The end of “Need To Know”

Reading an umptieth comparison “Management 1.0 v. Management 2.0″ I come to think:

“Need To Know” is dead; we need now “Need To Let Know”

Whatever’s happening in front of me, the constant thought should be “Who should know? Who is ging to miss this if I don’t let them know?”.

Distinguish Knowledge Management Lifecycle (KML) & Knowledge Lifecycle Management (KLM)

You have to distinguish Knowledge Management Lifecycle (KML) & Knowledge Lifecycle Management (KLM).

KM has a lifecycle of its own, clearly observable along the organization’s progress in KM — but Knowledge also has a lifecycle of its own, clearly observable along Continuous Improvement Processes like Kaizen, and this lifecycle can & should be managed.

Treasure

You think you treasure it because it’s precious, but it’s precious because you treasure it

“How do you best learn?”

The only question worth asking at this time is “How do you best learn?”.

Isn’t it?

“It’s a cultural thing”

When you hear “It’s a cultural thing”, it’s most of times about the other’s culture; you and I don’t have a “cultural thing”, we’re the norm of normalcy ;-).

Perception slants in intercultural contacts

A thought about inter-cultural experiences (inspired by a comment on Superfrenchie, very interesting blog by a French living in the USA):

Part of the experience US people traveling to France is –first & foremost– the experience of someone coming from a small city (let’s say: Boise, Idaho) to a big city (let’s say: Paris, France).

Now my contention is we have a typical Laffitte’s Law at work here: many of the things that strike them as French are probably more ‘big city’;maybe they would have the same experiences in –say– New York, New York.

Hence the following diagram :