Category Archives: Workers

And the “what is a knowledge worker” battle continues to rage

January 6, 2008 – 10:56 pm

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I’ve read Matthew’s response to Shawn’s response to Matthew’s response to Shawn’s original post. Plus Dave Snowden’s mind-blowing response to both Shawn and Matthew.
I have to say, I still agree with Matthew. Identifying both knowledge work and workers is […]

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Knowledge worker - NOT a redundant term

January 4, 2008 – 1:04 pm

Shawn Callahan of Anecdote argues that the need for the term knowledge worker is redundant now that technology is ubiquitous in the developed world and that almost every worker trades in knowledge of some sort. He sees its use as a way to discriminate between identified knowledge workers and those whose roles are not […]

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On the inside, the roses grow - value in corporate blogging

January 4, 2008 – 12:58 pm

While the title is a reference to a line in a song that was the theme of one of the mainstays of 1980s Australian television, it’s also strongly reflective of my opinion on corporate blogging. Smart corporate blogging adoption is something that can have a marked effect in a number of areas in your […]

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Power to the people

January 4, 2008 – 12:58 pm

Here’s the deck I presented at the IIM National Conference yesterday. It’s a look at the shift in the nature of KM, knowledge work and knowledge workers and what their organisations can do to make their own and their employees’ lives easier.

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Toward mutual understanding

May 7, 2007 – 5:00 pm

Wouldn’t it be great if every time a knowledge worker and their manager talked about anything, both of them had a complete understanding of each other’s point-of-view?
What this is all about is finding common ground - that happy place where both worker and manager agree and are comfortable conversing.  Over at Flying Solo, Kath O’Sullivan […]

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Weekend KW fun - Collaboration

May 5, 2007 – 7:42 pm

Only related to knowledge work in the most tenuous way, but here’s a great example of what can happen (fictional, of course) when a team collaborates well.
Of course, we all know, collaboration is a key tenet of the Knowledge Worker 2.0.
Via Luis Suarez.

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Wikipedia - Knowledge Worker 2.0

May 5, 2007 – 7:40 pm

As knowledge workers, we all need to be more progressive in our work and to be on the bleeding edge in order to most effectively exploit the tools and opportunities we have.  In recognition of that need, thoughtglue presents the definition of Knowledge Worker 2.0 from Wikipedia (as defined by Andrew Boyd, and others):
  Characteristics […]

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