October 29, 2003

e-learning - a good practice case

11:24 on Wednesday October 29, 2003 | 1 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

The online tutorial "Connecting Learning Objects with RSS, Weblogs and Trackback" is outstanding. Not only does it provide deep insights on syndication and aggregation as the core CMS practice on corporate intranets, but it also provides an excellent case...



October 27, 2003

The power of networks - a practical illustration

19:32 on Monday October 27, 2003 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

On Thursday and Friday of last week, we at Schneider Electric had our first management seminar devoted to Knowledge Management. It was a big success, because we organized it entirely as a knowledge sharing exercise –no pressure for decision making-,...



October 16, 2003

In corporate settings, weblogs are less important than collaborative spaces

23:09 on Thursday October 16, 2003 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

studio id | Blogging in Corporate America by Michael Angeles is a brilliant piece of work, which provides very good insights on the future of corporate intranets. The storyboard of Lucent's intranet made laugh because it looks so much like...



October 06, 2003

Technology does not reduce bureaucracy

23:05 on Monday October 6, 2003 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

I read somewhere yesterday (can't remember where) that "the purpose of IT is to eliminate bureaucracy". Wrong. IT merely increases the productivity of bureaucracy. The only thing that eliminates bureaucracy is trust. A real paperless organization is not one that...



October 02, 2003

The motivation for learning is the desire to access a community

18:16 on Thursday October 2, 2003 | 1 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

In Learning communities and learning networks, posted on September 30. and commented on by Sebastien Paquet, George Siemens opposes two learning environments: course work and learning communities. As I strongly support the development of CoPs in my company, I cannot...