Knowledge Rocks!

I had the great fortune to listen to Steve Podborski, the first non-European World Cup Champion (1982), of the Crazy Canucks (CCs) ski team speak at a dinner a few years ago. I was reminded of this watching their story on the bio channel. I remember Steve talking about one thing that made the CCs [...]

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One of the challenges facing public health is the early recognition of problems. With the benefit of hindsight, we look back at outbreaks such as SARS and now more recently Swine Flu (H1N1) and we can see the information trail that precedes the Eureka moment or discovery point. In retrospect, with SARS, there was chatter [...]

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Kimiz Dalkir at McGill once told me she collected definitions for Knowledge Management. At the time she published her excellent book (Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice) she had collected and catalouged over a hundred definitions. When we spoke, I believe she had over 180; most of which were different. In part, this demonstrates the [...]

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Here is a presentation I gave at the Housing Memory student conference at the Faculty of Information (iSchool), University of Toronto. Enjoy. The Need To Forget View more presentations from Joel Alleyne.

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Sir Francis Bacon was right about knowledge. It is power. Ben Franklin agreed. “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” We think our perspectives on knowledge are new. Think again. If you have any old quotes / perspectives, please share them with us.

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I recently did a presentation as part of the KMDI alumni series for students interested in a career in Knowledge Management. The presentation is on SlideShare (this time I edited it in advance to avoid the formatting problems). Enjoy How Can Studying Knowledge Media Design Help You With A Career in KM View more presentations [...]

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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 [...]

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I hosted (at BLG) and attended meetings with colleagues through the Conference Board KSEN group in September. This meeting was largely “in camera”; but here are some quasi-public thoughts for others. If you are in KM in Canada – you should consider joining this group. It is a fascinating collaborative group full of ideas and [...]

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