KnowledgeBoard #123 - 9 February 2006

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EDITOR'S NOTE

On Tuesday next week, we will be discussing the Cynefin Centre's

'Knowledge Transitions' concept with Dave Snowden in the KB

chatroom. This is a rare opportunity to meet Dave and discuss

debatably the most ambitious active global KM project to date.

Please join us; it is bound to be very enlightening.

We are currently collecting statements of interest about our new

SIG on complexity in organisations (Dave would approve). If you

would like to see this group emerge on KB, let us know by reading

Carol Webb's excellent statement of intent and making a comment.

It has proved very popular so far!

Our multi-KM-network gathering in April, 'Contactivity', is now

formally open and you are warmly invited to attend. The event

wiki is now ready and we are in CoP phase 1: Build Community. If

you like the idea, have a look and join us. We are breaking new

ground in event organisation, and are determined that everyone

goes home with more than they expect.

There is plenty of new editorial and commentary on KB and the

first forum is now open. Sorry for the delay and a genuine thank

you from me for all your feedback. We are back to business as

normal, so let the reading, sharing and learning continue.

Best wishes,

Ed Mitchell

Editor

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SIG AND OTHER CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS

Meet Dave Snowden at the Knowledge Transitions special event

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14 February, online in the KB chatroom, 15:00-16:00 CET

(CET is Central European Time, 1 hour ahead of GMT)

We are proud to invite you to meet Dave Snowden in a free online

event next week:

 

We are facing a demographic time bomb over the next decade as the

baby boomers reach retirement. The impact of this in the economic

field is well known, in particular the position on pensions,

social welfare, health provision and so on. Less well documented

but no less critical are the issues on loss of knowledge. The

issues raised are not new, but demographics are giving them a

sharp focus and new techniques and approaches are emerging. These

also apply to high turnover organisations and other more generic

KM issues...

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/cgi-bin/discuss.cgi?thread_id=10

 

You are warmly invited to Contactivity 2006

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Contactivity is a highly interactive, learning goals-oriented

meeting of minds from all KM networks and professional paths. It

is designed to surface your organisational issues in advance and

uncover practical solutions together. It is a CoP because we will

work together across a pre-defined lifecycle (in both the virtual

and physical environments), and we use co-creation to ensure that

we are discussing issues you choose.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/205

 

Making strategies blossom in the Strategy Garden

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What do gardening and strategic planning have in common? With the

new website 'Strategy Garden' the editors behind the KB Strategy

and Vision SIG launch one of the first open source communities

for modern strategic planning instruments.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2649

 

Jakarta Lucerne

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The latest commercial enterprise search offerings from vendors

such as, Autonomy, Google, Convera or FAST are powerful, but

pricey too. A shoe string budget and pressuring deadlines are the

most common constraints in today.s projects; considering open

source software for a start seems to be a fair alternative.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2650

 

*Featured event: Summit for the Future on Risk

*3-5 May 2006, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The Summit 2006 will bring together thought leaders to discuss

significant, global challenges and opportunities. Speakers will

focus on the subject of risk and the role of risk in innovation

and global growth. Special KB members 200 EUR discount

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/150

 

COMMUNITY

Add your comments by clicking the 'add a comment' link at the

bottom of every article.

 

A new SIG for consideration: Complexity Science and Organisations

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45 people in and around Europe have already shown interest in

getting a new KB SIG off the ground. The subject of this one is

complexity science and organisations, and this is your chance to

jump on board and make sure it really happens.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2644

 

Welcome to the new KB Zone: KM in Belgium

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This space is dedicated to all people with a serious interest in

the building of challenging KM solutions for groups in commerce,

institutions, NGOs, universities and more. More precisely, what

they need to be actively part of the expanding multi-faceted

world at the time it is said that Belgium has lost some of its

famous competitive productivity!

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2646

 

Free Open Source Software for a directory of expertise

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Hilda asks: 'Have any of you come across a free and/or open

source application that can be used to create a directory of

expertise? Alternatively, are any of you using the personal

homepage function of a content management system (I am a huge

Plone fan) as a directory of expertise?'

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/discuss/0/0/0/47

 

*Featured event: Certified Knowledge Manager training course

*20-24 March, Basel, Switzerland

The CKM training program, instructed by Douglas Weidner, has been

used globally in over 500 organisations, and is now being offered

in Europe. The comprehensive curriculum is independent of any KM

tool or IT solution. The concept is to give people a standard

training and an internationally recognised qualification.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/165

 

KM EVENTS

You can register for events online by clicking on the 'Register'

link on the bottom of each event listing. This is only a sample

of our listings; for a full list of KM events, search from:

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events

 

Improving Intranet Search

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22 February, Canberra, Australia

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/174

 

Creating value from Intellectual Capital

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22 February, London, UK

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/186

 

The Future of Electronic Identity

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1 March, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/173

 

Creating Capacity for Change

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22 May, Prague, Czech Republic

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/184

 

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