Abstract: In an upcoming insightful article by Brian (Bo) Newman, The Education of the Knowledge Professions, Bo addresses the confusion existing in the KM training marketplace. He also addresses how to define the various stakeholders in the Knowledge Professions. The KMPro Learning Center is presently wrestling with these key issues for
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Public-Sector Chief Knowledge Officer
Abstract: A number of uncertainties continue to plague the practice of knowledge management (KM) in both the private and the public sectors. These uncertainties may be exercising a braking effect on more widespread adoption of KM departments and functions. Among the more salient ambiguities is lack of consensus on exactly what KM is, and
Knowledge Manager by Accident
Abstract: I got into knowledge, enterprise and document management because I had clients who needed library automation solutions. When these clients realized how easy it was to find externally produced documents, they understood the value of having their internally created documents just as easily findable. I jumped in with both feet using transferrable skills
Survival Tips for Knowledge Managers
Abstract: In previous generations, knowledge, ‘know-how’, was taught by the foreman, the professional, or the artisan, to the apprentice or articling student, on the job. Most people learned by following the example of the master or expert. In those days, performance evaluation was easy, because the boss always knew more than his or her