RT @euan: roaming charges and hotel breakfasts - if they were reasonably priced they would get some of my money rather than none! /ditto!
Fri Jul 02 21:08:33 +0000 2010
Speaking at #KMUK10 on Tues. Up to London hotel later today + dinner with my good friend Karuna from Singapore + his wife :-)
Mon Jun 14 07:36:38 +0000 2010
Dear Google just because I am in Hong Kong does not mean I want my search results in Chinese when my preference setting is English!
Sun Mar 28 07:50:05 +0000 2010
RT @endykurniawan: just finished the whole program of @davidgurteen workshop on KM...that was tremendous conversation !! /thanks Endy
Fri Mar 12 04:15:52 +0000 2010
As those in the UK go to bed I start my day in Jakarta - a 1 day workshop introducing KM to business managers at a large bank :-)
Tue Mar 09 00:04:51 +0000 2010
Take off aborted problem with door being worked on - already sat 1 hr on ground at LHR good I have 4 hr stop at Singapore
Thu Mar 04 12:28:34 +0000 2010
@KerrieAnne: @DavidGurteen can't agree - do you know what it's like to have to do several dozen appraisals when you're o'loaded? /yes!
Sun Feb 28 10:34:26 +0000 2010
@NancyWhite I try to work with most #KM conference organizers to make them > conversational - thats the shift needed :-)
Thu Feb 11 19:40:22 +0000 2010
@NancyWhite Society based KM conferences add most value, commercial ones less. But most getting better.
Thu Feb 11 19:38:48 +0000 2010
@NancyWhite Do large KM conferences add value? Academic ones are not conferences but paper publishing vehicles!
Thu Feb 11 19:36:24 +0000 2010
RT @timd: Total meltdown of civil society imminent: commuters talking to each other on this train /amazing what a bit of snow will do
Fri Jan 08 09:56:11 +0000 2010
RT @NancyWhite: I'm looking for examples of peer support groups for women entrepreneurs in developing countries. Any leads? #KM4dev
Tue Dec 22 09:17:10 +0000 2009
#kmasia09 I am running a Reverse Brainstorming Cafe this afternoon on "How to utterly, totally destroy collaboration!" Should be fun!
Mon Nov 23 23:07:55 +0000 2009
I am up bright and early for #kmasia09 in Singapore that starts in 2 hrs - looking forward to meeting lots of old friends :-)
Mon Nov 23 23:05:17 +0000 2009
Arrived in Singapore. Oh how I love Changi airport once again from landing to being in taxi about 10 mins :-) And mmm free Wifi in hotel!
Thu Nov 19 12:56:35 +0000 2009
Taxi arriving in 45 mins to take me up to Heathrow and then fly overnight to Singapore and KM Asia next week #kmasia09
Wed Nov 18 17:44:51 +0000 2009
Sorry that @twitterfeed is screwing up the URL on my @GurteenNews tweets - I hope they will have the problem fixed soon.
Mon Nov 16 09:05:19 +0000 2009
Ran 2 Action Cafes for a client past two days (adapted knowledge cafes) - a little unsure about them but they went so well :-)
Wed Nov 11 07:57:38 +0000 2009
Last day at #KMIndia running a knowledge cafe masterclass for about 25 people, fly home this evening, had a great time :-)
Fri Oct 30 02:33:08 +0000 2009
I have just had a lovely evening and meal with Judi Sandrock here in Joburg. Up early in morning for a Knowledge Cafe Masterclass :-)
Thu Oct 15 21:14:10 +0000 2009
A beautiful morning in Cape Town . I fly up to Joberg late afternoon. A great KCafe at Toastmasters last night - great bunch of people.
Wed Oct 14 06:51:31 +0000 2009
Why wont South African Airlines allow me to use my iPhone in flight mode while other airlines will? But ok to use my laptop with 3G modem!
Sun Oct 11 10:47:41 +0000 2009
Back in Sydney, can't believe how many #KCafe type events I have run - 3 alone in Auckland yesterday and 3 here tomorrow - fly home on Fri!
Wed Sep 30 03:52:16 +0000 2009
RT @MoiraFraser: Great day of kcafes with @DavidGurteen. Looking forward to richer and deeper conversations within Parliamentary Service.
Sat Sep 26 21:20:34 +0000 2009
@weknowmore #RUBBISH was I admit inconsidered. In future I will use the better tag #DISAGREE :-)
Sat Sep 19 13:43:52 +0000 2009
@weknowmore: @DavidGurteen Calling something #rubbish when you disagree doesn't seem like the most constructive attitude BUT IT PROVOKES :-)
Sat Sep 19 13:42:08 +0000 2009
RT @DeltaKnowledge: #KMLF OK to go off topic at a #kcafe. Like 1 group of students who discussed which nationality makes the best lover!
Fri Sep 18 07:56:19 +0000 2009
Cool! configured an ad hoc network on my laptop so my #iPhone can route through my laptop via Wifi to my hotel cable Internet connection!
Wed Sep 16 09:13:12 +0000 2009
Arrived happily in Melbourne. Checked into hotel and have Internet access albeit damned expensive!
Wed Sep 16 09:10:12 +0000 2009
Waiting for airport bus to take me to airport and on to Melbourne. A full day of kcafe events tomorrow!
Wed Sep 16 02:43:21 +0000 2009
RT @pct196: My sister and I just had a great evening and food with @DavidGurteen :-) Chinta Ria was amazing food as usual! LOVED IT TOO!
Mon Sep 14 12:13:30 +0000 2009
Up at 5:00am, taxi arrives at 8:00 to take me to airport then a long long flight to Sydney via Singapore - I had better get on!
Fri Sep 11 04:19:37 +0000 2009
RT @euan: just seen someone use the phrase "social marketing" - wishing that was more common rather then hijacking the phrase "social media"
Wed Sep 09 04:52:34 +0000 2009
@markgould13: @DavidGurteen They will either catch up or fall by the wayside. Connecting with Twitter-like tools is part of #KM now. AGREE!
Sun Sep 06 14:11:42 +0000 2009
I have just accepted an invite to speak at a KM conference in Bogota, Colombia in June 2010. Should be fun :-) #KM
Sun Sep 06 13:45:32 +0000 2009
RT @SimonaBanks: Some people see the cup as half empty. Some people see the cup as half full. I see the cup as too large.
Sun Sep 06 08:15:39 +0000 2009
60+ people at my KCafe on Twitter at #eckm09, only one person tweeting + many who did not know what it was. It saddens me :-( #KM
Sun Sep 06 07:38:22 +0000 2009
Sun morning, back from #eckm09 in Italy, KCafe Masterclass , London on Wed, Fly to Sydney on Fri, lots to organize!
Sun Sep 06 07:33:03 +0000 2009
RT @BeckyBoooo: #norewards rewards should be outcome focused. Sharing knowledge is a means to an end, not a business benefit in itself.
Thu Aug 27 06:50:20 +0000 2009
RT @alfiekohn: A teacher once took exactly 8 words to explain how she'd bettered at her craft: “The longer I teach, the less I talk.”
