Posted by Denham on January 22, 2000 at 18:26:39:

In Reply to: Innovation and KM posted by Yalvora on January 21, 2000 at 10:34:56:

Yalvora,

Here are some links and leads:

Xerox, inventing & sharing

Innovation diffusion

Connected Ecomony, E&Y article

Social networks and KM, Darr, 1998

There is an important link between new technolgies, access to ideas and people and sustained innovation. We are just starting to see some of this happening within KM as our communties build sufficient trust, conduct structured inquiries and regular business scanning, then implement knowledge sharing. KM tools leverage the ability to make and maintain weak ties, this has been show to be important in sourcing new ideas, making critical linkages and helping creativity. The other aspect is recognizing opportunties and communities are starting to scan and share to that end.

Do not share Reilly's view (if I read him correctly?) that dialog does not play a key role in innovation, I think deep dialog and knowledge networking are critical strategies for sustained innovation, so keep talking if you wish to be inventive, it is a proven strategy for getting around cognitive blocks and gathering thoughts that help.

Organizations & conversation

• Knowledge Innovation

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