A recent Strategy + Business article posed just this question: Strategy or Execution: Which Is More Important? I believe the answer is both. Execution without strategy is aimless. Strategy without execution is meaningless. It is that simple. Think about a strategy to enter a new retail area, say move a US retail brand into the UK. The strategy, at the first level, is … [Read more...] about Which is more important: Execution or Strategy?
Knowledge Management
A New Model for Categorizing Collaboration Technology
The traditional categorization of collaboration software no longer reflects the way people actually work. As we text over phones in the same room, or chat via instant messaging in the same meeting, the very idea of same time, same place or different time, different place seems archaic. Those categories reflect a good intellectual view of a technology in its infancy; they … [Read more...] about A New Model for Categorizing Collaboration Technology
How to Unshackle Yourself from E-mail
On this Harvard Business Review blog this morning, Daniel Markovitz, wrote a piece titled: How to Break Free from Email Jail. I appreciate Daniel's manufacturing analogy of creating a pull system for information. His designs make sense. However, what Daniel doesn't acknowledge is that outside of manufacturing, most organizations don't run like manufacturing floors. … [Read more...] about How to Unshackle Yourself from E-mail
The Tens — Knowledge Management Success Factors
download a PDF here. Knowledge Management Success Factors These then Knowledge Management Success Factors will help any organization get started on the right foot. Document the value proposition so that it aligns with organizational goals and objectives. If the knowledge management goals do not clearly reflect organizational direction, then they will appear to … [Read more...] about The Tens — Knowledge Management Success Factors
Embracing Video for Organizational Learning: An Interview with Dan Rasmus on Video, Learning and Knowlege Management
Embracing Video for Organizational Learning More at Mediaplatform.com Dan Rasmus Discusses Knowledge Management from MediaPlatform on Vimeo. … [Read more...] about Embracing Video for Organizational Learning: An Interview with Dan Rasmus on Video, Learning and Knowlege Management