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  • 1.  Focus

    Posted 01-01-2003 11:37
    Apologies for the cross-posting but, in the interests of efficiency, it's
    the obvious thing to do.

    First, let me make clear to any eagle-eyed moderators that I am NOT
    attempting to draw any members away from this list (whichever one it might
    be). Instead, I am announcing my general disengagement from the lists in
    the address field above. I'm far too old to cover the entire waterfront
    and so I am choosing to focus on the one issue that has held my attention
    for more than 30 years: knowledge work and the problems associated with
    improving its productivity. To that end I have established yet another
    list on Yahoo. This one is titled KM-KW and it will focus first on
    knowledge work and, second, on knowledge management. Anyone having any
    interest in those discussions is free to sign up and participate. You can
    find out more by searching on Yahoo's site for KM-KW or by sending me an email.

    For what it's worth, I am not unsubscribing from any of the above lists,
    however, my participation will be confined to quickly scanning the digest
    versions and to occasionally commenting about issues where I genuinely
    believe I have something worth saying.

    A happy, healthy and prosperous New Year to all list members on all lists.


    Regards,

    Fred Nickols
    nickols@safe-t.net


  • 2.  Focus, on a fad

    Posted 01-02-2003 16:14
    "Knowledge Management - the Emperor's new clothes?" is
    the title of a special edition of Information Research
    that seeks to undress Knowledge Management and expose
    it for what it is, "an unusually broad-shouldered
    fad". See especially:

    T.D. Wilson, Professor Emeritus, University of
    Sheffield, UK, Visiting Professor, H�gskolan i Bor�s
    Bor�s, Sweden. The nonsense of 'knowledge management'
    Information Research, Vol. 8 No. 1, October 2002

    --- Fred Nickols <nickols@safe-t.net> wrote: >
    Apologies for the cross-posting but, in the
    > interests of efficiency, it's
    > the obvious thing to do.
    >
    > First, let me make clear to any eagle-eyed
    > moderators that I am NOT
    > attempting to draw any members away from this list
    > (whichever one it might
    > be). Instead, I am announcing my general
    > disengagement from the lists in
    > the address field above. I'm far too old to cover
    > the entire waterfront
    > and so I am choosing to focus on the one issue that
    > has held my attention
    > for more than 30 years: knowledge work and the
    > problems associated with
    > improving its productivity. To that end I have
    > established yet another
    > list on Yahoo. This one is titled KM-KW and it will
    > focus first on
    > knowledge work and, second, on knowledge management.
    > Anyone having any
    > interest in those discussions is free to sign up and
    > participate. You can
    > find out more by searching on Yahoo's site for KM-KW
    > or by sending me an email.
    >
    > For what it's worth, I am not unsubscribing from any
    > of the above lists,
    > however, my participation will be confined to
    > quickly scanning the digest
    > versions and to occasionally commenting about issues
    > where I genuinely
    > believe I have something worth saying.
    >
    > A happy, healthy and prosperous New Year to all list
    > members on all lists.
    >
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > Fred Nickols
    > nickols@safe-t.net

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