Comments on: Is KM Dead? Larry Prusak, Dave Snowden, Patrick Lambe http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/ 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: Knowledge Management – The Walking Dead… or Just Plain Dead? « kmcafe http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/comment-page-1/#comment-1139342 Knowledge Management – The Walking Dead… or Just Plain Dead? « kmcafe Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:03:48 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/#comment-1139342 [...] Prusak, Lambe and Snowden do not explicitly say that KM is indeed dead. (Although, Snowden says it’s dead and we should “live with it” in this article and that it’s just reached the long tail in this article) But Snowden does state that the senior-level role of the Knowledge Manager will NOT exist in 5 years, and Prusak takes Snowden’s point further to argue that the closest we will find to knowledge managers in organizations will be “practice coordinators” (39:45). What does that mean for KM as a practice? When Snowden and Prusak foresee the demise of KM leaders in organizations, it’s akin to driving the last nails in the coffin. But others are still optimistic [...] [...] Prusak, Lambe and Snowden do not explicitly say that KM is indeed dead. (Although, Snowden says it’s dead and we should “live with it” in this article and that it’s just reached the long tail in this article) But Snowden does state that the senior-level role of the Knowledge Manager will NOT exist in 5 years, and Prusak takes Snowden’s point further to argue that the closest we will find to knowledge managers in organizations will be “practice coordinators” (39:45). What does that mean for KM as a practice? When Snowden and Prusak foresee the demise of KM leaders in organizations, it’s akin to driving the last nails in the coffin. But others are still optimistic [...]

]]> By: Is KM Dead? « CBridge Internal Blog http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/comment-page-1/#comment-1067949 Is KM Dead? « CBridge Internal Blog Mon, 18 May 2009 03:58:28 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/#comment-1067949 [...] http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/ [...] [...] http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/ [...]

]]> By: David Gurteen http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/comment-page-1/#comment-656913 David Gurteen Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:09:34 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/#comment-656913 KM is not dead! It is evolving into Social KM or KM 2.0. I explain here http://www.gurteen.com/gurteen/gurteen.nsf/id/km-goes-social David :-) ps picking up on Dave Pollard's comments - "conversation" IS a social tool - along with knowledge cafes, after action reviews and more :-) KM is not dead! It is evolving into Social KM or KM 2.0. I explain here

http://www.gurteen.com/gurteen/gurteen.nsf/id/km-goes-social

David :-)

ps picking up on Dave Pollard’s comments – “conversation” IS a social tool – along with knowledge cafes, after action reviews and more :-)

]]> By: Steve Cogan http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/comment-page-1/#comment-654570 Steve Cogan Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:05:22 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/#comment-654570 But aren't we ALL knowledge managers in the Web2.0/social software world? We manage our knowledge collaboratively with our peers. I now have reduced direct questions through my corporate blog, with people going there (and to my social bookmarks) rather than approaching me directly. How do I know this? Well, I check my blog hits, and also through social anecdotes of people saying things like, "I followed your blog entries on Notes8 widgets and got up and running without needing anything else". But aren’t we ALL knowledge managers in the Web2.0/social software world? We manage our knowledge collaboratively with our peers. I now have reduced direct questions through my corporate blog, with people going there (and to my social bookmarks) rather than approaching me directly.

How do I know this?

Well, I check my blog hits, and also through social anecdotes of people saying things like, “I followed your blog entries on Notes8 widgets and got up and running without needing anything else”.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/comment-page-1/#comment-654502 Jeremy Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:01:50 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/#comment-654502 Gen Millennium has learned to work around executive indifference to conversation enablement in the workplace and they use IM/VoIP, blogs/RSS, screen-sharing and other social tools to converse anytime, anywhere with anyone. What was once the “CKO” job is now, for those of us left, (a) enabling conversations, (b) adding meaning to information (”sense making”), and ( c) helping front-line people to use knowledge and technology tools and resources more effectively. Gen Millennium has learned to work around executive indifference to conversation enablement in the workplace and they use IM/VoIP, blogs/RSS, screen-sharing and other social tools to converse anytime, anywhere with anyone. What was once the “CKO” job is now, for those of us left, (a) enabling conversations, (b) adding meaning to information (”sense making”), and ( c) helping front-line people to use knowledge and technology tools and resources more effectively.

