November 30, 2003

Versailles – The first KM project

I have always been wondering why KM programs were so controversial, why they could flourish only « with a strong support of top management », why there were so many social activists among bloggers… Reading a book recently about Louis...



November 27, 2003

CoPs vs. "online communities"

How many forum members does it takes to change a light bulb? This is fun. And so true... That's why I moved to blogging. It's only part of the solution though....



November 22, 2003

"It is the priviledge of the powerful to see catastrophies from a terrace"

I just came back from a three day company seminar. We had good food, nice entertainment, beer mugs with the corporate logo, little gifts and awards... More than a hundred people attended. We were celebrating the progress of a knowledge...



November 18, 2003

A quick report on KM Europe in Amsterdam

The KM Europe event took place in Amsterdam between November 10. And 12. I attended the two first days. This is a quick report on what I found to be of interest, even though I saw maybe only 30% of...



November 13, 2003

Gold nuggets from Carla O'Dell

Carla O'Dell, president of APQC, gave a speech at the KM Europe Conference in Amsterdam on November 11. These are a few quotes I took from her speech: “Technology is non sufficient, but it is necessary. You can’t imagine a...



November 5, 2003

Students for CoPs

Fantastic suggestion by my friend Gilbert Brault: Using student interns as core group members for communities of practice in our company. Can you imagine the learning potential? Students are always looking for internships in large corporations, and large corporations often...



November 2, 2003

The dilemma of KM programs

Dave Pollard’s paper, « the future of knowledge management » addresses the need to reinvent knowledge management after the failure of big K programs to deliver on their promises. Dave discards the old corporate-centric idea of KM, focused on ‘capturing...