KnowledgeBoard #130 - 18 May

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EDITOR'S NOTE

 

Miguel from the CoPs SIG has written a very interesting analysis

of recent changes which alter our understanding of Communities of

Practice; well worth a read. The Complexity Science and

Organisations SIG will be launched in mid June; Carol Webb is at

the helm of this emergent entity and is bound to bring barrels of

excitement and debate our way, so prepare yourselves! Likewise,

Dedrick Smith has jumped onboard the KM for Project Management

SIG so we should see action there in the coming months as well.

 

Please fill out our members' feedback survey - it will only take

a few moments and goes to making the site a better place. Once

you have done that, check out the new papers in the KB library –

the content stewards have done us proud again and found some

fantastic research.

 

This is my last newswire, so it's farewell time. Farewells should

always be short and sweet, so... Farewell. Au revoir. Hasta

pronto. Ciao. Auf wiedersehen. Adeus. Tot ziens. Seeya. It's been

fantastic and you have all been great. Thank you.

Ed Mitchell

Editor

mailto:editor@knowledgeboard.com

SIG AND OTHER CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS

Revisiting CoPs: from fishermen guilds to the global village

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If we want a model that truly reflects modern CoP behaviour, we

need to take into account a number of changes that have affected

CoPs - the same ones that have propelled them to their current

number and role. Those changes affect the roles of familiar parts

of the model, and highlight the emergence of new elements like

the "conversational space" and privately-owned resources

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2713

 

Launching the new Complexity Science and Organisations SIG

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A core objective of the SIG is to stimulate an open and flexible

environment in which to do stuff on the theme of complexity

science where maximum participation and co-creation is the name

of the game. As SIG Editor, Carol will be looking to stage a few

things and set up a bit of controversial intellectual debate on

the KB and hopefully tease out interesting themes from there with

the people interacting. The aim of this is to develop new streams

of ideas on which to build together.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2720

 

Ed Mitchell's wave goodbye to KnowledgeBoard

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The last two years as KB editor have been astounding and you are

the reason why. Thank you all for being so good to me; I hope

that I have responded in kind and made the most of the situation.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2718

 

Take part in the KB feedback survey

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As from today and through the next couple of weeks, KB is running

a Feedback survey in which we will learn from you, our customers,

what you think about the KnowledgeBoard activities, community and

site. The survey is very short; only 12 questions - and takes

only a few minutes to fill out

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2715

 

Featured event: ISPIM 2006

11-14 June 2006, Athens, Greece

The conference theme is 'Networks for Innovation' and brings

together academics and practitioners involved in innovation

management. To register for this conference, visit the event page

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/201

CONTENT SPECIAL FROM THE KB CONTENT STEWARDS:

 

New content from Our Members and Journal Partners

 

We hope you're regularly looking at the bottom left hand corner

of the KB front page. It contains links to the latest four new

documents in our member library, which, thanks to our community

and journal partners, continues to be populated with interesting

reading material. Just a short reminder that from now on, to

access content in the member library, you need to login.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/knowledgebank/journals.html

 

Here are some of the papers we've added to our library recently:

 

Revisiting Communities of Practice: from fishermen guilds to the

global village:

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/lib/3324

 

Collaboration capability - a focal concept in knowledge creation

and collaborative innovation networks:

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/lib/3313

 

Creating innovative clusters - the view from above:

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/lib/3304

 

Developing organisational capabilities: a strategic approach to

continuous innovation:

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/lib/3302

 

Improving efficiency through internal benchmarking:

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/lib/3299

 

Balanced benchmarking:

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/lib/3298

 

When innovation is necessary but not sufficient:

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/lib/3301

 

In case you didn't notice, you can always directly access our

latest content through the 'media latest' directory:

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/directories/media/latest.html

 

Last but not least, in case you haven't, you may wish to download

a free copy of our book of case studies on 'Real Life Knowledge

Management: Lessons from the Field':

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/lib/3236

 

If you like the digital version, drop us a comment and we may

send you a complimentary print version:

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2695/23/5/3

 

Do keep on sending us your contributions. We love reviewing them

and then sharing them with our community through our member

library:

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/cgi-bin/library.cgi?action=insert

 

KM, Content and Collaboration Australia 2006

14-16 August, Sydney, Australia

KCC Australia is where KM and CM tools and techniques converge

offering you a holistic approach to managing your organisation's

unstructured information and collective expertise.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/203

COMMUNITY

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

bottom of every article.

 

IS KM going down?

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Rene Stach has noted a downward spiral of interest in KM from

google's trends service. Does this indicate that KM was a short

hype?

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/discuss/1/18/25

 

Structure of online communities

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Eoian is interested in determining if the structure of an

electronic network affects the knowledge outcomes for

participants.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/discuss/0/0/0/106

 

Go to the SIG/Zone Forums by using the link in the SIG/Zone menu:

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/discuss

 

Featured event: KM for professional services

13-14 June, London, UK

Ark's conference looks at the culture in a professional services

environment and addresses the key issues in achieving the vision

of creating a programme that is aligned with business strategy.

Attend this crucial event and hear from expert speakers who have

moved KM to the next level in their organisations.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/211

 

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, see:

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events

 

E-learning and the way humans learn

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6 June, London, UK

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/195

 

3rd European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 06)

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11-14 June, Budva, Montenegro

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/145

 

Knowledge work and management at Informs

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25-28 June, Hong Kong

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/162

 

Information Management: Understanding & Engaging your End-Users

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28-29 June, Sydney, Australia

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/213

 

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