In my search for a beginner Tai Chi class, I came across this poem. “Remember, when moving, There is no place that doesn’t move. When still, There is no place that isn’t still. First seek extension, then contraction; Then it can be fine and subtle. It is said “if others don’t move, I don’t move. [...]
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As a PostNuke user for quite some time I hadn’t realised that I was dealing with blogs. It wasn’t until I saw this article by David Gurteen that I began to get a clue as to what a blog was. Hint: You’re reading one now. David’s enthusiasm for blogging pushed me to read further. Following [...]
We’re back from a very successful 3 days at KM Conference 2002 in Sydney. The key points for me were: stronger focus on culture and community new and useful terms such as mediate, flow and hijack less corporate, more personal care Introduction The Knowledge Management 2002 Conference was held in Sydney, Australia over August 7-9. [...]
There is something quite liberating about living in the moment. A few days ago I was in dialog with Peter Fenner. He was explaining how it is possible to frame conversations so that we forget about both the future and the past, instead living in the moment. At such a point, our anxieties about the [...]
Introduction This article is a work in progress. The tools that I use on my Palm change as my needs change. Consequently there will be both additions and retirements from the list below. I will also be posting articles on how to best use some of the tools below and will create the relevant links [...]
Whilst sitting on a beach a CEO was asked “What’s been your greatest lesson as a CEO?” He replied. “Each morning when I came into work I would see an employee who spent the first 45 minutes of his day reading the newspaper from front to back. After a while I fired him. It was [...]
A group of farmers was asked what they would do if they woke up in the morning to find their $100,000 tractor had been stolen from the shed. They indicated a rush of activity around police, insurance and other such matters. If all else failed they would seek to buy a new tractor. As soon [...]
Davenport and Prusak define knowledge as …a fluid mix of framed experience, values contextual information, and expert insight that provides a framework for evaluating and incorporating new experiences and information. It originates and is applied in the minds of knowers. In organizations, it often becomes embedded not only in documents or repositories but also in [...]
We can all recall times when something floats to the top of our consciousness and begins to show up everywhere. Just after my wife became pregnant I began seeing pregnant women everywhere and near the time of birth it was new babies in prams. Is it coincidence or simply a new listening that we previously [...]
There is an interesting conversation happening in the Learning to Fly discussion group on Yahoo Groups! It centers on why people are so willing to share knowledge in a hobby situation but not so in the workplace. You will need to have/obtain a Yahoo Groups! account to see the discussion.
