There has been some discussion during November in ActKM about whether tacit knowledge can be captured. Opinion ranged from ‘definitely yes’ to ‘absolutely no’. This discussion reminded me of the distinctions made by Max Boisot between three types of tacit knowledge: Things that are not said because everyone understands them and takes them for granted. […]

It is difficult to build a community of practice from scratch. In fact, the construction metaphor of ‘building’ a community is inappropriate. Rather, it is important to ‘foster’ communities–and the first step is to find the communities that already exist in your organisation. There are many places to search for evidence of existing communities. Like […]

This years’ Cynefin Certification Training is shaping up to be a well attended and exciting event. Dave Snowden will be here with me and Viv Read to facilitate the learning. There has been considerable interest in the researchers’ stream, which is a new idea for us. It will enable people to delve into the theory […]

This is my 3rd blog with previous efforts at blogspot and radio. I plan to republish some of my previous blogs here as well as keep you up to date with what is happening with Anecdote and Cynefin in Australia.