Posted by Reilly Atkinson on January 21, 2000 at 15:36:18:

In Reply to: Re: KM -- Why Bother? posted by Robert Benjamin on January 21, 2000 at 08:41:52:

Robert -- Seems to me that you are describing steps in your education after school. This process of learning new things, and then applying them to business activities, or other activities, is age old. And it is good, don't get me wrong. But, people have been working with knowledge, thinking about it, expanding it for centuries. So, why all of a sudden do we need a new name for an old, traditional activity?

What's different than someone, or some group, building on the use of the automated spreadsheet? I do not recall any one talking about the spread sheet economy. The notion of "zero" was invented quite a few centuries ago, but we have never had a "zero" economy or "zero" management -- even though the invention of zero is among the most profound and practically important of human inventions.

It's always been a knowledge economy, as much in 11BC as it is now. Business and commerce have always been driven by knowledge. What's the revolution? How different is it, if it exists, from the "revolution" centered on the telegraph, the telephone, or the ones centered around the germ theory of disease? Massive changes do not necessarily a revolution make.

I mean no disrespect. I do, however, hope to cut through all the spin surrounding KM to get to the core -- and how that core ties into and relates to the history of knowledge.

Regards,
Reilly

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Follow Ups:

• Re: KM -- Why Bother? Robert Benjamin 10:35:35 01/22/00 (1)
  • Re: KM -- Why Bother? Reilly Atkinson 20:12:27 01/24/00 (0)
• Re: KM -- Why Bother? Martyn R Jones 21:09:31 01/21/00 (8)
  • Re: KM -- Why Bother? Reilly Atkinson 02:08:58 01/23/00 (7)
    • Another Knowledge Sharing Opportunity Robert Benjamin 00:17:36 01/24/00 (6)
      • Re: Another Knowledge Sharing Opportunity Reilly Atkinson 20:00:27 01/24/00 (5)
        • Re: Another Knowledge Sharing Opportunity ken follows 18:56:10 05/27/00 (0)
        • Re: Another Knowledge Sharing Opportunity Robert Benjamin 00:11:58 01/25/00 (3)
          • Re: Another Knowledge Sharing Opportunity Reilly Atkinson 21:06:52 01/25/00 (2)
            • Re: Another Knowledge Sharing Opportunity Robert Benjamin 00:05:04 01/26/00 (1)
              • Re: Another Knowledge Sharing Opportunity Dirk Woestenburg 17:52:28 06/20/00 (0)

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