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Trendiest Job in Business: Chief Knowledge Officer
Abstract: Some experts say that knowledge management, by definition, should be decentralized. Others insist there must be an accountable individual, someone to champion the concept and spearhead the enormous effort needed to overcome inherent obstacles to the free flow of information within an organization. Toward that end, many high-profile companies have
Hot new job title: Chief knowledge officer
Full text from publisher » Bob Weinstein, “Chief knowledge officers in big demand,” Chicago Sun-Times, March
Chief Knowledge Officer as Knowledge Farmer
Abstract: A farmer in California has lots of rich soil and plenty of sun, but not much water. Water management is one of his keys to success. The farmer maps out where water pools, where it flows, it’s velocity, and areas that must be irrigated. He knows that too much water can kill crops
Appointing a Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO)?
Abstract: The issue tends to polarize. Appointing a CKO is now considered a prudent and foresighted move or a strange and ridiculous one — depending on who you ask. Some of us, however, are deeply and passionately….ambivalent. While the Economist notes that CKO is the “trendiest job in business at the