Cognitive Edge – Getting Started
Posted on Jul 25, 2006 | Categories: Knowledge Management, Metablogging, Social Computing | 3 Comments
Here is a relatively new weblog that has just been grabbing some more momentum lately and which I am sure plenty of folks out there would be interested in following up further, specially if you are into sensemaking, storytelling, narrative and Knowledge Management in general, amongst other things. Indeed, it looks like the good old Cynefin center is now a thing of the past and its successor, Cognitive Edge, has just been launched. The great thing about all this is that Dave Snowden has already gotten started with the first initial weblog post where he is detailing what Cognitive Edge will be up to over the next few months and how you can engage in the different conversations with them. By the looks of it, Dave is actually going to make use of a weblog to share his thoughts and engage with the rest of the readership through the usual comments. To get things started he is actually suggesting three other worth while reading weblogs related to Knowledge Management that you should all be familiar with as well. I have been subscribed to them myself for quite some time now and I certainly agree with Dave’s comments that they are all worth while subscribing to. Here they are in case you may not be aware of them:
- Euan Semple’s The Obvious?
- Shawn, Mark and Andrew’s Anecdote
- And, finally, Patrick Lambe’s Green Chameleon
Thus I guess that makes four different weblogs to be added to your OPML file(s), in case you haven’t done it already and continue reading some more on other different KM perspectives. But that is not all of it because Dave did also mention that very shortly they will be setting up a wiki and a discussion group along with the availability of a new course schedule. Thus it looks like things are starting to get busier with Cognitive Edge and it would certainly be worth while following it up.
Welcome to the other side of the blogosphere, Dave !
Tags: Cognitive Edge, Dave Snowden, The Obvious, Euan Semple, Anecdote, Green Chameleon, Knowledge Management, KM, Sensemaking, Narrative, Storytelling
Join Anecdote and Make a Difference
Posted on Jul 25, 2006 | Categories: Communities, Knowledge Management, Social Computing | Leave a comment
Arrrrgghhhh! I really feel some healthy envy for the folks down under in Australia, specially in Canberra and Melbourne, after reading this over at Anecdote. It looks like Shawn, Mark and Andrew are looking for someone that could join Anecdote from either of those places and while reading through the description it does sound like an interesting and exciting job, wouldn’t you think so ? I know that there are a few folks here in elsua who come from that particular area thus if you think you would be ready for a change, for the better, I am sure, I would strongly suggest you take a look into the application itself and go for it.
I know if I would have been around I would have definitely sent out the application. I have met Shawn a couple of times when he was working in IBM, and while attending a number of different Knowledge Management conferences, and he is certainly one of those folks that would make you think about things in a different way and always with a twist. Great fun to work with and someone who knows a lot about CoPs and related subjects, including Knowledge Management, of course. I am sure it would be equally fun to work with Mark and Andrew. Sigh. I guess it will have to be at another time …
Anyway, since they were asking to pass the message along, here it is. Go and check out the weblog post Join Anecdote and Make a Difference and if you feel you are suitable for the job and want to try making a difference, a big difference actually, by all means go for it !
Best of luck to all of the job applicants !
Tags: Anecdote, Sensemaking, Storytelling, CoPs, Communties of Practice, Knowledge Management, KM, SNA, Social Network Analysis, Jobs