Thu Aug 27 06:30:51 +0000 2009
RT @DKMatai: Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree! - Martin Luther
Tue Aug 25 06:41:56 +0000 2009
RT @ingerleg: RT @paulvharris: You can not begin to change unless you admit that their is something that needs to change.Paul V Harris
Tue Aug 25 06:15:48 +0000 2009
@silverwaver If you send me a DM but are not following me then I cannot reply with a DM and would rather not &reply as it clutters my feed
Sun Aug 16 09:41:50 +0000 2009
RT @weesiang: Don't do KM, Don't do Social Tools but ask how to solve problems and develop opportunities with them. Nice stm by David. :=)
Sun Aug 16 07:23:01 +0000 2009
RT @tanedgar: David Gurteen wonders why so few people are blogging or tweeting at KM Singapore NOT PART OF CULTURE, NO FREE WIFI #kmsg09
Sun Aug 16 07:07:43 +0000 2009
RT @weesiang #kmsg09 closing remarks by Steve Ellis: What you've learnt is never enough. The moment you stop learning, you're ready for yday
Sun Aug 16 06:49:37 +0000 2009
RT @HelenNicol: I wish people would put something in their profile so I know whether to follow them without reading all their tweets
Wed Aug 12 22:06:42 +0000 2009
RT @HelenNicol: #KM truth: If you hold a cat by the tail, you learn things that cannot be learned in any other way -Mark Twain
Thu Jul 02 10:49:29 +0000 2009
RT @csessums: School is not a useful model for learning. But learning to ride a bike or a foreign language is. - Clark Aldrich
Wed Jul 01 18:15:01 +0000 2009
RT @gapingvoid: It was true 5 years ago, it's still true today: You can't get your head around Social Media unless you actually do it.
Mon Jun 29 10:13:34 +0000 2009
RT @snowded: Hysterical conversation on US Government list serve with creationists who oppose evolutionary approaches to #km (OMG!)
Fri Jun 26 15:34:37 +0000 2009
RT @RODIEN: Write down 5 things you would like to do that will make you truly happy before the end of the year is up!! Enjoy!
Wed Jun 24 07:16:45 +0000 2009
In London today, a meeting with Hank Malik of the Carbon Trust and dinner this evening with Shawn Callahan of Anecdote et al
Tue Jun 23 04:24:05 +0000 2009
RT @leebryant: IT Depts: Sharepoint sucks and will cost you a fortune to knock into shape (summary of Hinchcliffe's polite version) #e20conf
Mon Jun 22 15:05:53 +0000 2009
@kat_mandu_ Yes an Ark Unconference is a GREAT breakthrough. I was trying to convince your predecessors 5 years ago though!
Fri Jun 19 08:40:39 +0000 2009
RT @innovKelli: How do you make KM IRRESISTIBLE to employees? #KM Show them how it can make their life easier and more fulfilling :-)
Thu Jun 18 07:01:02 +0000 2009
@kat_mandu_ Kat, do not try to do a traditional ROI - you cant do it - anything you do will be meaningless :-) Let me email you :-)
Wed Jun 17 13:31:33 +0000 2009
@kat_mandu_ writing the business case for my company using social media is not easy... any tips? WHAT KEEPS YOUR MD AWAKE AT NIGHT?
Wed Jun 17 11:30:22 +0000 2009
RT @BenPlouviez: People need to choose their social computing tools - not be told by IT what to use. Most such tools are free. #KCUK09
Tue Jun 09 08:53:21 +0000 2009
A strong theme emerging for me at #kcuk09 Focus on the basics and IM infrastructure before doing more ambitious stuff
Mon Jun 08 11:19:43 +0000 2009
#kcuk09 Bob De Laney of LexisNexis now talking on "Optimizing your organizations intellectual capital with integrated specialist content
Mon Jun 08 11:05:48 +0000 2009
Great to see so many people on their way to #KCUK09 which starts in 1 hours time - see you all there!
Mon Jun 08 06:58:11 +0000 2009
Leaving for London and #KCUK909 where I am chairing the collaboration stream - looking forward to meeting lots of great people :-)
Sun Jun 07 08:54:32 +0000 2009
#ecsm Lloyd David on "We are just people" - we need to drop the mask - the facade :- totally agree :-)
Thu Jun 04 09:06:13 +0000 2009
#ecsm Chairing UNICOM Social Media conference Engaging the Customer day 2. Have everyone in conversation about what they learnt yesterday
Thu Jun 04 09:00:47 +0000 2009
RT @priyabram: #ecsm satisfaction is a value based on past experiences, engagement is a value of how they will participate in the future?
Wed Jun 03 14:54:14 +0000 2009
RT @ThoreauPage: "Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought."
Mon Jun 01 20:53:30 +0000 2009
RT @socialtechno: Would anybody like to take my place at @davidgurteen's Social Media conference on Wed & Thurs? I haz conflicted myself
Mon Jun 01 18:26:09 +0000 2009
RT @kat_mandu_: finds running two Twitter accounts exhausting! For latest info on #KCUK09 sign up to follow ArkKCUK !
Mon Jun 01 13:33:56 +0000 2009
Had a great day in London running one of my Knowledge Cafe Masterclasses - now catching up on back email in a Starbucks :-)
Tue May 19 17:03:47 +0000 2009
RT @ThoreauPage: "I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad."
Tue May 19 05:49:37 +0000 2009
RT @ThoreauPage: "I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad."
Sat May 09 12:59:05 +0000 2009
RT @microgeist: Knowledge - In the social media space it seems that 90% of the commentary is, speculation and observation
Fri May 08 13:27:41 +0000 2009
@judypayne my Sony Vaio is a nice mat black with chrome trim and the screen quality compared to my old Dell is amazing LOL
Wed May 06 14:53:26 +0000 2009
Testing my beautiful new Vaio laptop at Starbucks - it has a slot for my 3G mobile broadband sim card which I think is very cool LOL
Wed May 06 14:38:37 +0000 2009
RT @ThoreauPage: I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of people to elevate their lives by a conscious endeavor
Mon May 04 08:57:32 +0000 2009
The conference I am keynoting at in Jeddah is postponed - 3 of the other speakers have had their visa applications rejected! Strange!
Fri May 01 07:38:03 +0000 2009
RT @mathemagenic: shall I challenge the tradition and write "about the author" blurb on my PhD cover from the first person? GO FOR IT!
Wed Apr 29 09:59:11 +0000 2009
Oh Mr Porter what shall I do? I wanted to go to Fleet but I was carried on to Basingstoke! Teach me not to fall asleep on the train LOL
Tue Apr 28 23:14:06 +0000 2009
Having a coffee on the Strand - about to walk across road to BCS and my knowledge cafe - imagine the knowledge technologies of the future!
Tue Apr 28 16:36:33 +0000 2009
RT @thehrgoddess: "We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing." --George Bernard Shaw
Mon Apr 27 11:28:19 +0000 2009
RT @snowded: Anyone out there who could translate 4/5 sentences into URDU like now in return for eternal gratitude?
Sun Apr 26 21:30:17 +0000 2009
Back from Amsterdam ... I have even caught the sun and have lots of photos to upload to Flickr :-)
Sat Apr 25 20:26:07 +0000 2009
Enjoying walking around Amstedam in the sunshine or sipping coffee and watching the girls walk by! Its the simple pleasures LOL
Sat Apr 25 10:16:31 +0000 2009
RT @Daan: invited @DavidGurteen over today for a lunch at our PwC office. Should be fun. IT WILL!!!
Fri Apr 24 07:19:25 +0000 2009
RT @giannicatalfamo: GREAT IDEA @DavidGurteen I would like to launch campaign where we boycott ANY european hotel not offering free wifi
Fri Apr 24 07:02:41 +0000 2009
RT @RODIEN LOL: Getting in english spirit again after meeting & great talks with @DavidGurteen. Breakfast: baked beans + tea with milk! :-)
Thu Apr 23 11:18:34 +0000 2009
22 Euros in my Amsterdam hotel for 24hrs Internet access - thats criminal!!! But hey a strong T-Mobile signal so ya-boo to them!
Thu Apr 23 11:16:54 +0000 2009
@judypayne Suspect thats an answer to my question on life - as you did not post it on TweetBrain I cant vote it as the best answer :-(
Thu Apr 09 09:14:08 +0000 2009
London, Starbucks, Villiers Street, meetings today but free time late afternoon/evening if anyone interested in a coffee or a drink :-)
Wed Apr 08 08:16:41 +0000 2009
I am amazed how many people have suggested hotels in Amsterdam both here on Twitter and on the Facebook - a big thanks to you all !
