tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post852724158071277743..comments2024-03-20T11:13:46.071+00:00Comments on Knoco stories: KM - still enduring, still confusingNick Miltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413967879826601863noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post-7772046444533305042015-01-08T20:21:25.346+00:002015-01-08T20:21:25.346+00:00Agree entirely ! I don't see an easy way past ...Agree entirely ! I don't see an easy way past this lexical log jam, so I guess we have to just keep working at it. At least a common agreement among practitioners that there is overlap with IM, and we might be practitioners and experts in both, but that they are still different disciplines.<br /><br />Thanks for the discourse :-)JedPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090008973629372385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post-82875580632184210462015-01-06T15:33:12.973+00:002015-01-06T15:33:12.973+00:00I have often suggested, Jed, that this confusion s...I have often suggested, Jed, that this confusion stems from a deficiency in the English language, which uses the same word (Knowledge) for two things - the ability to recall facts, and mastery of a topic or practice. See here for an explanation. http://www.nickmilton.com/2011/07/knowledge-management-term-lost-in.html<br /><br />Facts can be written as information, hence the overlap between KM and IM. Some simple knowledge can be codified as information. These areas of knowledge are easy to work with, using IM tools. Unfortunately in some areas this has become the WHOLE of KM. <br /><br />Practice mastery, especially organisational mastery, is far harder to work with, and does not lend itself to simple IT solutions. <br />Nick Miltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02413967879826601863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post-91847091112707586152015-01-06T14:03:58.612+00:002015-01-06T14:03:58.612+00:00ahh the eternal confusion ! I love your closing pa...ahh the eternal confusion ! I love your closing paragraphs and your misgivings about KM being used as a trendy (still ?) marketing gloss for what are often in reality Information Management concepts and products. I gave a presentation at an AIIM (ECM association) conference some years ago suggesting you cannot achieve the goals of a KM strategy without good Information Management, but the two disciplines maybe related but are not the same. Perhaps the confusion persists as IT or more technical people are drawn to the field via Info Management as opposed to Organizational Learning experts or people with HR related expertise - what do you think ?JedPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090008973629372385noreply@blogger.com