Well, the chorus has now started singing “too small, too small” about the stimulus. What was obvious to Paul Krugman, Joe Stieglitz, Dean Baker, Jamie Galbraith, Robert Reich. Robert Kuttner, and a host of other economists is now becoming so clear that the MSM, which not very long ago, wouldn’t even cover the opinion that […]
Entries from March 2009
More Stimulus, No Filibuster
March 8th, 2009 · Comments Off on More Stimulus, No Filibuster
Tags: Politics
The Problem Solving Pattern Matters: Part Fourteen, The Capabilities of Rabbit Organizations and Knowledge Management
March 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments
(Co-Authored with Steven A. Cavaleri) In our last post, we began a review and commentary on Steven Spear’s post on out learning and out racing the competition. we concluded that post by pointing out that Steve’s conclusion that high velocity organizations institutionalized inductive/deductive problem solving cycles and built new knowledge faster in this way than […]
Tags: Complexity · Epistemology/Ontology/Value Theory · Knowledge Integration · Knowledge Making · Knowledge Management
The Problem Solving Pattern Matters: Part Thirteen, Comments On Out Learning and Out Racing the Competition
March 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments
(Co-Authored with Steven A. Cavaleri) I recently alerted Steven Spear, author of Chasing the Rabbit, to Parts Two and Three of this series which discuss his very important book. I guess my posts prompted him to post a blog on how high velocity organizations out learn and out race the competition. Since Steve’s blog post […]
Tags: KM Techniques · Knowledge Integration · Knowledge Making · Knowledge Management
National Governmental Knowledge Management: KM, Adaptation, and Complexity: Part Ten, Comment on Federal KM Solutions
March 5th, 2009 · Comments Off on National Governmental Knowledge Management: KM, Adaptation, and Complexity: Part Ten, Comment on Federal KM Solutions
On March 3, Neil Olonoff posted a blog entitled “KM Solutions for the Coming Federal Hiring Wave.” He also posted the blog to the actkm group listserv, saying: “I’d appreciate your opinions as to whether you consider the solutions below to be KM services. I also would love to hear your thoughts on how KM […]
Tags: KM Software Tools · KM Techniques · Knowledge Integration · Knowledge Management · Politics
National Health Care: “Free At The Point of Entry . . .”
March 4th, 2009 · Comments Off on National Health Care: “Free At The Point of Entry . . .”
Today, Dave Snowden blogged about a personal experience with National Health Insurance in the UK, which I urge you to read. His conclusion, with which I agree is: ”Critically I have no bill, no money to pay. I didn’t sit in the hospital worrying about a fast discharge or maybe compromising on tests for financial […]
Tags: Politics
“In the Name of God, Go!”
March 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off on “In the Name of God, Go!”
Thinking about the sorry state of the world economy today and the continuing and impending destruction of already created wealth, I recalled the words of Oliver Cromwell to The Rump Parliament in 1653, echoed by Leo Amery to Neville Chamberlain in the Norway Debate of 1940. “You have sat too long here for any good […]
Tags: Politics
National Governmental Knowledge Management: KM, Adaptation, and Complexity: Part Nine, Funding KM Programs and Projects Across the National Government
March 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
In Part Two of this series, I pointed out that KM personnel need a measure of autonomy from line authority and an ability to define for themselves where knowledge processing in locales and other groups needs to be enhanced. This is critical for avoiding “the strategy exception error,” of exempting the process of strategy making […]
Tags: Complexity · Knowledge Integration · Knowledge Making · Knowledge Management · Politics