November 2005 archives

November 27, 2005 by Patti

KMWorld and the Social Network

(Just back from a post-KMWorld vacation.) Happy to report that social, personal, and organizational networks/analysis showed up in many ways and places, even though there were no sessions specifically on ONA/SNA itself. In his opening keynote, Tom Davenport listed “Emulate the social networks of high performers” as #9 on his list of 10 ways to [...]

November 13, 2005 by Patti

Deep Smarts and the Passion Factor

I was lucky to catch Dorothy Leonard’s talk on what she learned writing the book, Deep Smarts:How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom. at the Boston KM Forum. (Thanks to Bill Ives for finding this link to a good summary; Bill, by the way, is speaking at the next KM Forum meeting on November [...]

November 3, 2005 by Patti

Dialogue skills as a precursor to network building

Here’s a theme that’s been coming up in conversation lately. It’s about conversation itself. Here’s a quote from a guest* at last week’s Gennova meeting. Mira Furth, SEA Consultants, was speaking about shifting the cultural context for an architectural engineering firm from individal personal behaviors to collaborative (sound familiar?): “How do you help people who [...]