Comments on: Knowledge Management – The Walking Dead… or Just Plain Dead? http://kmcafe.org/2009/10/knowledge-management-the-walking-dead-or-just-plain-dead/ Triple-venti knowledge management Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:18:22 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: admin http://kmcafe.org/2009/10/knowledge-management-the-walking-dead-or-just-plain-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-10 admin Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:45:30 +0000 http://kmcafe.org/?p=77#comment-10 I see - thanks, Jen. Regarding what successful KM initiatives look like, be sure to check back on this blog next week for our podcast (and transcript) of an interview with an Alberta-based knowledge management thought-leader. I see – thanks, Jen. Regarding what successful KM initiatives look like, be sure to check back on this blog next week for our podcast (and transcript) of an interview with an Alberta-based knowledge management thought-leader.

]]> By: Jen C http://kmcafe.org/2009/10/knowledge-management-the-walking-dead-or-just-plain-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Jen C Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:44:56 +0000 http://kmcafe.org/?p=77#comment-6 I should have been more clear. I meant the management part of knowledge management. Indeed, knowledge has always been an organic part of an organization's culture. :) I think the formal part of KM (ie: "let's document our knowledge") could be dying. But, in organizations that are good at capturing knowledge in less formal ways, KM is interwoven into the culture. It is these organizations that will survive post-Boomer organizational life. I don't necessary think that my vision for KM in the future is different than what successful KM initiatives look like today; it's just that my experiences right now are showing me that a lot of business are doomed to fail at the boomer/post-boomer transition because of a lack of formal KM. I should have been more clear. I meant the management part of knowledge management.

Indeed, knowledge has always been an organic part of an organization’s culture. :)

I think the formal part of KM (ie: “let’s document our knowledge”) could be dying. But, in organizations that are good at capturing knowledge in less formal ways, KM is interwoven into the culture. It is these organizations that will survive post-Boomer organizational life.

I don’t necessary think that my vision for KM in the future is different than what successful KM initiatives look like today; it’s just that my experiences right now are showing me that a lot of business are doomed to fail at the boomer/post-boomer transition because of a lack of formal KM.

]]> By: admin http://kmcafe.org/2009/10/knowledge-management-the-walking-dead-or-just-plain-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-5 admin Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:39:51 +0000 http://kmcafe.org/?p=77#comment-5 It's interesting, Jen C, that you've said that you hope/foresee that knowledge will "become an organic aspect of the organization's culture". It feels like it's always been "an organic aspect"... so I wonder how your vision of KM down the road (post-boomer) is different from what some might call an organic approach to KM today -- so organic that it's barely tangible -- in many large organizations. Thoughts? It’s interesting, Jen C, that you’ve said that you hope/foresee that knowledge will “become an organic aspect of the organization’s culture”. It feels like it’s always been “an organic aspect”… so I wonder how your vision of KM down the road (post-boomer) is different from what some might call an organic approach to KM today — so organic that it’s barely tangible — in many large organizations. Thoughts?

]]> By: Jen C http://kmcafe.org/2009/10/knowledge-management-the-walking-dead-or-just-plain-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Jen C Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:34:18 +0000 http://kmcafe.org/?p=77#comment-4 My personal opinion is that I certainly hope that KM isn't dead, particularly as it relates to succession planning. I think that as the boomers age and retire, KM will become critical to an organization's success. That being said, perhaps this information won't be held in massive document repositories... instead, knowledge will become an organic aspect of the organization's culture. My personal opinion is that I certainly hope that KM isn’t dead, particularly as it relates to succession planning. I think that as the boomers age and retire, KM will become critical to an organization’s success.

That being said, perhaps this information won’t be held in massive document repositories… instead, knowledge will become an organic aspect of the organization’s culture.

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