Knowledge Rocks!

At the presentation for the Toronto Knowledge Workers group, one of the participants asked (and I paraphrase): “How large does an organization have to be to take advantage of expertise networks?”.
Reaching back in my memory, I remembered having a similar discussion about ‘virtual organizations‘ when I was doing a workshop for the Association for Creative [...]

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I recently did a presentation on Expertise Networks to colleagues in the Toronto Knowledge Workers Group.
I have posted the slides on SlideShare (if you have not explored SlideShare, I would encourage you to do so. A great place to find and share slides on almost any topic. Some of the slides are shared with a [...]

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You can find my piece on “Social Networks – Why Should You Care” on SLAW.
In this column I try to keep the language and terms distinct – social networks, social (knowledge) media, social networking.  This is also one of my areas of research as I try to understand the role of social networks in expertise [...]

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I had the opportunity to see Patti Anklam speak at the Conference Board KSEN session on Social Networking and Social / Organizational Network Analysis in September. The depth of her understanding and work in this area shows well when she presents. You can find Patti in Boston or through her website. I would [...]

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I continue to be curious about companies who block social networking sites. The common argument is that these sites reduce productivity as employees lolly-gag on company time checking their personal pages.
I found this post recently on Business Week that referred me to a survey done by Barracuda Networks (who sells tools for email and web [...]

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