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{ Monthly Archives } December 2005

Legacy systems: why history matters – Column at ESJ

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2005 12 23 Jim Organization Comments (0)

Deep thinking on strategy and talent on the football fields of Texas Tech

[Cross posted at Future Tense] Dave Winer may work best with a river of news approach to RSS feeds, but I seem to fall more into the “compost heap of knowledge” school. I finally got around to an item from Tom Peters’ blog from earlier this month, which pointed at a Sunday New York Times [...]

2005 12 22 Jim Strategy Comments (0)

Making new old friends by blogging

I just want to reinforce this point. It may be the single strongest reason why I continue to blog. Is there anyone out there who doesn’t need some more new old friends? Picking up the Conversation Where We Left Off Shel Israel has a post today about one of the most gratifying and unintended consequences [...]

2005 12 22 Jim Social Impact Comments (0)

Paul Saffo on rules for forecasting

[Cross posted at Future Tense] “Never mistake a clear view for a short distance.” Paul Saffo Last month I had an opportunity to listen to Paul Saffo of the Institute for the Future speak at the CIO Magazine CIO|06 The Year Ahead conference in Phoenix. I was there as part of CIO’s Enterprise Value Award [...]

2005 12 22 Jim Strategy Comments (0)

More new tools for knowledge work from MindJet

I’m beginning to suspect that the folks at MindJet have a secret plan for world domination. MindManager is rapidly evolving into a platform for doing the hard part of knowledge work and this is one more example. I’ve lately found that I am spending more and more of my ‘think time’ working inside of MindManager. [...]

2005 12 08 Jim Tools Comments (0)

An old look at a new idea – the value of personal knowledge management

(cross-posted at Future Tense) One of the blogs I’ve been reading on a provisional basis recently is “Inside Higher Ed.” It provides an interesting contrast to the Chronicle of Higher Ed’s Wired Campus blog. Both offer valuable perspective on the life of knowledge work and knowledge workers that goes well beyond their specific focus on [...]

2005 12 06 Jim Knowledge work
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