I recently wrote here about using social networking and information technology to improve access to expert knowledge within the enterprise. Luis Suarez has also commented about the "knowledge management" aspects of this idea. An interesting experiment incorporating some of these ideas is already underway here in the United States -- the Peer to Patent Project.

Jun 13
Jun 13 Bringing Knowledge, Relationships, and Experts Together in the Enterprise

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Expertise Management, Governance, Knowledge Management, Network Effects, , Web 2.0

In the first article in this series I commented on the web based evolution of systems for matching up experts (and their expertise) with users based on relationship management and social software technologies. In this article I discuss the implementation of such systems within large organizations

Jun 13
Jun 13 Bringing Knowledge, Relationships, and Experts Together

Dennis D. McDonald

Expertise Management, Knowledge Management, , Web 2.0

Remember near the end of the first MATRIX movie, our heroes were fighting it out on the roof of an office building. They needed a helicopter – fast: * Tank: Operator. * Trinity: Tank, I need a pilot program for a V-212 helicopter. Hurry…. Let’s go. Trinity, already a member of a tightly knit community, knew the right person to call, got a download of her program, and the rest is history.

Jun 16 Jun 16 Expert Knowledge and Patent Review

Jun 13 Jun 13 Bringing Knowledge, Relationships, and Experts Together in the Enterprise

Jun 13 Jun 13 Bringing Knowledge, Relationships, and Experts Together

Jun 16
Jun 16 Expert Knowledge and Patent Review

Jun 13
Jun 13 Bringing Knowledge, Relationships, and Experts Together in the Enterprise

Jun 13
Jun 13 Bringing Knowledge, Relationships, and Experts Together