I’m working on a report for a client about knowledge management and knowledge sharing and I am deliberately avoiding the question of defining “knowledge.” I’ve learned that it’s a rat hole of interesting coffee shop conversation that ultimately produces little of value. On the other hand, I started playing with the idea of words that you might use during the conversation. Combine that with Twitter, constrain the problem, and see what results. I posted the following Tweet yesterday to start things off:
So far that’s led to contributions from @shifted, @hjarche, @hylton, @coyenator, and @rsukumar. Here’s the list as of this morning, which I’ve split between verbs and nouns (we seem to be a bit short on the noun side):
| Catalog Categorize Cite Classify Coalesce Codify Collaborate Collate Collect Comment Communicate Conceive Connect Consult Constrain Construct Convert Coordinate Craft Create Critique Crystallize |
Community Construct Conversation |
What would you like to add to the list?
Jim and other contributors,
Wonderful idea.
Some additions for your consideration …
capital, capture, case, case study, causal, centric, chain, challenge, channel, centered, characteristics, collective, combination, commercialization, competency, complexity, compliment, component, compose, concept, consistency, consolidate, content, context, continuity, contribute, coordinate, core, critical, cultivate, cycles …
Appreciatively,
Peter
Twitter: @WestPeter
PS: As part of my research toolkit, I keep a living-list of knowledge-related terms that I encounter
Cool list Jim. Thanks for mentioning my name.
conflict
chaos
cause / causation (whoops, Peter mentioned causal)
Hi Jim! Great post, indeed! I had a bunch of Cs to add to the mix, but it looks like Peter went ahead and nearly put them all together for me! Oh, well, the power of crowdsourcing, eh? hehe
Either way, there is one other word Peter didn’t mention which I have grown to be rather fond of and that one is “co-creation” or “cocreation”, as part of that of that process of sharing knowledge and collaborate following the P2P model.
Would need to jot down a few more that I may come up with, but Peter has already taken the whole lot! 🙂
Jim,
I recently defined 5 types of communities: Content-Driven, Communicative, Collaborative, Conversational, and Comprehensive.
Here are some additional words I have used when writing about leadership, knowledge management, and communities:
Caring, Courage, Coaching
Culture, Customization
Calm, Creative, Curious
Competence, Commitment, Compassion
Converse, Correspond
Consistency, Completeness
Challenge Convention
Common Concern
The “N Cs of topic X” appears to be a very popular construct. Here are some links to blogs and articles using this convention.
The Seven Cs of Social Interaction by Larry Hawes
http://lehawes.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/the-seven-cs-of-social-interaction/
Conversations, Continuum, Container, Community, Currency, Credibility, Connectivity
The 4 C’s of Community by David Armano
http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2008/11/the-4-cs-of-community.html
Content, Context, Connectivity, Continuity
7 C’s of Building Community by Laird Schaub
http://allconsumingdesires.blogspot.com/2008/08/7-cs-of-building-community.html
Communication, Curiosity, Courage, Complexity, Conflict, Civility, Constructiveness
The Four Cs of Social Engagement by Geoff Livingston
http://nowisgone.com/2008/03/30/the-four-cs-of-social-engagement/
Co-creation, Collaboration, Conversation, Crowdsourcing
The Seven C’s of WebService Design by Albert DeSimone, Jr. and Walter B. McRae
http://www.uga.edu/design/
Comprehensiveness, Currentness , Client-Orientation , Clarity over Coolness , Courtesy over Coolness , Compatibility without Compromise , Cross-Linking
The 7 Cs of software by Anne Truitt Zelenka
http://future.gigaom.com/2007/07/30/the-7-cs-of-the-software/
Collective, Collaboration. Connected, Cyborg, Closed and open at the same time, Composed by a broad population, Choreographed into workflows, Cognizant
The “C’s of Change” by Lisa Zawilinski and Donald Leu
http://www.ncte.org/magazine/extended
creativity, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, self-control, comprehension
The 10 Cs of Branding by William Arruda
http://www.marketingprofs.com/6/arruda27.asp?sp=1
Competent, Credible, Clear, Compelling, Consistent, Constant, Confident, Connected, Committed, Current
The Seven Cs of Coaching by Mick Cope
http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/Bookshop/detail.asp?item=100000000070426
Client, Clarify, Create, Change, Confirm, Continue, Close
The 3Cs of Knowledge Sharing by David J. Skyrme
http://www.skyrme.com/updates/u64_f1.htm
Changing Culture, Challenging Through Co-opetition, Commitment
The 8 Cs of KM success by Madanmohan Rao
http://www.techsparks.com/The-8-Cs-of-KM-success-Learning-from-the-IT-sector.html
connectivity, content, community, culture, capacity, cooperation, commerce, capital
The Six ‘C’s of Social Influence Marketing by Dave Friedman
http://chiefmarketer.com/disciplines/online/social_influence_marketing_0421/
Content, Customization, Community, Conversation, Commerce, Commitment
The 6 Cs of Killer Web Content by Gerry McGovern
http://www.contentmanager.net/magazine/article_1420_killer_web_content.html
Who Cares? Is it Compelling? Is it Clear? Is it Complete? Is it Concise? Is it Correct?
