C-words of knowledge

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:

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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?

10 thoughts on “C-words of knowledge”

  1. 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

  2. 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! 🙂

  3. 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

  4. 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

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