The Greater IBM Connection – Bringing Social Networking to the IBM Enterprise

A few weeks ago a colleague of mine, Jack Mason, invited me to check out a new IBM initiative that is coming up later on this year (Around September / October timeframe) and which is supposed to bring social networking into the IBM enterprise. But with a twist. Indeed, the actual initiative is called The … Continue reading The Greater IBM Connection – Bringing Social Networking to the IBM Enterprise

elsua – The Knowledge Management Blog Is a Superstar Weblog!

Long time readers from elsua.net would probably remember how at the beginning of the year I created a weblog post where I was indicating how I was getting started with a second Internet weblog around the subject of Knowledge Management, Communities, Collaboration, Social Networking, Web 2.0 and Social Software. And therefore elsua – the Knowledge … Continue reading elsua – The Knowledge Management Blog Is a Superstar Weblog!

“Knowledge Is Power” or Is It “Knowledge Shared Is Power”? – Preparing the Way for the Baby Boomer Generation

Earlier on today Dennis McDonald pointed me to a recent weblog post he created around the subject of An Insurance Company CIO Talks About the "Baby Boomer IT Brain Drain" where he is actually discussing the growing problem that most IT companies will be facing over the next few months when the baby boomers generation … Continue reading “Knowledge Is Power” or Is It “Knowledge Shared Is Power”? – Preparing the Way for the Baby Boomer Generation

Management Can Kill a Community of Practice – So What Can It Do to Help Out?

Over at Anecdote, Mark Schenk shared a couple of days ago a terrific story about how management, at whatever the level, can be very harming to communities of practice if they would try to control them pretty much in the same way that teams, business units or organisations get controlled at the moment in most … Continue reading Management Can Kill a Community of Practice – So What Can It Do to Help Out?