Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Week 7: Dave Simmons Visit

I really liked Dave’s speech to us. While many of the things he discussed about his current situation sounded suspiciously more like information management than knowledge management, I still greatly appreciated his anecdotes and real world experience.

Here were some of the things Dave touched on that I really found insightful:
“The real knowledge is in the failed projects”

“Organizing info so we can derive knowledge from it”

He also quoted the famous KM line: “We’re starving for knowledge but drowning in information”

He stressed the importance of keeping a personal journal, which was something I was thinking a lot about personally.

“Discernment for better decision making”

When it comes to information “less is more” focused information is better than more information

And the most important piece of knowledge he dropped on us:
“Simple projects can have the biggest impact”

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