I love the weather--so does Dr. Carla O'Dell. In her talk today, she used the unpredictability of the weather as an analogy for the unpredictability of the new forces bearing down on KM practices. She suggested that these new forces, while they have the potential for "disaster," also open the door to new opportunities. Social computing and networking are scary for organizations because using these tools involves giving up some control to users. However, these new practices are revolutionizing the way people collaborate and share their knowledge.
The question that keeps coming up for me is: Are we putting too much emphasis on the formality of managing knowledge, and should the new forces be allowed to merge into the "old way" of working and thinking?
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