Monthly Archives: August 2005

Why Knowledge Management is So Important

Posted on August 21, 2005 by Dave Pollard

As most of you know, I recently spent ten years as CKO of a large professional services firm. I quit to start my own business — writing books and consulting mainly on business innovation and entrepreneurship. My reason for doing … Continue reading →

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Saturday Links — a Day Late

Posted on August 21, 2005 by Dave Pollard

We hosted the annual neighbourhood BBQ yesterday, so this week’s ‘best links of the week’ post is a little late. Another post to follow later today. The Innovation-Centric Company: From Roger Smith at the Fast Company Blog, what it takes … Continue reading →

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Prisoners of Our Thoughts

Posted on August 19, 2005 by Dave Pollard

Alex Pattakos’ book Prisoners of our Thoughts synthesizes the work of death camp survivor Viktor Frankl down to seven key principles that will help you be happier and more successful in your life: Exercise the freedom to choose your own … Continue reading →

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The World’s Ten Most Intractable Problems

Posted on August 18, 2005 by Dave Pollard

My recent conversations with my colleagues working on AHA! have taken some intriguing turns, and since many of you have been very encouraging on this project, I wanted to share them with you. Just as a brief reminder on what … Continue reading →

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Learning to Pay Attention

Posted on August 17, 2005 by Dave Pollard

Since I vowed to do so a few months ago, I have been spending about half an hour per day living in the moment — focused, getting outside my head (and away from the PC), learning to pay attention. Some … Continue reading →

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Homo Sapiens, Gatherer

Posted on August 16, 2005 by Dave Pollard

Since our first appearance on the planet, the human diet has changed dramatically. While popular wisdom portrays us as primarily carnivorous hunter-gatherers from day one, there is increasing evidence that, not only do we have this backwards (which is why … Continue reading →

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A Taxonomy of Learning, and Nature as Learning Role Model

Posted on August 15, 2005 by Dave Pollard

Last week at our regular Breakfast at Flo’s meeting of KM practitioners we were talking about how people learn, and the significance of different learning styles and preferences for the successes and failures of various Knowledge Management programs and projects. … Continue reading →

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Coping, Insensitively

Posted on August 14, 2005 by Dave Pollard

When you go into the army (or away to summer camp, or boarding school, or prison) one of the objectives is usually to get you to ‘mature’, to be more independent of those who have nurtured and sheltered you, to … Continue reading →

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Five Links About Freedom

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Dave Pollard

Stand Up for Freedom: The ACLU is sponsoring a contest for young people (17-29) to write essays and 30-second public service announcements on the importance of freedom. The results should be interesting. The link above seems to be blocked (perhaps … Continue reading →

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Bush Shows His True Stripes on ‘Free’ Trade

Posted on August 12, 2005 by Dave Pollard

Cartoon by Khalil Bendib for Corpwatch.orgThis from the CBC: On Aug. 10, 2005, an ìextraordinary challenge panelî under NAFTA dismissed American claims that the earlier NAFTA decision in favour of Canada violated trade rules.“We are extremely pleased that the ECC … Continue reading →

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