I was just referred to Tom Foremski’s Silicon Valley Watcher post on Curation and the Human Web… which argues that curating the content of the web will be a big topic in 2011. I don’t think so, at least not as it is characterized in the post. Curation is like knowledge management. If there is no business model, there is no incentive for people to curate content. Small start-ups … [Read more...] about Curation Not The Future of The Net, Unless You pay
Collaboration
Encouraging Communities of Practice
I was just reading a report out from Deloitte’s Stan Garfield on Communities of Practice (original post from the Darwin Discovery Engine Blog no longer available. Find KM-related posts form Stan at Medium). Here are some thoughts on Stan’s 10 Principals. My comments are in grey. One - Communities should be independent of organizational structure. They should be based on the … [Read more...] about Encouraging Communities of Practice
US Labor Policy and Employment
Thinking out loud: Back in January of 2009 I wrote the blog post below. Since then, the White House, and several part of the executive branch, with the support of congress, have attempted to shore-up American labor with stimulus funds and various other efforts. I believe much of their effort is misguided because they do not look at the complexity of the relationships involved, … [Read more...] about US Labor Policy and Employment
Enterprises Not One Dimensional – Technology Not the Only Influence on the Future Enterprise
From the Future of Work blog, January 2008 Stop with Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, etc. I've said it before and I will say it again and again. Analysts at Gartner, Forrester, Ovum, etc. continue to beat the drum of change with only technology in mind. If that was the case, Enterprise 2.0 happened when the computer first showed up in big overly cooled rooms, and 3.0 occurred when … [Read more...] about Enterprises Not One Dimensional – Technology Not the Only Influence on the Future Enterprise
Collaboration Driven Content–Who Owns the Future of Collaboration?
People using collaboration tools have found that working on shared documents often struggle, as they charge small portions of a document to meet their obligations, but perform those edits on an entire document. This situation is exacerbated even more when working on legal documents, when some parties should not see portions of a document at all. Over time, documents will … [Read more...] about Collaboration Driven Content–Who Owns the Future of Collaboration?
