Comments on: John Kotter Interview – The Power of Storytelling http://www.elsua.net/2006/05/12/john-kotter-interview-the-power-of-storytelling/ A blog about Knowledge Management, Communities, Collaboration, Learning, Social Computing and Work/Life Balance Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:56:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog » Blog Archive » The Essence of Knowledge Management http://www.elsua.net/2006/05/12/john-kotter-interview-the-power-of-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-4861 E L S U A ~ A KM Blog » Blog Archive » The Essence of Knowledge Management Wed, 31 May 2006 11:30:10 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/05/12/john-kotter-interview-the-power-of-storytelling/#comment-4861 [...] Either way, since I, too, have always had some difficulty in coming up with a short definition of what KM is all about I thought I would create this particular weblog post and share with you some of the definitions that people have been sharing so far. And as time goes by, if more of them come up I will be adding them up into this weblog post. One thing though the attached quotes are actually definitions that I would feel comfortable with because they related to the same concept that I have myself about KM, thus if you are part of the mailing list and do not see a particular quote that is because it didn’t strike me as good enough for me, which is what we should all be doing at the end of the day, look for a definition of KM that would work for you so that you can then convince others about it. Thus without any further delay here you have got some of my favourite definitions so far: “We always know more than we can tell, we can always tell more than we can write down. Knowledge Management is not just about the things we can write down, its also about the stories we tell and the stuff we know but can never articulate in any way.” by Dave Snowden. Does it ring a bell ? “KM is a systematic process of connecting people to people and people to the knowledge and information they need to act effectively and create new knowledge” by Mark Schenk (From Anecdote), taken from Carla O’Dell, ‘The Executive’s Role in Knowledge Management’ “Knowledge management is a business process that connects people to people and people to information for competitive advantage and better decision making.” by Kaye Vivian (A slight variation from Carla’s quote mentioned above that I particularly like) “Knowledge management helps people learn, to use the new knowledge they acquire through learning, to share what they know when appropriate, and to help create knowledgeable communities – of work mates, colleagues, and friends. It is concerned with innovation, managing complexity and ambiguity, forming and using knowledge networks and connections, sharing behaviours, and utilising people-centric technologies” by Ron Robinson (I like the learning aspect put together by Ron on this one, since I have always believed that KM and Learning walk hand in hand all along) [...] [...] Either way, since I, too, have always had some difficulty in coming up with a short definition of what KM is all about I thought I would create this particular weblog post and share with you some of the definitions that people have been sharing so far. And as time goes by, if more of them come up I will be adding them up into this weblog post. One thing though the attached quotes are actually definitions that I would feel comfortable with because they related to the same concept that I have myself about KM, thus if you are part of the mailing list and do not see a particular quote that is because it didn’t strike me as good enough for me, which is what we should all be doing at the end of the day, look for a definition of KM that would work for you so that you can then convince others about it. Thus without any further delay here you have got some of my favourite definitions so far: “We always know more than we can tell, we can always tell more than we can write down. Knowledge Management is not just about the things we can write down, its also about the stories we tell and the stuff we know but can never articulate in any way.” by Dave Snowden. Does it ring a bell ? “KM is a systematic process of connecting people to people and people to the knowledge and information they need to act effectively and create new knowledge” by Mark Schenk (From Anecdote), taken from Carla O’Dell, ‘The Executive’s Role in Knowledge Management’ “Knowledge management is a business process that connects people to people and people to information for competitive advantage and better decision making.” by Kaye Vivian (A slight variation from Carla’s quote mentioned above that I particularly like) “Knowledge management helps people learn, to use the new knowledge they acquire through learning, to share what they know when appropriate, and to help create knowledgeable communities – of work mates, colleagues, and friends. It is concerned with innovation, managing complexity and ambiguity, forming and using knowledge networks and connections, sharing behaviours, and utilising people-centric technologies” by Ron Robinson (I like the learning aspect put together by Ron on this one, since I have always believed that KM and Learning walk hand in hand all along) [...]

]]> By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog » Blog Archive » Steve Denning Interview - Storytelling and Social Networks http://www.elsua.net/2006/05/12/john-kotter-interview-the-power-of-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-3091 E L S U A ~ A KM Blog » Blog Archive » Steve Denning Interview - Storytelling and Social Networks Tue, 16 May 2006 10:48:12 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/05/12/john-kotter-interview-the-power-of-storytelling/#comment-3091 [...] A couple of days ago I created a weblog post on a recent interview that Seth Kahan did to John Kotter on The Power of Storytelling and then yesterday I created another weblog post detailing Why Storytelling Is Important. And I thought that today I could share with you another interesting interview by Seth but this time around the interviewee is no more, no less than Steve Denning, one of the first pioneers on storytelling and storyteller extraordinaire. The interview can be found over here: Storytelling and Social Networks and there are plenty of gems over there to touch base on. So here is my take on the interview itself: “[…] so that command-and-control and mechanistic management is universally seen as an anomaly, an aberration, an exception to be used only in very unusual circumstances, if at all“ [...] [...] A couple of days ago I created a weblog post on a recent interview that Seth Kahan did to John Kotter on The Power of Storytelling and then yesterday I created another weblog post detailing Why Storytelling Is Important. And I thought that today I could share with you another interesting interview by Seth but this time around the interviewee is no more, no less than Steve Denning, one of the first pioneers on storytelling and storyteller extraordinaire. The interview can be found over here: Storytelling and Social Networks and there are plenty of gems over there to touch base on. So here is my take on the interview itself: “[…] so that command-and-control and mechanistic management is universally seen as an anomaly, an aberration, an exception to be used only in very unusual circumstances, if at all“ [...]

]]> By: elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog http://www.elsua.net/2006/05/12/john-kotter-interview-the-power-of-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-3043 elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog Mon, 15 May 2006 10:21:01 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/05/12/john-kotter-interview-the-power-of-storytelling/#comment-3043 <strong>Why Storytelling Is Important...</strong> If you have been doing Knowledge Management for some time now you would probably agree on the key role that storytelling could be playing all along in order to allow knowledge workers to share their knowledge and collaborate with others...... Why Storytelling Is Important…

If you have been doing Knowledge Management for some time now you would probably agree on the key role that storytelling could be playing all along in order to allow knowledge workers to share their knowledge and collaborate with others……

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