Comments on: Are Enterprise 2.0 Adoption Best Practices Useful? http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2010/04/29/are-enterprise-2-0-adoption-best-practices-useful/ Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:28:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill Ives http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2010/04/29/are-enterprise-2-0-adoption-best-practices-useful/comment-page-1/#comment-292167 Bill Ives Mon, 03 May 2010 20:58:07 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=4817#comment-292167 Elena - it is precisely the mistakes were the learning occurs but as you said they are rarely admitted. For example, I learned the hard way to include the Legal Dept. up front when setting up a knowledge repository. Correcting the mistake is where we came up with some useful compromises between access and security. Thanks, Bill Elena – it is precisely the mistakes were the learning occurs but as you said they are rarely admitted. For example, I learned the hard way to include the Legal Dept. up front when setting up a knowledge repository. Correcting the mistake is where we came up with some useful compromises between access and security. Thanks, Bill

]]> By: Elena http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2010/04/29/are-enterprise-2-0-adoption-best-practices-useful/comment-page-1/#comment-292126 Elena Mon, 03 May 2010 15:18:22 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=4817#comment-292126 Hi Bill Precisely, KM and for that matter, any other aspect of businesses and enterprises can't be packaged as if they were a music compilation. You mention a key term: 'context'. KM, as well as learning, is context dependent. Moreover, "best of..." approaches seem to erase any trace, any possibility of mistake. Anyone listening to a 'best practices' talk will -consciously or not- rule out and, worse, fear any deviation from that path, i.e. mistakes. And mistakes are the best way to learn, from others' and more especifically from your own mistakes. As I think Einstein said 'anyone who's never made a mistake, never tried anything new'. The problem here is that it isn't easy to find whitepapers, posts, reflections, meetings, etc. where 'mistakes' are shared, is it? Cheers, Elena Hi Bill

Precisely, KM and for that matter, any other aspect of businesses and enterprises can’t be packaged as if they were a music compilation. You mention a key term: ‘context’. KM, as well as learning, is context dependent.

Moreover, “best of…” approaches seem to erase any trace, any possibility of mistake. Anyone listening to a ‘best practices’ talk will -consciously or not- rule out and, worse, fear any deviation from that path, i.e. mistakes. And mistakes are the best way to learn, from others’ and more especifically from your own mistakes. As I think Einstein said ‘anyone who’s never made a mistake, never tried anything new’.

The problem here is that it isn’t easy to find whitepapers, posts, reflections, meetings, etc. where ‘mistakes’ are shared, is it?

Cheers,

Elena

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