Mon Mar 30 15:52:32 +0000 2009
Google Video has lost many of my videos some that have been there for 2-3 years and are embeded on my site. I am not happy!
Thu Mar 26 11:59:37 +0000 2009
Lots of replies to my question on Linkedin endorsements: some people love them others think they are inauthentic & worthless!
Tue Mar 24 16:57:57 +0000 2009
@Steve_Hooker @rickladd 1.2m luggage cant be stolen or go into a hole or have labels lost but must get written off as uneconomic to return
Tue Mar 17 18:11:16 +0000 2009
RT @nimmypal: Retweeting @GlobalThought: "There is but one cause of human failure that is a lack of faith in one's true self." William James
Mon Mar 16 05:32:59 +0000 2009
@s2d_jamesr In London yesterday - met with Euan & Ton cant get there tonight - just checking to see if we are connected on Dopplr
Fri Mar 13 07:13:50 +0000 2009
@s2d_jamesr James why did you not tell me you were in London? I would have loved to have met up!
Fri Mar 13 07:08:51 +0000 2009
Wow! Henry David Thoreau @thoreaupage is following me! - must have wifi in his cabin in the woods :-)
Wed Mar 04 16:01:29 +0000 2009
IIn London today for meetings. Have some free time in the morning if anyone wants to meetup around Trafalgar Square way for coffee.
Wed Mar 04 06:41:11 +0000 2009
A day in London, a morning meeting at the RSA, followed by a lunch meeting at Canary Wharf and then some free time. Anyone like to meetup?
Wed Feb 25 05:49:41 +0000 2009
I have just received an email from the personal attorney to the late Mr. Robert Gurteen who died in ghastly motor accident in Togo!!! LOL
Thu Feb 19 09:28:13 +0000 2009
I hope to have the materials from yesterdays Knowledge Cafe at the BT Tower posted on my website incl. video of the talks in a day or two.
Wed Feb 18 13:32:08 +0000 2009
Great knowledge cafe yesterday, room shape a challenge (ring shaped) but worth it for the amazing views over London. More info. to come :-)
Wed Feb 18 08:07:42 +0000 2009
My Knowledge Cafe with BT on Employee Engagement today at the BT Tower in London. Dave Snowden is speaking. Should be a good day!
Tue Feb 17 05:48:20 +0000 2009
RT @christoph: in 2013 RSS is supposed to be the third highest area of spending by IT dep when it comes to E20, after SN and mashups
Thu Feb 05 18:14:02 +0000 2009
Snow here in Fleet - starting to feel like a real winter. Only a few inches but I am sure everything will grind to a halt!
Mon Feb 02 07:16:47 +0000 2009
@CeriH The response for the BT KCafe with Dave Snowden has been huge I do hope we don't need to turn any people down :-(
Tue Jan 20 22:16:50 +0000 2009
RT @Jeanne_JPL @johnt "In a knowledge-driven economy, talk is real work" only when it leads to action, learning, or decisions LOL AGREED!
Mon Jan 19 16:49:04 +0000 2009
RT @rsukumar: Behavior around ROI is strange. Do we know the ROI for things we already do? Something new comes up the ROI gets questioned.
Sat Jan 17 09:50:26 +0000 2009
@DonaldHTaylor The RSA is well worth joining. Not just the events and magazine but a great central London office for £180 or so pa
Thu Jan 15 09:17:41 +0000 2009
Thurs morning 5:43am : up early again for another day in London - a couple of meetings including someone buying me lunch otherwise at RSA!
Thu Jan 15 05:45:22 +0000 2009
Great London Knowledge Cafe on conversation last night. 70 or so people. Ray Shaw did an amazing job - where does he get his energy LOL
Wed Jan 14 08:57:29 +0000 2009
Tues 5:53 up early for a day in London and a London Knowledge Cafe this evening - 90 people signed up but will have about 60 in practice
Tue Jan 13 05:54:39 +0000 2009
My appreciations to all of you who sent condolences on my mothers death - far too many of you to thank individually. Thank you.
Fri Jan 09 08:27:25 +0000 2009
Mum died 10:30 this morning. It was peaceful . My brother and I were at her side. 2 children, 6 grand children, 2 great grand children.
Wed Jan 07 17:53:41 +0000 2009
@rajivdewan I was unaware of that having connected to Lilia so long ago. But hey just make the request.
Tue Jan 06 21:01:01 +0000 2009
If you don't hear too much from me and are wondering why - my 88 year old mum is in hospital and may not see it through the next few days.
Tue Jan 06 20:41:54 +0000 2009
Good morning, my first proper day back at work . I had better get myself focused again! (and hey we have had a little snow over night!)
Mon Jan 05 08:27:30 +0000 2009
Why does the RSS feed for my website not include my last 2 published items - I have better things to do today then debug the code!
Sun Jan 04 08:44:47 +0000 2009
@VMaryAbraham What are my criteria for a top ten #KM twitterers list? Not too sure - will emerge as I do it LOL Watch this space!
Fri Jan 02 09:46:54 +0000 2009
@nimmypal I don't always tweet on KM either but have started to use the #KM to tag tweets that are of a KM nature :-)
Fri Jan 02 09:29:19 +0000 2009
@gautamghosh Guatam, #KM is a broad subject and your posts have a lot of relevance to KM but no I am not including you :-)
Fri Jan 02 09:15:34 +0000 2009
Google: just because I happen to be in Belgium I still speak English and so not want my menus in Flemish!!!
Wed Dec 24 13:55:31 +0000 2008
A great knowledge cafe last night at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School and good converation down the pub afterwards. Thanks everyone!
Wed Dec 24 07:28:52 +0000 2008
Catching up on my email from a station cafe in Gent St Pierre, Belgium. Had a great meeting this afternoon with Dominic Kellleher .
Mon Dec 22 17:41:19 +0000 2008
Southampton airport waiting flight to Brussels. A meeting and on to Ghent late afternoon. KCafe at Vlerick Mgt School tomorrow evening.
Mon Dec 22 06:40:25 +0000 2008
Why am I so cautious about websites, however seemingly good, that say absolutely nothing about the people involved? Such sites are weird!
Fri Dec 19 09:16:33 +0000 2008
That's it! Never mind that they show out of context on the Twitter widget on my website. I have started using Twitter @ replies!
Fri Dec 19 08:24:58 +0000 2008
@frogpond they have only got to be as insightful as my tweets and that should not prove too demanding LOL
Fri Dec 19 08:22:44 +0000 2008
Playing with Google Friend Connect - pity unnecessarily large size of member gadgets requires a site redesign for me to use it :-(
Wed Dec 17 12:22:32 +0000 2008
Just popped into town to do some Xmas shopping and now having a coffee in Starbucks - do love my mobile broadband connection :-)
Tue Dec 16 13:13:20 +0000 2008
Welcome new followers!! Many additional people following me since I gave my twitter id in this month's knowledge letter :-)
Mon Dec 15 08:32:57 +0000 2008
Spending Christmas in Gent and running a Knowledge Cafe at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School on evening of 23rd Dec. Should be fun :-)
Sun Dec 14 14:18:29 +0000 2008
Interesting day at Henley Facilitation Forum yesterday - gave a talk about my knowledge cafes and ran one - some interesting conversation,
Sat Dec 13 08:00:53 +0000 2008
Am I the only one who thinks that Linkedin endorsements are close to worthless and refuses to give them?
Fri Dec 05 21:54:55 +0000 2008
Meetings in London today sitting right now in Corney & Barrow's In Paternoster Square nr. St Pauls.
Thu Dec 04 09:26:47 +0000 2008
Why oh why do people get hung up on the term KM and dismiss it as they say you cannot manage knowledge - it is not meant to be descriptive!
Wed Dec 03 11:06:28 +0000 2008
In London all the is week mainly for my KCafe at Deloitte's on Wed evening but also to network - a whole load of meetings lined up!
Tue Dec 02 08:32:35 +0000 2008
Amazing - 90 people signed up for my London Knowledge Cafe at Deloitte's on Wednesday - means 60 or so will turn up!!!
Mon Dec 01 21:48:57 +0000 2008
Loved South Africa but home again to the cold. Apart from a week in London no trips again before 2009.
Sun Nov 23 09:29:35 +0000 2008
Stellenbosch: Last day in South Africa, some sightseeing and then flight home this evening. I love the people here!
Sat Nov 22 05:58:16 +0000 2008
5:00am Stellenbosch. Beautiful dayhere yesterday but Inside running a knowledge cafe masterclass for 72 people. Best day yet :-)
Fri Nov 21 03:08:45 +0000 2008
How does Plazes know I am at Jo'burg airport - unless BT OpenZone is telling it!!!! Not a complaint - its a great feature :-)
Wed Nov 19 17:09:26 +0000 2008
Lessons learnt this evening about running a mini knowledge cafe in a noisy restaurant. And not Stellenbosch in the morning but Pretoria!
Tue Nov 18 21:12:15 +0000 2008
A knowledge cafe at University of Pretoria; a lunch meeting and now a talk/knowledge cafe at a dinner. On to Stellenbosch in the morning.
Tue Nov 18 16:04:46 +0000 2008
Almost 2 days without Internet connection - so pleased to be connected again. Good KCafe Masterclass in Jo'berg today :-)
Mon Nov 17 15:42:06 +0000 2008
Just talked through my South African itinery with Kirsten - a full week, Knowledge Cafe Masterclass in Stellenbosch of 65 people!
Thu Nov 13 10:05:07 +0000 2008
Thurs morning early: Most of my knowledge letter distributed - just a few thousand to go and then start to prepare for South Africa trip :-)
Thu Nov 13 06:40:48 +0000 2008
Working on my November knowledge letter - should be released later this afternoon - if only I can keep my energy level up!
Wed Nov 12 15:12:04 +0000 2008
Twitterfeed has lost my feeds! I am re-creating them but getting into a mess in the process but should be fixed now!
Wed Nov 12 12:21:22 +0000 2008
Just agreed to have lunch with Les Hales at Virginia Water - had better get on and get things done else I will run out of time.
Tue Nov 11 09:31:52 +0000 2008
Been exploring and makeing some minor edits to the KM article in Wikipedia in response to Davd Snowden's request fro help.
Sat Nov 08 10:29:49 +0000 2008
@NeridaHart hey Nerida so the eggs have hatched - so excited for you - so Goose for Christmas dinner in a few years!!! :-)
Fri Nov 07 10:46:25 +0000 2008
At departure gate waiting flight to London and home, having had a conversation about life, the universe and everything with Hannah Parker.
Sun Nov 02 04:04:58 +0000 2008
Sunday morning Singapore: my month's long trip comes to end; a meeting at Changi and then flying home arriving early evening.
Sat Nov 01 23:16:38 +0000 2008
A quiet day in Singapore after Social KM Cafe yesterday and now going along to a Cognitive Edge networking meeting this evening and dinner.
Wed Oct 29 09:20:10 +0000 2008
@snowded - just me and Kim Hai in the end but we had a good evening - cant make Wed but ok for Thurs after workshop for drinks :-)
Tue Oct 28 14:20:31 +0000 2008
Auckland, Saturday evening: Had a great day with Helen Baxter. Catching up on a huge email backlog. On to Singapore in the morning.
Sat Oct 25 07:33:27 +0000 2008
hmmm judging by my breakfast cafe - health professionals seem to grasp the knowledge cafe concept better than most :-)
Fri Oct 24 21:48:45 +0000 2008
6:30am Auckland, a breakfast knowledge cafe (a first for me!) downstairs in hotel in 60 mins. Should be fun. Next stop Singapore via Sydney!
Fri Oct 24 17:36:39 +0000 2008
Made it to Wellington - a knowledge cafe workshop in the morning followed by a meeting with NZKM and other stuff! before on to Auckland :-)
Thu Oct 23 09:43:59 +0000 2008
A cool morning here in Terrace Downs - the cloud covering the mountains but its my last day at ELF - on to Wellington this evening.
Wed Oct 22 18:34:27 +0000 2008
The stars in the Southern night sky are fantastic - so many and so brilliant compared with the Northern hemisphere - love it!!
Wed Oct 22 09:55:47 +0000 2008
A great 1st day at the ELF Conference in New Zealand - so many problems that educationalists face are similar to those of KM Managers!
Wed Oct 22 04:59:21 +0000 2008
3 large glasses of Pinot Noir and I am not too sure I am up to much but had better get an early night as I am facilitating in the morning!
Tue Oct 21 09:25:48 +0000 2008
An hour and a halves drive and we have made it to Terrace Downs - a beautiful resort in the foothills of the Southern Alps. Breathtaking!
Tue Oct 21 04:18:03 +0000 2008
A pleasant sunny day in Christchurch - met with Lyall Lukey - my host - to sort out my itinerary - looking complex but ok!
Mon Oct 20 06:31:08 +0000 2008
Thursday morning Melbourne. A knowledge cafe workshop this morning and a talk/knowledge cafe this evening and then a day to myself!
Wed Oct 15 20:40:23 +0000 2008
Great last day at #actkm - thoroughly enjoyed the conference but my trip moves on and I am now in Melbourne - KCafe workshop in the morning!
Wed Oct 15 12:18:52 +0000 2008
Day 2 of #actkm conference coming up - had better get my skates on and get showered, dressed, checked-out and to the event!
Tue Oct 14 20:05:43 +0000 2008
Fun day in Canberra yesterday, Nerida took me sightseeing and I met "little David" - the Alpaca named after me and several other Daviids!
Mon Oct 13 19:23:44 +0000 2008
Sydney: up bright and early - Nerida coming to pick me up this morning to drive me to Canberra - looking forward to it :-)
Sat Oct 11 20:50:43 +0000 2008
Dymocks Bookshop, Sydney, free wifi! Sitting having a coffee waiting for a meeting! NSW KM Forum went well this morning :-)
Fri Oct 10 03:00:10 +0000 2008
30 years ago I joined Prime Computer - my boss had a 1 year old son Paul. Last night Paul came to my talk in Sydney and after we had a beer!
Thu Oct 09 20:47:25 +0000 2008
A big thanks to everyone for all the email/twitter/facebook messages wishing me a happy birthday!!!
Wed Oct 08 07:45:08 +0000 2008
In the Queen Victoria Building, Sydney having a birthday coffee!! And hey free wifi - better than the rip off price at the hotel!
Wed Oct 08 00:00:54 +0000 2008
In the Singapore Airlines lounge bright and early when I arrived it was empty! 90 minutes before gate opens so email catch up time!
Mon Oct 06 08:20:13 +0000 2008
Monday morning up early - taxi coming at 7:00am - but I don't get into Sydney until 5:00am on the 8th - a great start to my birthday!
Mon Oct 06 04:59:50 +0000 2008
Unicom events over - a great 3 days but now an awful lot of stuff to do before I leave for my Australia 'tour' on Monday morning!!
Fri Oct 03 07:34:34 +0000 2008
Another early morning - up to London again to chair 1st day of the Unicom Social Tools conference and run one of my London Knowledge Cafes!
Wed Oct 01 04:31:04 +0000 2008
Tuesday morning up early to get to London to run one of my "Effective Knowledge Worker" workshops - hate getting up but I'll enjoy the day!
Tue Sep 30 04:59:01 +0000 2008
Mon morning: a day working at home before 3 days in London: run a workshop, Knowledge Cafe, 2 days chairing Unicom Social Tools conference.
Mon Sep 29 06:34:12 +0000 2008
Unicom Social Tools conference and my effective knowledge worker workshop coming up next week and Australian/NZ trip closely follows that!
Fri Sep 26 08:51:15 +0000 2008
There seems to be a lot of KM activity going on in the world compared to say 12 months ago!
Thu Sep 25 21:29:40 +0000 2008
Home sweet home - plane on time and bag on carousel. Even better my son at home to meet me when I got back :-)
Wed Sep 24 22:07:30 +0000 2008
In business lounge, Oslo, waiting for flight home and getting on top of my email and website admin :-)
Wed Sep 24 16:51:03 +0000 2008
My keynote and knowledge cafe at Kunnskapstinget 2008 in Oslo all went off just fine Met a lot of great people. Heading home this evening.
Wed Sep 24 06:28:48 +0000 2008
Monday morning Oslo: I like this city. For a capital city it is small and built on a human scale. Had better prepare for my talk tomorrow.
Mon Sep 22 06:46:26 +0000 2008
Saturday morning: making hotel bookings for Australia; also picked up some additional work in Singapore so trip looking good :-)
Sat Sep 20 10:13:31 +0000 2008
Wednesday morning: knowledge letter streaming out; now to get on and finalize flights and hotels for my Australia/NZ trip ...
Wed Sep 17 05:59:47 +0000 2008
At the very least I need to make some progress on this month's edition of my knowledge letter today!
Tue Sep 16 07:01:33 +0000 2008
A beautiful day in London I so enjoy walking over Hungerford Bridge from Waterloo to the RSA and looking down the river towards the city
Mon Sep 15 10:28:11 +0000 2008
Up to London this morning for a meeting near Trafalgar Square and then spend some time at the RSA.
Mon Sep 15 05:39:13 +0000 2008
My son Jonathan is home after 6 months back-packing around SE Asia. I think a major achievement to have made it home in one piece!
Fri Sep 12 17:29:04 +0000 2008
Great knowledge cafe masterclass today for the Ark Group in London, 25 participants and well received. Something to build on.
Wed Sep 10 19:36:13 +0000 2008
Chrome not quite ready ... I hjave problems accessing pages in both Google Maps and Facebook - but I am sure that will get fixed quickly :-)
Sat Sep 06 09:24:20 +0000 2008
ECKM: 120 or so speakers, 9 parallel streams, 20 mins talk, 5 mins questions, 5 mins change rooms. Average people per talk about 12.
Thu Sep 04 10:57:53 +0000 2008
ECKM: Great keynote speaker and theme and she takes 50 mins of a 55 min session to talk and allows only 5 mins for questions. Crazy!
Thu Sep 04 10:47:47 +0000 2008
ECKM Conference Southampton in the morning - a bit of a come down after Barcelona last year and Budapest the year before that :-)
Wed Sep 03 20:13:35 +0000 2008
Writing my thank-you and follow up notes to all the people I met in Brazil :-) It always takes a lot of time but is always well worth it.
Sun Aug 31 14:25:53 +0000 2008
First day book after Brazil, ECKM in Southampton end of this week and next trip Oslo at end of month.
Sun Aug 31 07:59:05 +0000 2008
at the gate Sao Paulo - return flight to London via Paris ... at last some decent wifi lol ... home Saturday afternoon :-)
Fri Aug 29 18:35:59 +0000 2008
KM Brasil: Wed morning: My talk on People 2.0: Working in a 2.0 World in a couple of hours - had better get showered and dressed!
Thu Aug 28 09:42:47 +0000 2008
KM Brasil, Sao Paulo: This conference would be so much more interesting if I could speak Portuguese!
Wed Aug 27 18:35:14 +0000 2008
Wonderful - an open wifi router - now In Sao Paulo after a 1hr flight down from Rio ... KM Brasil starts in the morning!
Wed Aug 27 01:31:10 +0000 2008
Made it to Rio! A couple of hours shut-eye to catch up on sleep and then a visit to Sugar Loaf in the afternoon with Ana Neves.
Sun Aug 24 10:58:40 +0000 2008
T2 Heathrow waiting for flight to Paris and then on to Rio - rather busy given its the holiday weekend :-)
Sat Aug 23 15:12:18 +0000 2008
Wednesday morning: trying to sort out my trip in October to Australia, New Zealand and Singapore - takes a lot of time and effort!
Wed Aug 20 08:18:28 +0000 2008
Tuesday morning: Ok so what are my priorities? Yes I had better get my slides together for KM Brasil - I'm leaving it rather late :-)
Tue Aug 19 07:05:30 +0000 2008
Got back from Quebec a few hours ago and feeling better after catching up on some lost sleep.
Mon Aug 18 13:03:07 +0000 2008
Friday morning Quebec City: A good talk/panel session at IFLA yesterday - librarians showing a lot of interest in KM and social tools.
Fri Aug 15 15:07:02 +0000 2008
Laptop battery fully charged for the plane and gate should be opening about now so about to sign off until I am in Canada.
Wed Aug 13 10:49:24 +0000 2008
Just switched from T3 Wifi to my T-Mobile mobile broadband - now uploading knowledge letters at 2 to 3 times the previous speed!
Wed Aug 13 10:18:34 +0000 2008
T3 Heathrow an hour or so before boarding but in the business lounge so free Wifi, food and an opportunity to get my knowledge letter out!
Wed Aug 13 09:35:28 +0000 2008
5:40am Wed, just checked in on-line with Air Canada for flight to Quebec today - the best on-line check-in system I have encountered!
Wed Aug 13 04:44:04 +0000 2008
My flights to Brazil booked at last. Fly via Paris but could be worse! Get back just in time for ECKM in Southampton :-)
Sat Aug 09 11:41:38 +0000 2008
Back to work - what a spectacular opening to the Games- expecting a call from Brazil about my visit and still have my talk to work on :-)
Fri Aug 08 16:15:17 +0000 2008
Friday morning overcast: started work on my talk on People 2.0 for KM Brazil yesterday - hope to get it together over the weekend.
Fri Aug 08 06:44:32 +0000 2008
I am working in London for the rest of the day - if anyone wishes to meet up for coffee - drop me an email or text me 07774 178 650
Thu Aug 07 11:24:09 +0000 2008
Meeting over. Marriot is a good meeting place with great views over the Thames, Westminster and London Eye. Now in my London office - RSA!
Thu Aug 07 10:24:29 +0000 2008
Thurs morning: Catching 7:52am to London for a 9:00am meeting with my old Lotus friend Chris Vezey to talk "KM". Not seen him for 8 years!
Thu Aug 07 05:18:40 +0000 2008
Another wet morning: completed my outline for a 1-day Social KM workshop yesterday - now to figure out my IFLA talk for Quebec next week!
Wed Aug 06 06:17:48 +0000 2008
I now have three Twitter feeds - my personal one DavidGurteen; GurteenQuotes and my lastest GurteenNews.
Tue Aug 05 10:53:50 +0000 2008
A wet Tuesday morning: so where is my new daily Twitter GurteenQuote? Is it just timing or is there a bug?
Tue Aug 05 05:45:55 +0000 2008
A sunny Monday morning: after a week off - a huge amount to catch upon but great to see I have 5 followers of GurteenQuotes already :-)
Mon Aug 04 06:59:45 +0000 2008
Follow GurteenQuotes and receive a quotation from my website once a day. (Thanks to Twitterfeed for turning an RSS feed into a Twitter one.
Sun Aug 03 20:57:19 +0000 2008
Bought T-Mobile mobile broadband - now can connect anywhere, anytime in the UK and if need be abroad. What an adict! Working in Starbucks!
Sat Aug 02 16:50:25 +0000 2008
Just had a lovely short break but now back to some serious work for 10 days before my trip to IFLA and Quebec.
Sat Aug 02 12:04:02 +0000 2008
Having some interesting dialogue or is it debate :-) with Karolien Selhorst on Knowledge Auditsl: what they are or should be and their value
Tue Jul 29 09:31:02 +0000 2008
Fri am: Why do so many KMers ask broad, generalized, conceptual questions about KM and not more specific ones focused on business outcomes?
Fri Jul 25 06:05:42 +0000 2008
6:10am Tuesday morning: I am pondering what my Social KM workshop should cover if cut back from 2 to 1 days for two potential clients.
Tue Jul 22 05:12:17 +0000 2008
6:00am Monday: Lots to follow up on from my recent trip and even more to plan - next trips to Quebec and Brasil at end of August.
Mon Jul 21 05:04:45 +0000 2008
5:00 am UK time and I am up. 12:00 noon Singapore time. Its going to take a me a few days to adjust! Great to be able to get up so early!
Sun Jul 20 04:07:48 +0000 2008
Saturday evening: on time home sweet home though T3 Heathrow was a nightmare such a contrast to Singapore T3!
Sat Jul 19 19:44:38 +0000 2008
Sat. am Singapore: flight home at mid-day. A great meeting yesterday with folks at SMU - so much interest in the Knowledge Cafe!
Fri Jul 18 23:34:11 +0000 2008
Friday morning Singapore: Meeting at the SMU this morning; then lunch with NLB and this evening drinks and dinner with some friends.
Fri Jul 18 00:41:15 +0000 2008
Singapore, Thurs morning, late night last night. Why oh why did I arrange my first meeting today at 8:00am!
Wed Jul 16 23:49:18 +0000 2008
Great meeting with Civil Service College and nice Chinese lunch with Keith Chia. Then invite via Skype to Mumbai. Next meeting calls :-)
Wed Jul 16 07:46:25 +0000 2008
Wednesday morning - a misty Jakarta: Indonesian MAKE Awards awards. Talk after lunch and then fly to Singapore early evening.
Mon Jul 14 23:39:28 +0000 2008
Hotel Mulia, Jakarta, arrived a few minutes ago after uneventful flight from Bali. Indonesian MAKE awards in the morning so an early night!
Mon Jul 14 13:57:20 +0000 2008
In lounge at Bali airport waiting for flight to Jakata - a great few days made even better by meeting with my son Jonathan on his birthday.
Mon Jul 14 09:53:58 +0000 2008
Last day in Bali, fly back to Jakarta this evening for Indonesian MAKE Awards tomorrow where I am giving a talk then back to Singapore.
Sun Jul 13 23:26:05 +0000 2008
A great day in Bali. Took a look at Four Seasons and Ritz Carlton hotels in anticipation of KM Plus running a KM conference here next year.
Sun Jul 13 13:54:07 +0000 2008
My son Jonathan arrived last night in Bali, he is back packing around SE Asia, and been away 4 months so fantastic to meet up with him here!
Sat Jul 12 23:56:44 +0000 2008
Hmmm Bali - not at all what I expected, sprawling streets and shops, so much traffic,so busy, so many people but an amazing place!
Sat Jul 12 10:09:48 +0000 2008
Made it to Bali! Staying in a small villa complex with my hosts and their families. Its so good to have young children running around again!
Fri Jul 11 15:48:42 +0000 2008
Packed and ready to check out. Leaving for Bali lunch time - arrive late afternoon. Most of Alvin's team - should be fun!
Fri Jul 11 02:43:02 +0000 2008
Indonesian workshop over. Great fun and a big success. I have never been so photographed, videoed or feted in my life LOL Bali in morning.
Thu Jul 10 11:32:36 +0000 2008
Thurs am: So I get to wear a beautiful batik (Indonesian cloth) shirt again for my workshop. Everyone has been asked to do so!
Thu Jul 10 00:41:38 +0000 2008
Wow! A really great workshop first day here in Jakarta - lots of energy and conversation from the participants. Love it!
Wed Jul 09 11:46:29 +0000 2008
A fun interview with two charming young women from Human Capital magazine here in Jakarta. Will be interesting to see what they they write!
Tue Jul 08 10:12:42 +0000 2008
Tuesday am up a little late :-) A couple of meetings and an interview for a magazine this morning and then time to see a little of Jakarta.
Tue Jul 08 01:54:43 +0000 2008
A pleasant evening with the KM Society of Indonesia (KMSI). Gave a short talk on conversation and ran a mini-knowledge cafe of sorts :-)
Mon Jul 07 13:57:10 +0000 2008
Monday morning Jakarta: Great dinner last night with Alvin and co. - several meetings today including KM Society of Indonesia.
Mon Jul 07 00:30:34 +0000 2008
Arrived in Jakarta some hours ago but been sleeping. Dinner with my hosts in an hours time. The airbus A380 was a HUGE disappointment!
Sun Jul 06 10:23:48 +0000 2008
Saturday morning 5:30am: taxi comes at 8:00 to take me up to T3 Heathrow and then on to Singapore and Jakarta.
Sat Jul 05 04:31:06 +0000 2008
Friday am sunny: leave for Jakarta tomorrow morning - so much to do. Looking forward to flying on the airbus A380 to Singapore!
Fri Jul 04 06:42:57 +0000 2008
Wednesday morning: Last of July knowledge letter on its way out. Still a few more meetings to arrange in Singapore and some packing to do.
Wed Jul 02 06:26:03 +0000 2008
Tues am: Just put forward Dave Snowden as a speaker for a KM event in Dubai later in the year. He has got to be the best KM speaker around!
Tue Jul 01 07:56:41 +0000 2008
Monday morning bright and sunny: should try to get my knowledge letter out early in July as I am going to have little time later.
Mon Jun 30 06:27:33 +0000 2008
Late Sunday evening: got my slides off to the folks in Jakarta for my workshop - can now focus on setting up my Singapore meetings.
Sun Jun 29 22:33:11 +0000 2008
Saturday morning: Have a bad head cold but need to complete presentation for Social KM Cafe in Jakarta.
Sat Jun 28 08:46:59 +0000 2008
Friday morning sunny: Must complete my slides for my Social KM Cafe workshop in Jakarta today as its only a little over a week away!
Fri Jun 27 06:10:08 +0000 2008
Wed morning: just can't sleep since I returned from Seattle. Taking my daughter Sally for a job interview today in Basingstoke.
Wed Jun 25 07:39:04 +0000 2008
Tues 8:12am: yet another gorgeous sunny morning. Loaded all my Gurteen perspective articles up to Scribd!
Tue Jun 24 07:12:19 +0000 2008
A sunny Monday morning and back to normal for 2 weeks before my trip to Jakarta/Bali/Singapore - lots to plan/prepare!
Mon Jun 23 06:53:26 +0000 2008
16:30 Fri home! Good old BA, no entertainment system, no reading lights, no hot drinks/meal just a miserable breakfast in place of dinner!
Fri Jun 20 15:36:07 +0000 2008
7:05am my last day here in Seattle, flight home at 9:00 this evening. Some sight seeing planned with Nerida Hart of Land & Water Australia.
Thu Jun 19 14:08:15 +0000 2008
Seattle SLA 7:30am: I should not have worried about the lecture style seating at my knowledge cafe yesterday. It worked just fine #sla2008
Wed Jun 18 14:27:03 +0000 2008
6:20 am Seattle: My Knowledge Cafe at the SLA conf. at 9:00am - considering some changes to better cope with a lecture style room! #sla2008
Tue Jun 17 13:22:24 +0000 2008
Fascinating presentation on marketing/consumer trends in Asia by Dave McCaughan at SLA conference. A whole other world! #sla2008
Mon Jun 16 22:52:05 +0000 2008
6:00am Seattle, gorgeous sunny morning with clear blue sky. SLA opening session this evening - Charlie Rose interviews Vint Cerf of Google
Sun Jun 15 13:00:42 +0000 2008
Amazing time on waterways of Seattle this beautiful sunny evening - got to see Bill Gates' pad! Big thanks to Paulette DeGard and family.
Sun Jun 15 06:09:23 +0000 2008
Seattle: so good to be here again. 4:00am my time and still wide awake so maybe I'll adjust to 8hrs time difference with ease.
Sat Jun 14 03:00:42 +0000 2008
I love Scribd. Now I can centrally store, organize and utilize all those PDF files that I have never quite known what to do with.
Thu Jun 12 05:38:37 +0000 2008
Wed morning: Knowledge Letter well on its way out. Two more days and I leave for the SLA conference in Seattle.
Wed Jun 11 06:02:15 +0000 2008
Monthly newsletter been ready to go for a few days; makes a change to not be doing it at the last minute but must publish it before Seattle!
Tue Jun 10 04:57:45 +0000 2008
Just booked my flights to Singapore/Jakarta for July. Looking forward to flying London to Singapore on an Airbus A380!!
Mon Jun 09 09:17:23 +0000 2008
Monday morning sunny: lots to to do this week before I leave on Friday for the SLA conference in Seattle.
Mon Jun 09 05:42:55 +0000 2008
Sunday morning: overcast and I am reading my email; checking out my RSS feeds and all those things I do in the morning in bed!
Sun Jun 08 05:24:17 +0000 2008
Beautiful morning: Just learnt via Facebook that my son who is back packing around SE Asia will be in Indonesia when I am there in July!
Sat Jun 07 05:15:33 +0000 2008
Fri. morning: Sunny. Talked to Lyall Lukey in NZ last night about my planned trip while browsing NZ on Google maps. The geology is awesome!
Fri Jun 06 05:55:55 +0000 2008
Thurs: a beautiful sunny morning. My daughter Lauren joined me for the film at the RSA last night and we had dinner after - delightful.
Thu Jun 05 06:48:27 +0000 2008
Wednesday morning: Up to London today for a couple of meetings and then plan to say on for the RSA film A Woman Among Warlords at 6:30pm.
Wed Jun 04 04:57:21 +0000 2008
A very wet Tuesday morning: working at home again - lots of preparation for trips, conferences and workshops later in the year.
Tue Jun 03 06:09:36 +0000 2008
Monday morning: talking to Sergio in Brasil today about my talk at KM Brasil and workshops planned for late August.
Mon Jun 02 08:05:58 +0000 2008
Sunday morning: overcast and wet here in Fleet so I get out of mowing the lawn once again :-) Working this morning; relaxing this afternoon.
Sun Jun 01 06:13:20 +0000 2008
Saturday morning: I have agreed to run a Knowledge Cafe workshop for the Ark Group in London later in the year.
Sat May 31 06:23:56 +0000 2008
IFLA conference in Quebec on - flight booked 13-17 August. Not a Kafe after all but some form of interactive talk on social tools :-)
Fri May 30 06:31:05 +0000 2008
Thurs morning: Well looks like my trip to the IFLA Conference in Quebec to run a knowledge cafe in August is on thanks to Jane Dysart.
Thu May 29 06:10:33 +0000 2008
Wed morning: No travel for 3 weeks so some time to catch up on a lot of things and plan some of my trips for later in the year.
Wed May 28 06:55:20 +0000 2008
Tues morning, got home from Gent last night - what a beautiful city and flying via Southampton was a dream.
Tue May 27 06:48:47 +0000 2008
Spending long weekend in Gent, Belgium. Flying from Southampton, fri morn, cheaper and more convenient than Eurostar but flight at 7:20am!
Thu May 22 19:34:34 +0000 2008
Thurs lunch time: Just sent off a whole load of marketing material for my Social KM Cafe planned for Jakarta in July.
Thu May 22 12:31:46 +0000 2008
Tuesday morning 5:45am: up early to check on the distribution of this month's knowledge letter and to catch an early train up to London.
Tue May 20 04:47:51 +0000 2008
Monday Morning: sunny, clear blue sky, must start this month's knowledge letter today and a get a big invoice out the door and much more.
Mon May 19 06:44:11 +0000 2008
Sunday morning: A 2hr drive up to Worcester today to have lunch with my mum and to visit my dad's grave.
Sun May 18 07:05:05 +0000 2008
Friday mid-morning: Change of plan - not going into London now - so how shall I make the most of my new found day I wonder?
Fri May 16 09:54:34 +0000 2008
Friday morning: heading up to London later this morning for a couple of meetings. Lets hope I can part my car at the local station!
Fri May 16 06:27:47 +0000 2008
Trying to tweak my knowledge cafe format so it will work for 200 people in a theatre style room at the SLA conference in Seattle next month!
Thu May 15 20:25:51 +0000 2008
Wed morning should be in London but plans changed; going up on Friday now so at home planning Jakarta trip and other fun stuff!
Wed May 14 07:51:17 +0000 2008
Just viewed the Google Friend Connect video and signed up for the preview release. Looks cool. Could totally transform my website with ease.
Tue May 13 06:15:20 +0000 2008
6:00am Sun, flight home to London at 10:40am, catching up on some email and posting photos to Flickr before leaving for airport.
Sun May 11 04:11:22 +0000 2008
Sat 3:00pm back in hotel after a tour of Oslo with Renny Amundsen and lunch. Oslo is a beautiful city. Photos now uploading to Flickr!
Sat May 10 13:08:45 +0000 2008
Sunday morning Oslo: Lunch and some sightseeing with Renny Amundsen today. Flight home tomorrow.
Sat May 10 06:03:29 +0000 2008
Sat morning, Oslo, lunch today with a friend, followed by a meeting. Otherwise uploading photos to Flickr and catching up on email!
Fri May 09 07:03:36 +0000 2008
Thurs evening - workshops and cafes are over. Tired but exhilarated! Now 2 days in Oslo for a couple of meetings and some relaxation!
Thu May 08 20:24:03 +0000 2008
Thurs 4pm Oslo last Knowledge Cafe workshop for StatoliHydro over ... open Knowledge Cafe this evening and then 2 days mainly to relax :-)
Thu May 08 13:49:54 +0000 2008
Thurs 5:10 am; leaving for Stavanger airport to take me to Oslo for my last Knowledge Cafe workshop. 50 people for open Cafe this evening!
Thu May 08 03:12:25 +0000 2008
Wed aft., Stavanger, another great knowledge cafe workshop today, weather still gorgeous, 3rd open cafe this evening.Tiring but great fun!
Wed May 07 14:37:55 +0000 2008
Tues, 4pm, Bergen, Norway, second Knowledge Cafe workshop has come to a close - now uploading photos to Flickr. Beautiful sunny day here :-)
Tue May 06 13:49:57 +0000 2008
Tuesday morning 3:00am UK time!!!! Up early for a flight to Bergen and my 2nd Knowledge Cafe workshop for StatoilHydro.
Tue May 06 02:22:08 +0000 2008
Monday 16:30ish: Knowledge Cafe workshop went far better then I had ever anticipated - a huge passion from participants for conversation!
Mon May 05 14:38:07 +0000 2008
Monday morning Trondheim, my first knowledge cafe workshop today and open Knowledge Cafe this evening.
Mon May 05 05:04:36 +0000 2008
Just returned from dinner with Cato Willie, Chief Researcher, Ideas and Innovation Management StatoilHydro like me also an ex-physicist!
Sun May 04 20:11:22 +0000 2008
Sunday late afternoon. Have arrived at my hotel in Trondheim. Its a beautiful sunny day and the scenery is stunning.
Sun May 04 15:35:58 +0000 2008
Sunday: up early for flight to Oslo and then on to Trondheim for Knowledge Cafe workshops for StatoilHydro this week.
Sun May 04 05:31:30 +0000 2008
Saturday am, home: a very busy day ahead - so much to do before my Norwegian trip tomorrow.
