Comments on: “NOW knowledge management is possible” – Whaddya Kidding me?

By: Does KM need social media? « Fredzimny’s CCCCC Blog

Does KM need social media? « Fredzimny’s CCCCC Blog — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:30:14 +0000

[...] That’s a quote from a recent paper by Andy Moore, publisher of KMWorld. It’s sparked a fire for some in the industry, including Carl Frappaolo, who brought the quote under scrutiny last week in a post on InformationArchitectedInc. [...]

By: Carl Frappaolo

Carl Frappaolo — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:18:01 +0000

In response to the comment from @rotkapchen – aka Paul Thorton:
Normally I just try to ignore asinine shock value journalism. “KM has been DOA for year”, maybe in your case. I should just ignore this – but hey I am on a roll in trying to purge the market of such inane yellow journalism disguised as thought leadership by those that are hoping it will help keep them in the limelight.
But before I go on I find it hard to argue with Paula’s statement until she gives us her definition of KM. KM has been DOA for years – what exactly are you saying is DOA? Please provide us with your succinct definition and I assure you I will debate with you. Please do not cloud it or hide behind statements like “I understand the initial intent of KM”. We are not arguing “intent” – your statement is that KM has been DOA. So define KM and then lets debate.

By: Nick Milton

Nick Milton — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:41:05 +0000

Excellent post, thanks

By: Rotkapchen

Rotkapchen — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:04:26 +0000

KM has been DOA for years: http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/06/15/km-nerves-are-raw/

By: deb lavoy

deb lavoy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:40:35 +0000

funny – i just posted that I swore I wouldn’t use this word again, BUT, most knowledge in an org is tacit – ie not formalized or documented. What social media tools do well is record, in a search-able, linkable fashion, little tidbits of information, Q&A, etc, in a way that rather than being an extra activity (chore) is just how people want to do things. This means that tacit knowledge – the vast majority of knowledge that changes daily, can now be captured along side all that formal knowledge. As martha would say, its a good thing.