by Steve Borgatti, University of Kentucky Introduction What are the conditions that facilitate knowledge transfer? What are the relational conditions that facilitate knowledge sharing between two people? Tie for tie, they are more efficient spreaders of knowledge. There are two kinds of issues to consider: relational and structural. Relational refers to qualities of the relationship between two people who might share information with each other.

Once again I have come across how it’s more important to cultivate conditions for knowledge creation and sharing over trying to manage knowledge or capture it a week before it walks out the door. Actually I ranted about this on Tumblr the other day, starting off with: “Following, “if only we knew what we know”, how about, “if only we could connect people to create knowledge that does not yet exist” They both allude to a similar thing, but the actions of the second statement lead to fulfilling the first statement, and more.” 8221;

I also paralleled this concept to the aims of KM, productivity, performance, sense-making, decision-making, etc: “I think it’s getting us closer to the KM productivity (sense-making) aim that knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer has always aspired to, which is: From this interaction we have information/knowledge transfer. In a past post I elaborated on social networks like Twitter as being a Help engine; an alternative to a search engine in some cases in finding answers and making decisions. finding the right information at the

this point reminds me of an Anecdote white paper where they mention hanging out with each other often enough has an unconscious absorbing effect of knowledge transfer and learning facilitating member needs and the whole togetherness and bonding of the community members. FACILITATE Nancy White has been generous to share a section out of a chapter of her co-authored (Etienne Wenger and John. D

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Obviously, traditional communications models focus on the delivery of information as a top-down process, and as a result, limit the amount of shared knowledge that can be passed between the organisational silos. Because of the linear nature of knowledge transfer blockers can be a significant problem in accessing new information. Some organisations, though, have adopted various collaboration tools as a means of complementing existing traditional communications channels in an attempt to break-down internal silos and blockers that can limit access to new information. About | Contributors | Contact us | Subscribe: via RSS , via Twitter + sponsored by QuickBase Sponsored post : Access the 7 Tip Series from Intuit QuickBase on using Web-based software Being social at work: which communications model to adopt for the enterprise?

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There’s lots more benefits like re-use (cost), innovation, opportunities, cooperation, communication, collaboration, awareness, adapt to change, knowledge transfer and retention , talent retention (feeling of belonging, heard, advancing career prospects), etc… From this aspect talent and knowledge management is about opportunities and the way (method) to capitalise on them to benefit productivity, and effectiveness of workers, groups, and the organisation. Here’s an excerpt from a one page flyer I’m doing for Communities of Practice at our work: “We like to think that people in our [firm] are more than their job title describes, we all have many talents, and we all have many needs to draw on each others talent.

There were three primary goals for the evaluation: 1) to understand the effectiveness of networks of collaboration in facilitating knowledge transfer across regions and sectors; 2) to identify where and how the links between ICT RTD, technology diffusion and systems of innovation could be strengthened at the EU, Member State and Regional levels; and 3) to target where and how to strengthen the impact of EU ICT RTD and deployment initiatives by leveraging on Structural Funds programmes, co-ordinated public procurement and Information Society deployment initiative Linking value network patterns to economic development In 2007 an evaluative study “ Effectiveness of ICT RTD Impacts on the EU Innovation System” was conducted for the European Commission, DG INFSO Evaluation and Monitoring Unit, by ALTEC SA and Edna Pasher PhD & Associates (Allee et al 2007a and 2007b) under the direction of Peter Johnston, Head of Unit, and Frank Cunningham, Evaluation Specialist.

The intersection of technology, practice, community and the world The tale above is a glimpse into our small group of volunteers organizing an event for KM4dev ( [link] ), a community of practice about “knowledge management for development”. 8242; or ’social networking’) which allow an individual to build a unique online presence and profile including what they know; and, they facilitate connections between individual users, allowing each user to build a personal network around a knowledge area. Home About Full Circle Contact Resources Wiki Full Circus Full Circle Associates connections for a changing world, online and offline… Aug 27 2008 From courses to community: Josien Kapma and Nancy White Published by Nancy White at 6:42 am under communities of practice , learning This is an article that Josien Kapma