From the monthly archives:

May 2011

KM issues are not solved by, but enabled, by technology.

by Gil Yehuda on May 23, 2011

in Enterprise 2.0


I’m reading a fantastic book about Organizational Knowledge.  Before I publish my book review I wanted to tell you a story that had a great impact on how I look at knowledge in the workplace.  This took place more than 20 years ago. I graduated from CWRU with a degree in Artificial Intelligence (a scholar’s [...]

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What ‘not ready for prime-time’ means.

by Gil Yehuda on May 16, 2011

in Enterprise 2.0,Open Source


Have you ever asked “Why didn’t you share X with me/us?” and then heard the answer “Well, we were going to, but was not ready for prime time.”  Doesn’t that irk you?  What does this answer really mean? I observed this conversation pattern in two situations recently, so I figured I’d share my thoughts with [...]

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Internal culture shows you to everyone.

by Gil Yehuda on May 5, 2011

in Enterprise 2.0,Open Source


What happens on the inside gets seen by the outside.  You think there are walls protecting your privacy. I came across two examples of this in the past two days — and this inspired me to share this thought with you.  In both cases I realized that what you say behind the closed doors impacts [...]

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