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Until the late spring of 2007, discussion about KM 2.0 had raised a number of issues and themes including: — KM 2.0 is KM which utilizes Web/Enterprise 2.0 tools to enable greater connectivity and self organization in one’s enterprise; — Before the introduction of Web/Enterprise 2.0 tools KM had been a command-and-control-oriented approach, but KM […]

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Google has introduced a new service to facilitate knowledge sharing. Google describes it this way: “The Knol project is a site that hosts many knols — units of knowledge — written about various subjects. The authors of the knols can take credit for their writing, provide credentials, and elicit peer reviews and comments. Users can […]

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During 2007, the KM 2.0 meme began to spread more rapidly, but as it spread, some observers began to express skepticism about the identification of web 2.0 tools and a fundamentally new sort of KM. One sort of skepticism was expressed by David Weinberger in an article posted at KM World on February 1. David […]

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For about three years now, the meme of “KM 2.0” has been circulating. It began with the introduction of the label “Web 2.0” to describe a collection of IT applications called social software. These applications first included blogs, wikis, social network analysis, social networking applications, collaborative content tagging, folksonomies, community support/collaboration software, and project collaboration […]

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IBM was not the first large organization to decide that “knowledge sharing” is an easier sell than “KM.” The World Bank preceded IBM in this move by more than a decade, long before the advent of Web 2.0 or Enterprise 2.0. The Bank decided to use”knowledge sharing” as the orienting idea in their knowledge-related program […]

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IBM has placed Knowledge Sharing in the news again, by announcing that it has “philosophically repositioned” its Knowledge Management practice around Knowledge Sharing. According to IBM’s Chris Cooper, “Management suggests control: control of process and control of environment. The sharing tag is quite important to us.” Of course, “Management” suggests control, these days, only to […]

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Keelman Heaving Coals by Moonlight, (J. W. M. Turner, 1835) Commentary on Dave Pollard’s Blog on Social Networking (continued from Part 2) The Exchange: KM Failure or Conceptual Confusion? The thread running through my commentary in Parts 1 and 2 is the idea that Dave’s blog and his position that KM should be re-invented as […]

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  Owentsia Hunt Ball — Chicago (1904) Commentary on Dave Pollard’s Blog on Social Networking (continued from Part 1) KM, Social Network Management (SNM) and Conceptual Drift You then went on: “Four important unanswered questions: 1. What role can Social Network Enablement and social software play in enhancing individual and organizational learning?” Social network enablement […]

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  Rain, Steam, and Speed (J. W. M. Turner, 1844) In March of 2004, David Pollard served as the Star Moderator in the Association of Knowledge Work’s (AOK) Star Series. Many subjects were covered during the very fruitful exchanges of Dave’s tenure. One of my posts (message 1484) was a commentary on one of Dave’s […]

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