Sailing the seven “Cs” of successful corporate portals by Tim Kounadis
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3995/is_200108/ai_n8954540
Contributive, Consistent, Comprehensive, Contextual, Collaborative, Customizable, Compelling
The Seven Cs of Successful Change by Juliet Rodman
http://365daysofwellness.blogspot.com/2008/03/7-cs-of-successful-change.html
Caring, Choice, Creativity, Courage, Comfort, Confidence, Celebration
7 Cs of Social Media for Participation by Tim Davies
http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2008/04/04/7-cs-social-media-participation/
Context setting, Creative expression, Consultation, Conversation, Collaboration, Campaigning, Change
The 4 Cs of Social Media by Gaurav Mishra
http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/msfs556-session-3-the-4-cs-of-social-media/
Content, Collaboration, Community Cumulative Value
The Ten Cs of Social Media by Nedra Weinreich
http://www.social-marketing.com/blog/2007/04/ten-cs-of-social-media.html
Communicate, Connect, Collaborate/Co-Create, Collect/Categorize, Collective Wisdom, Customization, Conversation, Community – these can all lead to the Big C – CHANGE
7 Cs of Social Media Marketing by Moksh Juneja
http://www.indiaprblog.com/2008/04/7-cs-of-social-media-marketing.html
Context, Communicate, Conversation, Content, Create, Collaborate, Contacts
9 C’s for ensuring your brand’s success by Suze Bragg
http://www.expertbusinesssource.com/blog/430000243/post/700037470.html
Convenience, Content, Consistency, Customization, Community, Connectivity, Customer Care, Communications, Conviction
The Six Cs of Global Collaboration by Terence Brake
http://virtualteamwork.blogspot.com/2008/11/six-cs-of-global-collaboration.html
Cooperation, Convergence, Coordination, Capability, Communication, Cultural Intelligence
Sailing the Seven C’s of Collaborative Business Relationships by Daniel Robin
http://www.abetterworkplace.com/038.html
Courage, Consideration, Consistency, Clarity, Commitment, Capacity, Competence
Six C’s of motivation by Shiang-Kwei Wang and Seungyeon Han
http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Six_C's_of_motivation
Choice, Challenge , Control, Collaboration, Constructing Meaning, Consequences
The Six Cs of Teamwork by James Coakes
http://eventsecrets.com/articles/corporate-event-management/team-building/the-four-cs-of-teamwork/
communication, cooperation, collaboration compromise, contribution, commitment
The Seven C’s of Success by Chris Widener
http://easshare.blogspot.com/2006/03/seven-cs-of-success-by-chris-widener.html
Caring, Character, Choice, Concentration, Confidence, Consistency, Courage
Nine C’s of Leadership by Lee Iacocca
http://www.leadershipnow.com/leadingblog/2007/04/lee_iacoccas_9_cs_of_leadershi.html
Curiosity, Creative, Communicate, Character, Courage, Conviction, Charisma, Competent, Common sense; The biggest C is crisis
Conversations, Connections and Context by John Tropea
http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2008/07/26/conversations-connections-and-context/
Regards,
Stan
Jim,
See http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddj598qm_11hp3sd9hp for additional words.
Regards,
Stan
thanks to everyone for some fascinating additions and pointers. Much appreciated
Cognition…although perhaps a little difficult to use in a report…it is the essence of the activity of knowledge…
it covers the activity of learning and that is where knowledge sharing should lead
Hi Jim,
nice idea – I played some months ago too; here’s the result: http://www.slideshare.net/ggrosseck/this-is-not-letter-c (maybe it can help)