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Learning and KM: Separated at birth?

Jay Cross

T wo years ago, DevLearn and KM World took place simultaneously in downtown San Jose. I sensed that learning and knowledge management were converging and invited bloggers form both sides to get together at the Tidehouse to share viewpoints and guzzle beer. KM World 2009 is next week. I wonder if many KM fans will join us.

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Gurteen Knowledge Letter celebrates 10th birthday

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

David’s site also provides reviews of KM books, biographies of thought leaders, and more. It’s my primary KM reference site. David has been a major influence on my views of knowledge management. The Gurteen Knowledge-Letter is a free monthly e-mail based KM newsletter for Knowledge Workers.

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8 Dirty Words

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Knowledge is inherently unmanageable. Traditional, top-down KM has failed over and over again. It’s based on the assumption that an elite can figure out what workers need to know, package it as explicit data, and serve it up in a database. Most of the knowledge workers seek is tacit and beyond the reach of databased systems.