]]> By: Atul Rai http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/comment-page-1/#comment-653897 Atul Rai Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:10:56 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/#comment-653897 Hi Luis, I dont quite think KM is dead yet ... at least, not in totality. Though, i havent gone through the interview (let me pour myself a Beer before i do that!), but i feel that KM is morphing ... something which a lot of folks are talking about ... the KM 2.0 story? Well well ... maybe theres something here apart from just a new version! Cheers, Atul. Hi Luis,

I dont quite think KM is dead yet … at least, not in totality. Though, i havent gone through the interview (let me pour myself a Beer before i do that!), but i feel that KM is morphing … something which a lot of folks are talking about … the KM 2.0 story? Well well … maybe theres something here apart from just a new version!

Cheers, Atul.

]]> By: Dave Pollard http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/comment-page-1/#comment-653665 Dave Pollard Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:56:22 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2008/07/31/is-km-dead-larry-prusak-dave-snowden-patrick-lambe/#comment-653665 Go to Google Trends, type in knowledge management (comma) social networking. Been dead so long it's starting to smell. The issue, as David and Larry clearly know, is that there is nothing that will take its place, because there is nothing we can offer that business executives (who get their knowledge from their subordinates, on demand) will appreciate to be valuable. The truth is that the principal means of obtaining and conveying knowledge continues to be, for all of us, what it has always been: context-rich, iterative, peer-to-peer conversations. Executives think everyone does this already and that it does not warrant investment, or a "chief conversation enablement officer". Gen Millennium has learned to work around executive indifference to conversation enablement in the workplace and they use IM/VoIP, blogs/RSS, screen-sharing and other social tools to converse anytime, anywhere with anyone. What was once the "CKO" job is now, for those of us left, (a) enabling conversations, (b) adding meaning to information ("sensemaking"), and ( c) helping front-line people to use knowledge and technology tools and resources more effectively. This job is and always will be thankless and unappreciated. Over time we will teach each other to do it anyway, because we care about them and about doing a good job, and for no other reason. Pity the poor librarians, though, even less appreciated, who continue to believe there is value and future in just-in-case centralized collection, storage and transmission of raw content (what they were trained to do). And the poor IT folks, whose job has become how to put up and maintain useless websites, useless "groupware", useless intranets with useless search tools and useless taxonomies, and to obstruct the use of social networking tools, to the point they and their stuff have become mere obstacles the rest of us have to work around to do our jobs. Better to be a peon than a pylon, I suppose. Go to Google Trends, type in knowledge management (comma) social networking. Been dead so long it’s starting to smell. The issue, as David and Larry clearly know, is that there is nothing that will take its place, because there is nothing we can offer that business executives (who get their knowledge from their subordinates, on demand) will appreciate to be valuable. The truth is that the principal means of obtaining and conveying knowledge continues to be, for all of us, what it has always been: context-rich, iterative, peer-to-peer conversations.

Executives think everyone does this already and that it does not warrant investment, or a “chief conversation enablement officer”. Gen Millennium has learned to work around executive indifference to conversation enablement in the workplace and they use IM/VoIP, blogs/RSS, screen-sharing and other social tools to converse anytime, anywhere with anyone. What was once the “CKO” job is now, for those of us left, (a) enabling conversations, (b) adding meaning to information (“sensemaking”), and ( c) helping front-line people to use knowledge and technology tools and resources more effectively.

This job is and always will be thankless and unappreciated. Over time we will teach each other to do it anyway, because we care about them and about doing a good job, and for no other reason.

Pity the poor librarians, though, even less appreciated, who continue to believe there is value and future in just-in-case centralized collection, storage and transmission of raw content (what they were trained to do). And the poor IT folks, whose job has become how to put up and maintain useless websites, useless “groupware”, useless intranets with useless search tools and useless taxonomies, and to obstruct the use of social networking tools, to the point they and their stuff have become mere obstacles the rest of us have to work around to do our jobs. Better to be a peon than a pylon, I suppose.

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