All Life Is Problem Solving

By Joseph M. Firestone and Nancy Bordier We think most people agree that money has corrupted our politics. Some even think that we now live in a Plutocracy, and not in a Democracy, and that both parties are corrupted and now represent only the financial oligarchy. So, the central issue of our time is how […]

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In my last two KM blogs, I’ve analyzed the relationships between KM and conflict, in the context of seeing problems, making knowledge, and integrating knowledge. This post will extend the analysis to the top-tier of the Three-tier model, Knowledge Management activity itself. I distinguish three major top-tier categories of KM activities. These are activities: I) […]

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To foster openness in an adaptive team, try to create a culture where team members internalize the following norms, collectively known as the Sustainability Code, developed by Mark McElroy and I a few years ago for our CKIM Workshop. Here’s the code: 1. All knowledge used as a basis for individual and/or shared action by […]

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In a recent discussion in actkm over the past few days, Steve Denning raised the question of how one might create “high performance teams.” In this and the next post, I’ll provide a slightly revised version of one of my replies during the discussion. Unless high performance teams are performing routine business process work using […]

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National Governmental Knowledge Management The primary focus of Knowledge Management, thus far, has been on organizations, communities, and teams, with some emphasis on Personal Knowledge Management (PKM), and “Knowledge Cities.” Knowledge Management in Government has primarily continued the organizational focus of most work in the field. It is agency-based and project-focused, and has had little […]

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