Posted by Jay Reay on April 01, 1998 at 07:24:18:

In Reply to: Re: attitudes to providing KM services posted by Rupert Whitehead on March 31, 1998 at 11:01:20:

An excellent continuation of this thread Rupert, thanks.

The Senge et al reference is to Peter Senge's books "The Fifth Discipline" and the rather more useable "Fifth Discipline Handbook" (Century Business Press). Senge offers an excellent argument and lots of practical exercises for a systemic approach to business. The second book includes long contributions from, among many others, Chris Argyris, hence the et al. A seminal book in getting business people to realise that working practices are holistic and interdependent.

The two books i would grab from the cabin as the ship goes down Mr Plomley? (US readers may not get that reference, I like being obscure, it makes up for substantive thought!)
Hamel & Prahalad, "Competing for the Future" (Harvard Business Press), provides a practical blueprint for KM architecture related to the leveraging of corporate and individual competences.
Erich Harth "The Creative Loop" (now in Penguin paperback), more creativity and innovation than KM per se, but then I believe that knowledge, learning and C&I are inextricable; understanding how the brain/mind works is essential if we are to understand how knowledge works in a human society such as a corporation. This book is clear and thought provoking. Stafford Beer's 1960s classic "The Brain of the Firm" would have been in if I had not known Harth's work.

Oh, and the traditional desert island luxury? Unlimited supplies of flipcharts, pads and coloured pens/pencils, to capture (and share if I am ever rescued) all the ideas about ideas my isolation will have allowed me to generate from synthesising all the information and knowledge caught within me. True knowledge management at last!

Any other "must have" booklists for marooned knowledge navigators?

---

Follow Ups:

• Re: desert island bookshelf Rupert Whitehead 11:03:59 4/17/98 (0)

---

Click Here to Post Follow Up in New Forums

    Knowledge Management Think Tank (New)

  

 Subject: 

Message: