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Resistance Is Futile. You Will Be Assimilated!

Friday 21 December 2007 10:40 GMT

  




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Resistance Is Futile. You Will Be Assimilated!
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Knowledge LetterAppears in the Gurteen Knowledge Letter issue: 91
Posted DateFriday 21 December 2007 10:40 GMT
Posted ByDavid Gurteen
Linkhttp://www.thecontenteconomy.com/2007/10/enterprise-20-and-s ... 

Read this post by Oscar Berg on Enterprise 2.0 and the shrinking IT department. Read it the once through - its a good article on how IT needs to focus on the business:
There really are no IT projects, only business projects with more or less IT involved.
And then re-read it but as you do replace the word IT with KM. It still makes sense - in fact very good sense. Oscar concludes by saying that
Enterprise 2.0 is about making IT an inherent part of all business.
Expanding this a little I would say:
Enterprise 2.0 is about making IT and KM an inherent part of all business.
This actually makes more sense than I first thought as for many organizations KM and IT are almost indistinguishable.

I think we could include HR in this argument too! Enterprise 2.0 will challenge the power of KM, IT and HR departments - not to mention many traditional command and control managers. Some will embrace it but I fear most will resist. This is really not the right metaphor but it causes me to chuckle. In the words of the Borg:
"Resistance Is Futile. You Will Be Assimilated!"
But seriously, Enterprise 2.0 and KM 2.0 will change the power structure of organizations for ever! It will take a little time but this is going to happen, so best embrace it early then fight it.

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