All Life Is Problem Solving

It’s interesting to look at torture as practiced by the Bush Administration from the perspective of Knowledge Management. In this case, from the perspective of the three-tier model. Let’s begin with the process of an interrogator trying to retrieve “knowledge” from another person. That’s a particular kind of knowledge integration called searching and retrieving (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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In my last KM blog, I analyzed the relationships between KM and conflict, in the context of seeing problems and making knowledge. This post will extend the analysis to integrating knowledge. I classify knowledge integration activities into four categories: knowledge and information broadcasting (KIB), searching and retrieving (S and R), teaching, and sharing. All of […]

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Recently, in the actkm group, my friend Stephen Bounds raised the question of the relationship of KM to conflict in the context of a specific situation in which excessive conflict behavior within a project team was threatening successful completion of the project. This led to a pretty vigorous discussion and a great variety of opinions […]

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Today, Stephen Bounds offered an important blog post entitled “KM and Monte Carlo Simulations” and an attached paper entitled: “Using Monte Carlo simulations to predict outcomes of KM interventions.” In the paper, Stephen uses Monte Carlo simulations along with the assumption that across-the-board KM interventions have a probabilistic (propensity) effect on “knowledge failures,” to show […]

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Recently, John Ragsdale offered his view on the top five reasons for KM failure, in a blog post currently being discussed at AOK’s Future Center. My reaction to Ragsdale’s blog is that it seems to assume that a KM intervention is primarily about technology. So he gives us reasons like: “Expecting the KM technology to […]

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Recently, I’ve been having a good bit of fun with Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan, a book I’ve been meaning to read for awhile but only recently have gotten to. Taleb’s book is mainly about the difficulty of predicting the future due to the weakness (partially based in evolution) in human abilities to predict […]

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Lately, I’ve been harping a lot on the need for transparency and accountability in the Geithner Plan. Here’s Elizabeth Warren, Chairperson of the congressional oversight panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) on the subject. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Don’t you wish she was the Treasury […]

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There are three basic policy alternatives for solving the problems of our “insolvent” large banks. We can liquidate them, reorganize them using conservatorships, or provide them with Government subsidization in the hopes that the market value of their troubled assets will rise, and that liquidity and enough asset value to achieve solvency will be restored. […]

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In this post I’ll complete my analysis of Dave Snowden’s seven principles of Knowledge Management. — “Tolerated failure imprints learning better than success. When my young son burnt his finger on a match he learnt more about the dangers of fire than any amount of parental instruction cold provide. All human cultures have developed forms […]

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