Today is Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Now seems an appropriate time to revisit a knowledge management case study on Eskom, South Africa’s national electricity utility. “Retaining knowledge and skills in Eskom through knowledge management” was presented at the ICICKM in 2007.
From the case study it can be gathered that the main focus of the knowledge management initiative is to “capture the [...]
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Google is considered to be one of the most innovative technology companies in the world. How do they view innovation? How do they come up with all their ideas? How do they create a climate for innovation?
Watch this very insightful talk by Google’s CIO, Douglas Merrill, on Innovation at Google. The video clip is 51:47 [...]
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The economy of the 21st century is a knowledge and idea-based economy where the keys to job creation are innovative ideas. Knowledge has become the primary resource for individuals and for the global economy. Consequently knowledge has become an organisation’s most valuable resource, and the capability to manage that knowledge strategically the most significant source [...]
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ideocentrix provides dynamic insight into the use of knowledge in our society and the world of business.
It puts ideas (ideo) in the center (centrix) Topics covered include knowledge management, innovation, technology and trends.
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Wikis enter CRM domain
It seems Wikis have entered the CRM domain with products such as Kadient, SellingEdge.com, Salesforce.com’s Koral and Oracle’s integrated wiki. Products in sales training include CanDoGo, SPI’s SalesWiki, and TASpedia. Read Jim Dickie’s comments on the rise of the wiki in CRM.
‘Knol ‘- new kid on the block
Google have announced a new [...]
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January 4th, 2008 | Marié | 0 comments | Continued
Do you know what the biggest underserved markets are?
No, it’s not the teenage market…
In Tom Peters’ words: Women and “Boomers & Geezers”
Let him explain, as only he can do…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyVMS5q7zkg
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September 18th, 2007 | Marié | 0 comments | Continued
The Knowledge Management Survey for 2007 has officially been launched!
The survey focuses on how organisations that are dependent on knowledge as a strategic resource view and manage knowledge. A select number of organisations are participating in the survey which targets South African-based high technology manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services companies. Each participating organisation will receive a dedicated feedback [...]
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August 5th, 2007 | Marié | 0 comments | Continued
Ever wondered how your instinct, intuition, gut-feel or snap judgements work? Can you trust your intuition? Can you learn how to improve your snap judgements?
Blink is a brilliant book about those two seconds where you decide whether you like a person or not, or where you decide whether you are in danger or not, or [...]
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Business Day reports that the Department of Trade and Industry is facing a crisis due to the lack of experience at strategic levels in various portfolios. Academic and independent consultant, Mike Morris, contributes this to numerous attempts at restructuring. Another commentator claims that few of the department’s key policy makers had more than two years’ [...]
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July 23rd, 2007 | Marié | 0 comments | Continued
