PKM Workshop

"The working definition of wirearchy is .. "A dynamic two-way flow of power and authority based on knowledge, trust, credibility and a focus on results, enabled by interconnected people and technology""

"First of all, learning is not something to get. In too many cases we view learning as something that is done to people. It's almost as if we are goin' to get some learnin'! We think we can get an education or get people trained. This is absurd."

Toyota worries that automation means it has too many average workers and not enough craftsmen and masters. But if you increase Talent and decrease Labour, what else needs to change? Pretty well the entire management/leadership system and particularly 'human resource' management.

The foundation for this "other mechanism" is the wirearchy framework: a dynamic two-way flow of power and authority based on knowledge, trust, credibility and a focus on results, enabled by interconnected people and technology." But what is the mechanism and why is it important to have an environment where everyone can be a leader? After all, most leaders are quite comfortable where they are. They worked hard to get there, didn't they?

Change is hard, especially in a large organization. Numerous studies have shown that employees tend instinctively to oppose change initiatives because they disrupt established power structures and ways of getting things done. However, some leaders do succeed-often spectacularly-at transforming their workplaces. What makes them able to exert this sort of influence when the vast majority can't? So many organizations are contemplating turnarounds, restructurings, and strategic shifts these days that it's essential to understand what successful change agents do differently. We set out to gain that insight by focusing on organizations in which size, complexity, and tradition make it exceptionally difficult to achieve reform.

"Critical Thinking" may sound like an obnoxious buzzword from liberal arts schools, but it's actually a useful skill. Critical thinking just means absorbing important information and using that to form a decision or opinion of your own-rather than just spouting off what you hear others say. This doesn't always come naturally to us, but luckily, it's something you can train yourself to do better.P

In brief, we have realized that 'neuroplasticity,' the ongoing remodeling of brain structure and function, occurs throughout life.  It can be affected by life experiences, genes, biological agents, and by behavior, as well as by thought patterns. Interestingly, exercise and physical activity in general have a major effect on 'neurotrophic factors'-chemicals that stimulate the growth and recovery of brain cells.

"Tacit knowledge is stuff that we know, but we can't explain how to do it.  Think of it this way: have someone throw something at you, and try to catch it.  Now, describe exactly how you figured out where to put your hand to catch the flying car keys (or whatever).  You can't.  There are calculations of speed, and trajectories, and muscle movements, and all of that goes on inside your brain and you can't explain any of it.  That's tacit knowledge. - Tim Kastelle"

"It's a fallacy to think of networking as a sales tool. Firstly, it's not. Secondly, it might instead be one of the defining sources of value in your business. Business strategist Ross Dawson, author of the (free and highly comprehensible) Future of Work Framework explains how."

"My favourite definition of Digital Literacy that I have found so far is part of a presentation on Digital Literacy in Primary School Sites, an experiment in 3 schools in Ireland (Casey & Bruce, 2010).  They present Digital Literacy as follows:"

"On days like today, however, he participates in a program called "Googler to Googler," which places employees from across departments into teaching roles that would otherwise be filled by the HR department (or rather, as Google calls it, "People Operations"). Green's class is part of the Google core curriculum, which includes courses on management, orientation, and skills such as public speaking. Other classes taught Googler to Googler--everything from kickboxing to parenting--were initiated and designed by an employee."

"As a global leader in the quick-service restaurant industry, Domino's Pizza has a concentration of jobs requiring a broad base of connections to people and information. The people in these jobs probably used traditional learning to help them attain key roles in supply chain, operations, marketing, or information services. However, an overlooked key to their success, and their future growth, is a type of learning in which they may not have even known they were engaged."

What is it? The Route Map is a framework for action to help organisations develop a sustainable health system. It will help you to coordinate and take action so your organisation can save money, resources, improve health and make changes future proof. The Route Map is the result of a ground-breaking collaboration between the health system and around 70 partners. The Route Map framework isn't set in stone and will evolve over time as we discuss what needs to be done at an individual or an organisational level to make the health system more sustainable.

"The basic unit of social business technology is personal knowledge management, not collaborative workspaces." We are surrounded by information and have many ways to collaborate, but unless each person has effective sense-making processes, social business networks are mostly noise amplification.