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Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences on June 16th, 2008 Dave Snowden of Cognitive Edge reminded the 300+ audience that knowledge managment (KM) has really only been around for 10 years or so, the same as the Internet — so early days still. Fundamentally, we only know what we know when we need to know it — something triggers a memory. The way people know things in the field is different from how they describe it in an interview. As Dave always says, “We know more than we can tell, we can tell more than we can write. Knoweldge has three focuses — experience and practice, stuff that we can tell (engineers through stories), stuff we can write down which is limited and takes time and effort to do. The bulk of knowedge is in experience and narrative. Social computing tools are now available to support.
Aside, stopping smoking has stopped a number of natural story telling, narrative, pathways for sharing knoweldge.
Dave talked about: sense-making — How do we make sense of the world so we can act in it?; complex adaptive systems (order systems constrains agent behavior and innovation; chaotic systems are unconstrained) — are likely constrains the system and the agents co-evolve to create another system which is unpredictable. He then told his wonderful amusing stories about childrens birthday parties (12 year old boys and 15 year old girls) which are great metaphors for his points around early signal detection, disrupting patterns, distributed cognitiion, etc.
And congrats Dave on receiving the Academy of Management’s Award for the best article by practitioners
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Jane Dysart posted this in Uncategorized on June 9th, 2008 Great article in today’s Globe & Mail called — Want a Better Life? Follow a Flight Plan. It provides tips from success coach, Brian Tracy, who has a new book out, Flight Plan, which “says you can reach the most important destinations in your life if you follow a deliberate flight plan.” Rebecca and I have for years used a technique called “Standing in the Future” which is very much what Brian describes in a slightly different way. Here are some of his tips:
Write a list of 10 goals you would like to achieve in the next year, with a deadline for each. Use the “magic wand” technique and assume you have no limitations of any kind. Wirte them in the present tense, as if your goal has already been achieved, since your subconscious mind will register such commands better. Write them in a positive fashion rather than negative, emphasizing what you will achieve, not what you will stop doing. Finally, write them personally, beginning each with the word I. Example: I earn $XXX ecah year.
Then ask yourself, what one goal on your list would have the greatest positive impact on your life in you were to accomplish it in 24 hours? This now becomes your major ‘definite purpose’, your primary goal, and your most important destination for the next leg of your journey.
Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences on June 5th, 2008 IFLA, International Federation of Library Associations, is hosting it’s 74th World Library & Information Congress and IFLA conference in Quebec City, August 10-14. It’s an exciting time in Quebec City — celebrations are going on for it’s 400th anniversary. A great time to visit.
Knowledge Management Workshop & Programs The following info will be available online shortly. The KM Section has a free pre-conference workshop scheduled for Friday June 8 in Quebec City:Knowledge Sharing Strategies & Initiatives IFLA KM Section Workshop Friday August 8, 2008 Laval University, Quebec City Registration required (email jane at dysartjones.com), No cost. Buy your own lunch with colleagues in university cafeteria. Start networking with your colleagues over breakfast. Enjoy an interactive morning discussing social tools and knowledge sharing with KM thought leader, Dave Pollard, VP, Knowledge Development, CICA, author of the “How to Save the World” weblog , and former CKO, Ernst & Young Canada. Pollard shares success stories of how organizations have introduced Weblogs, wikis, instant messaging, desktop videoconferencing, just-in-time canvassing, RSS aggregators, ‘know-who’ directories, and other social networking methods and tools to their budget-conscious organizations; the practical approaches used; and the secrets of their success. Pollard looks at tools that improve work productivity, decision-making and innovation; and tools that increase capacity, understanding of risk, as well as connectivity, collaboration and knowledge transfer. He focuses on social networking tools: people connectors that find and strengthen relationships, social publishing and information sharing tools that publish, subscribe, discuss and link what you know, collaboration and communication allowing people
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Jane Dysart posted this in Blog Posts on June 4th, 2008 Well there is just so much I could say about hot air and balloons but I’m just going with this fun Google doodle today in honor of the first hot air ballon flight.
Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences, Learning on June 4th, 2008 So the Special Libraries Association annual conference is being held this year in Seattle and the Seattle chapter of SLA has created a great wiki for attendees and those who want to see what’s going on at the event. Lots of great stuff there and Daniel Lee, President of the Toronto Chaper, has created a great piece on using Twitter at the conference. It is part of the Innovation Lab that current preseident, Stephen Abram, is pushing to get our members our try new technologies and techniques for communicating. Good going guys!
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