What does the Future of Management look like to you?

Wednesday 28 November 2007 08:05 GMT

Title	What does the Future of Management look like to you?
Weblog	Gurteen Knowledge Weblog
Knowledge Letter	Appears in the Gurteen Knowledge Letter issue: 90
Posted Date	Wednesday 28 November 2007 08:05 GMT
Posted By	David Gurteen
Links	http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/hamel/2007/09/what_does_the ...

Gary Hamel

Thanks to Chris Fletcher for pointing me to this blog posting of Gary Hamels where Gary asks What does the Future of Management look like to you?.

I have enjoyed Gary's thinking on the future of management and organizations and in particular the increasing power and influence of the individual ever since I read his book Leading the Revolution in 2000.

There are some clear implications for KM if Gary has got these predictions right as I feel he has. The most obvious two are:

"Restricted, controlled flow of information shall be the most antiquated feature."

"The need for large, expensive & highly trained information technology departments will have disappeared because reliable, robust & highly configurable solutions will be available via the Internet."

The control and flow of information and knowledge will be set free from the tyranny of IT, IS, corporate librarians and management who wish to censor and control it and put it in neat little boxes! Its slowly happening and its mainly social tools such as Wikis and Weblogs that will make this a reality.

But take a look at the comments on Gary's posting. Event if you don't agree with them all - they are rich food for thought - most of them inspiring but some of them scary!

The Gurteen Knowledge Search Engine is a customised Google search engine that searches over 800 KM related websites and weblogs.

David Gurteen

Quietening the audience at KM Brasil, August 2008

I help people to share their knowledge; to learn from each other; to innovate and to work together effectively to make a difference!

Services I offer
My schedule
How to contact me

Current location: Fleet, England (home)

My Weblog

Gurteen Knowledge Community

Knowledge Community

Friday 10 October 2008
07:41 PM GDT