Conference presentations are difficult work: take a big, messy concept or idea and distill it down to fit into some arbitrary time constraint pre-determined by the conference leaders. Credibility wanes when positioning that idea and the forced-simplification that follows. If the presenter is honest he or she will admit to their constraints and briefly cover what they can't … [Read more...] about Being a skeptical conference presentation consumer
MediaPlatform Knowledge Management Interview: The Value of Video In Knowledge Management
MediaPlatform Knowledge Management Interview: The Value of Video In Knowledge Management Daniel W. Rasmus Discusses Knowledge Management from MediaPlatform on Vimeo. The MediaPlatform Knowledge Management Interview Last week I had the pleasure of addressing a large audience via webcast for a MediaPlatform knowledge management interview on the power of video to capture … [Read more...] about MediaPlatform Knowledge Management Interview: The Value of Video In Knowledge Management
Anybody Who Doubts the Need for Scenario Planning needs to Read Michael Shermer
At the heart of scenario planning is the belief that we all fall pray to our biases and that only techniques like scenario planning can help us expand our intellectual horizons in order to see things we might ignore, hear things we might tune out, and incorporate knowledge we might otherwise find blasphemy or hypocrisy. Michael Shermer's new book, The Believing Brain, makes … [Read more...] about Anybody Who Doubts the Need for Scenario Planning needs to Read Michael Shermer
Assessing Risk: The Cloud Has No History
Cloud computing risk management: Cloud computing seems to be the perfect technology for people with short attention spans. As I watch the commercials and read the ads about trusting the cloud for business, I keep wondering how these firms have established their credibility and garnered trust. The answer is, they earn trust only so far as trust is built through meeting service … [Read more...] about Assessing Risk: The Cloud Has No History
If You Think You have a Handle on Organization Next, You Might be Lucky, But You are Probably Wrong
Most plans are one-dimensional. They use the best thinking from experts to create a narrow range of possible variances to a set of underlying assumptions. You might get lucky and see those assumptions manifest themselves, or you might be incredibly wrong. If the future doesn’t fit your assumptions, you will find your organization, at best, scrambling to react, at worst, selling … [Read more...] about If You Think You have a Handle on Organization Next, You Might be Lucky, But You are Probably Wrong