A smart and bold entrepreneur or manager came up with a great idea and gave it a try. It worked. The idea was duplicated at other locations to produce more evidence for its value. The experiences inspired and fueled development of a new theory, which in in turn inspired practicing managers to adopt the new thinking in their department or company. This dynamic, two-way interaction process goes on until everybody seems to have taken it for granted. Then, it disappeared from the public scene. From business strategy researchers, knowledge as a strategic asset and knowledge management as a crucial value-creating activity have been taken for granted. However, a close look at their discussion quickly reveals much impact of km on most of the components in their frameworks.
This book, The new age of innovation, does not carry km in its title. Yet, km lies at the core of everything. Knowledge is the input and output of business processes. ICT infrastructure facilitates or even enables knowledge creation, dissemination, and application. Value-creating business models are driven by km activities. Innovative business strategies essentially encompasses innovative km activities.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
About the online class experiment
The first experiment provides some insights for future improvement.
Students are not used to the informal nature of blogs and the fact that blogs can be edited after they are posted. Actually, they don't have to finish everything at one time. Coming back at it several times would be more fun and less burden. They should feel free to add and expand their thoughts. Lacking the spirit of freedom, blogging would not turn into anything substantial.
I wonder what'd happen if these are made clear to the students before the experiment.
Students are not used to the informal nature of blogs and the fact that blogs can be edited after they are posted. Actually, they don't have to finish everything at one time. Coming back at it several times would be more fun and less burden. They should feel free to add and expand their thoughts. Lacking the spirit of freedom, blogging would not turn into anything substantial.
I wonder what'd happen if these are made clear to the students before the experiment.
Thoughts about blogging
Blogging ought to be part of daily life.
Forget about reputation. Forget about who's reading. Just concentrate on your thoughts. Not everybody is a guru about something. But everybody can write down what's in their mind. Start with a purpose. Set up as many blogs as you want. There needs to be some for school, some for work, and for life, and for anything else.
Is time a barrier? No. Passion is.
Don't know anything that you can write about? The fact is, you do know something that you can write about. At the very least, you are an intellectual, a human being that feels and thinks.
Just like with any program implementation, starting small is a good advice. Blogging is a habit worth developing.
Forget about reputation. Forget about who's reading. Just concentrate on your thoughts. Not everybody is a guru about something. But everybody can write down what's in their mind. Start with a purpose. Set up as many blogs as you want. There needs to be some for school, some for work, and for life, and for anything else.
Is time a barrier? No. Passion is.
Don't know anything that you can write about? The fact is, you do know something that you can write about. At the very least, you are an intellectual, a human being that feels and thinks.
Just like with any program implementation, starting small is a good advice. Blogging is a habit worth developing.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Blogs for good and bad
Blogs spread good news and bad news at a rapid speed. While we praise their ability to deliver great benefit, we shouldn't neglected the possibility of damage the may be caused by faudulent blogs. Take a look at this story as an example. We certainly don't need this kind of blogs in the midst of global financial turmoil.
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