Category Archives: Organizational Alignment

Forums and Wikis: Providing conversation-knowledge linkage for WordPress MU

Below is a copy of an email I sent to WordPress Pro mailing list addressing the dynamic between information stored in a wiki and knowledge spurred on by conversations in a forum. In it I make recommendations as to why … Continue reading

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Knowledge Management revisited: Enterprise 2.0

In http://socialwrite.com/2007/02/12/short-report-from-fastforward07/ Jevon said: People tried on several occasions that this era is just Knowledge Management repackaged. I feel like I am missing something drastic here. The change now goes deeper, has immediate impact and is focused on PEOPLE, not … Continue reading

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Wiki promoting CIO moves to BT Global Services

Innovators & Influencers: From Web 2.0 To Enterprise 2.0 (Digg) http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196602773 Lots of CIOs pay lip service to Enterprise 2.0, the sometimes esoteric movement toward using consumer technologies like blogs and wikis to create a more collaborative business environment. JP … Continue reading

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KM 2.0 based on Social Media fuels Complexity. Managing complexity necessitates new culture and new leadership competences

In Tech Boom 2.0: Boom but no bubble?, I highlighted the collaboration centricity of new investments: A new emphasis on social networking and connecting people, rather than e-commerce, which consumers did not trust in 2000. Given the dismal failure of … Continue reading

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American cop language confuses the force. How wikis can help.

Does your organization communicate effectively? Drawing from the BBC’s report on an American police force decision to stop using 10-4 and 10-20 type codewords (I was surprised to hear these are incompatible across different counties), I draw a parallel of … Continue reading

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Open Skies for airflight; Open markets for Canada; Social Media as an Enabler.

Travellers’ groups cheer ‘open skies’ plan Airline and travellers’ groups are cheering a government plan to open up Canada’s skies to more competition, saying open-skies agreements with more countries will allow them to reach new markets and reduce ticket prices … Continue reading

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Posted in Canadian Competitiveness, Collaboration, Government Deregulation, Innovation, km2006, Knowledge Management, Organizational Alignment, Organizational Transparency, Social Media, Wiki, WikiConsulting | Leave a comment

Management 2.0

Great post by Business Two Zero: talking about Management Styles fundementally facilitative of emergence rather than imposing of process, and structure. However, I was pleased that the first hit was for Kathy Sierra’s piece from earlier in the year. She … Continue reading

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Posted in Collaboration, Efficiency, Innovation, Knowledge-Based Relationships, MBA, Organizational Alignment, Organizational Transparency, Wiki, WikiConsulting | 1 Comment

Are you wiki consulting?

It seems to me that there exists many different types of people doing “wiki consulting”. They differ by: Background/goal: Some are technologists, doing installs, writing plugins, etc. Some are cultural anthropologists or statistians employed to provide insight on social interactions … Continue reading

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I’m looking for a board advisory position in Toronto

If you know of an organisation in Toronto that needs 2-3 hours a week help formulating strategy, governance and policy, please let me know. A not-for-profit is fine.

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Wikis: a place to just answer the question

How many times have you emailed a colleague and found that they’ve side-stepped answering your question in their reply? Say you ask several questions in your email but they just gloss over some parts in their reply. Bullet listing or … Continue reading

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