiple Black Elephants (something that changes everything!) competing for resources and attention. What is… Continue Reading →
Speaker: Charlene Li, Analyst & Author, The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Businesses Transform While Others Fail Session Description: Growth is always hard, and disruptive growth is exponentially harder. It requires companies to make tough decisions in the face of daunting uncertainties. Some organizations beat the odds and succeed at becoming disruptive: Adobe, ING Bank, Nokia,… Continue Reading →
A constructive conversation is one that leads to greater understanding. While blogging sometimes feels like a solitary activity, occasionally readers pay a writer the compliment of commenting on her work. Then the conversation begins. When the participants in that conversation are good-natured and well-intended, that conversation can become a constructive one that leads to greater… Continue Reading →
“Who needs to know?” This is a question we ask often. Unfortunately, it is a question we do not always answer correctly. Sure, we might identify the obvious people, based on our personal experience or knowledge. However, we occasionally forget some key people, and there may be yet others of whom we are completely unaware…. Continue Reading →
On February 27, 1860, the Great Hall of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City, played host to one of the most important speeches in the history of the United States. That was the day Abraham Lincoln, an aspirant for the Republican presidential nomination, gave his “Right is Might”… Continue Reading →
Knowledge management encourages transparency and information sharing. But data security concerns are driving more organizations to lock down their data so that is “safe.” In the process, security measures can make it harder to share information. In this data security obsessed world, how can knowledge management survive? [These are my notes from a private international… Continue Reading →
Speaker: Dave Snowden, Founder & CSO, Cognitive Edge [These are my notes from the KMWorld 2013 Conference. Since I’m publishing them as soon as possible after the end of a session, they may contain the occasional typographical or grammatical error. Please excuse those. To the extent I’ve made any editorial comments, I’ve shown those in brackets.] Session Description: Will… Continue Reading →
Above and Beyond KM 