Sometime in 2000 I was sitting in a room with my Arthur Andersen colleagues being told that we were all to exhibit the characteristics of mavericks. It was one of the new values designed to motivate us. Unsurprisingly it never took hold and as I read Maverick by Ricardo Semler at the insistence of my [...]
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Shawn Callahan writes I know I’ve mentioned this before, so at the risk of boring people with repetition I will just say that getting ActKM going required us to manufacture conversation (we had a roster of posters) so it looked like something interesting was happening. It was only when we attracted about 100 members that the conversation [...]
In his book, Your Personal Survival Guide to the 21st Century, business author Roy Sheppard writes You can tell a good networker at a party – they attract people like a magnet because they are worth knowing. They are interested in others, and they respect people deeply. They actively put individuals together. When they meet [...]
I used my LinkedIn network yesterday to reconnect with a past manager of mine. Unable to call because his mobile number had changed so I went to his LinkedIn record and found out where he works now. Then I called the switchboard and asked for him directly.
This from the Bendigo Mining website. Gold mineralisation is dated from the Upper Ordovician and is related to the compressional tectonism generating the chevron folds. Fold plunge reversals, differential attenuation of hinge zones giving rise to domes and sub-domes, and disruption and dilation caused by both bedding parallel and oblique reverse faulting, all play their [...]
Malcolm Gladwell gives a great explanation of connectors in his book, “The Tipping Point”. They are the people who get great satisfaction from connecting others. ANd in that, they create great value. He says there are varying degrees of connector. From the person who can only make a few introductions, to the person who can [...]
TypeOf answers the question in PersonalBrain of “What is it?” and “What Thoughts are of type …”?. It is a remembering pattern that provides quick navigation to thoughts based on the type of thing they represent. Intent Your brain is be enhanced by knowing the type of a Thought. If your Thoughts have a type, [...]
This morning on tv, I saw an article about the Yolngu People of North East Arnhem Land. They have a regular gathering called the Garma Festival which provides them a place to share knowledge and culture. Yolngu culture in north-east Arnhem Land ? a heartland of Aboriginal culture and land rights ? is among the [...]
Stories are a powerful way of sharing knowledge. How many times have you had the theory explained but not ‘got it’ until the example has been given. In every book on Knowledge Management you will find success stories of knowledge sharing in the large organisations. Shell, Xerox and others are often cited as prime examples [...]
