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Book Review: Sharing Hidden Know-How.

by Gil Yehuda on June 21, 2011

in Enterprise 2.0


Kate Pugh has been dealing with hard Enterprise Collaboration issues for years. She uses proven methodologies of “old school” Knowledge Management and Systems Analysis to solve real-world problems. And she recently captured her signature methodology in a book “Sharing Hidden Know-How: How managers solve thorny problems with the knowledge jam”. This review highlights some of [...]

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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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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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For the past few weeks I’ve been reflecting on the Enterprise 2.0 conference that I attended last month and have been sharing some thoughts as a result.  This is the final installment directly related to my post-conference thoughts. My purpose in sharing these posts was threefold: To help those who did not attend get one [...]

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Workplace ritual counterparts in Twitter.

by Gil Yehuda on April 24, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0


I started me career in technology because I’m fascinated with people!  I found that technology provides me with a perch from where I can observe and understand people — or at least those people who are impacted by technology.  And I’m also fascinated by how people identify themselves in groups.  In my professional life, I [...]

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Follow up from EMC employees.

by Gil Yehuda on March 9, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0


Last week I had the pleasure to visit EMC and check out their internal EMC One Enterprise 2.0 communities.  I wrote about it here. I just wanted to follow up with a little more information.  Over the weekend I met with a few friends who work at EMC and asked them about EMC One.  I’ll [...]

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In a previous post I referenced Bruce Tuckman’s team building model.  I have always found it to be a useful way to describe how teams form, and indeed how people start to work together.  It’s mostly remembered by the phrase “Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing” — although Bruce added another step in the process too.   The basic [...]

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