Sat May 03 06:59:25 +0000 2008
Friday am: home, Fleet: preparing for my Knowledge Cafe workshops for StatOilHydro next week in Trondheim, Bergen, Stavanger and Oslo!
Fri May 02 08:21:51 +0000 2008
Back in hotel room after an amazing knowledge cafe on a long boat on the waterways of Amsterdam. What an evening! Posting photos to Flickr
Wed Apr 30 21:49:06 +0000 2008
Leave for airport at 9:30am for Amsterdam. Running a Knowledge Cafe on a boat this evening for a group of managers from Dubai.
Wed Apr 30 07:57:10 +0000 2008
Monday morning, Fleet, sunny :-), Knowledge Cafe on a boat in Amsterdam Wednesday evening - just a little to organize and prepare.
Mon Apr 28 07:11:54 +0000 2008
Sunday afternoon and working. So much to do and prepare before yet more travel this coming week and the next!
Sun Apr 27 12:05:04 +0000 2008
Uploading photos from this week's Henley KM Forum Knowledge Cafe to Flickr. I am getting better at capturing people in conversation!
Fri Apr 25 19:03:11 +0000 2008
The last of my old Lotus Notes work - some work for a client later this morning and then hopefully home for the afternoon.
Fri Apr 25 07:22:41 +0000 2008
Monday morning up late, Henley KM Forum on Wed; knowledge letter to publish; Snowden networking event in London on Thurs and more.
Mon Apr 21 08:08:43 +0000 2008
Monday morning up late, Henley KM Forum on Wed; knowledge letter to publish; Snowden networking event in London on Thurs and more.
Mon Apr 21 08:07:00 +0000 2008
Got a late check-out out at a rip-off price but worth it to be comfy in my room catching up on all my email before my flight!
Fri Apr 18 20:25:37 +0000 2008
Friday morning, Phoenix, a quiet day ahead working and heading to airport late afternoon for flight home to London
Fri Apr 18 16:26:47 +0000 2008
Uploading photos to Flickr from my Cafe last night etc including a few short videos that Flickr now supports.
Thu Apr 17 21:39:53 +0000 2008
Another cool open Knowledge Cafe this evening here in Phoenix. I learn a little more how to better facilitate them each time!
Thu Apr 17 06:17:00 +0000 2008
Moved on to Phoenix yesterday, staying at the Legacy Golf Resort (though I am not a golfer!) - an open Knowledge Cafe this evening.
Wed Apr 16 14:46:14 +0000 2008
BSEC, Scottsdale, good conference but just not enough audience participation or conversation too much sit and git ... I tune out!
Tue Apr 15 17:00:05 +0000 2008
Tues morning, last day of BSEC move to Phoenix this afternoon and run an open Knowledge Cafe tomorrow evening.
Tue Apr 15 13:29:38 +0000 2008
5:00am here in Scottsdale, not adjusted to timezone yet! Doing a speednetworkimg/self tagging exercise at BSEC conference this morning.
Mon Apr 14 11:53:34 +0000 2008
Just returned from the BSEC conference evening reception - so good to be able to sit outside under the stars and have a drink or two.
Mon Apr 14 04:45:45 +0000 2008
Adding some past photos of my Knowledge Cafes to my slides for tomorrow's Cafe ... the ones taken in KL are so colorful.
Sun Apr 13 16:52:22 +0000 2008
7:00am Sunday, Scottsdale, plenty of sleep but still feeling jet lagged but a beautiful morning outside.
Sun Apr 13 13:59:52 +0000 2008
3:28am body time; 7:30pm local and I have arrived at the Camel Back Inn in Scottsdale, the weather is glorious Now for a good night's sleep.
Sun Apr 13 02:31:17 +0000 2008
Saturday morning 6:30am: taxi coming at 10:30 to take me up to LHR for flight to Phoenix - T4 - thank goodness!!
Sat Apr 12 05:40:14 +0000 2008
How to run a Knowledge Cafe for 100-200 (no. unsure) people in a banked traditional lecture theater is an interesting challenge I face!
Fri Apr 11 11:51:38 +0000 2008
Friday morning: sorting out a trip later in year to Jakarta and Oslo KCafes in May and now need to prepare for flight to Phoenix tomorrow.
Fri Apr 11 08:56:46 +0000 2008
Tues morning back home. A day long meeting tomorrow and then lots to do before trip to BSEC 2008 in Scottsdale on Saturday.
Tue Apr 08 08:35:51 +0000 2008
Home at last, 30 mins later than would have liked as M3 was closed! A couple of days in UK now and off to Scottsdale, Arizona on Saturday.
Mon Apr 07 22:57:39 +0000 2008
Monday morning, car to Bahrain airport at 11:00, flight home to London at 16:00, home about 23:00 though a little later by my body clock!
Mon Apr 07 05:05:53 +0000 2008
Back at hotel, quite an amazing evening's entertainment but so strange to go the whole day at an event with 4,000 people and not one woman!
Sun Apr 06 19:56:19 +0000 2008
Talk here in Jubail went just fine with usual questions about social tools; beach party this evening and then fly home to London tomorrow.
Sun Apr 06 15:09:13 +0000 2008
Up bright and early here in Saudi, my keynote talk is just after lunch but the SABIC conference opening ceremony starts at 8:00am.
Sun Apr 06 02:46:46 +0000 2008
aha just checked in to my hotel room in Jubail, Saudi. Free wifi and twitter and flickr not blocked. I am a happy boy now!
Sat Apr 05 13:09:27 +0000 2008
Having a coffee at Dubai Int'l airport before flight to Bahrain and wondering what the revised status means showing on my flight!
Sat Apr 05 07:08:14 +0000 2008
Another great Knowledge Cafe last night here in Dubai - the people were so engaged. I still get a huge kick out of running them.
Sat Apr 05 03:11:05 +0000 2008
Another amazing Knowledge Cafe here in Dubai - the people were so engaged. I still get a huge kick out of running them.
Fri Apr 04 19:56:23 +0000 2008
Just returned from breakfast at the Lime Tree Cafe with Tim Travers - an ex-pat lawyer here in Dubai. Next port of call - my Knowledge C ...
Fri Apr 04 08:32:25 +0000 2008
Friday morning Duba: 75 people signed up for my open Knowledge Cafe this evening - a few too many really but I'm delighted.
Fri Apr 04 04:06:53 +0000 2008
I have reverted back to Firefox - the latest version of Flock hangs serveral times a day!
Thu Apr 03 15:29:46 +0000 2008
Just checked: my BA flight to Phoenix on 12th April is from Terminal 4! What a relief! Only flying BA because it is the only direct flight!
Sun Mar 30 07:22:25 +0000 2008
Spending a day at the Henley Facilitation Forum where I will be giving a talk about my Knowledge Cafes and some of my experiences.
Fri Mar 28 06:12:37 +0000 2008
Sending out an email to people coming to my KCafe in Dubai next week. My hosts Five Dimensions have arranged a Desert Safari until 3:00am.
Thu Mar 27 08:25:55 +0000 2008
Two presentations to complete today - one for my SABIC talk in Saudi and the other for a workshop in Dubai - had better knuckle down.
Wed Mar 26 08:43:21 +0000 2008
3:30pm Tues, RSA, London: catching up on email after a talk/kcafe this morning. Next a meet at the IoD with Paul Corney & Victoria Ward
Tue Mar 25 15:23:17 +0000 2008
Tuesday up at 5am. I am giving a talk/knowledge cafe on knowledge sharing for a government department this morning and have a meeting later
Tue Mar 25 05:27:19 +0000 2008
Nursing my knowledge letter out to 15,000+ people - always takes a bit of hand holding and a little time.
Sat Mar 22 07:51:39 +0000 2008
Knowledge Letter complete - now need to run the agent to generate the emails while I go see my daughter who is going to cook me dinner!
Fri Mar 21 17:47:52 +0000 2008
Working on my presentation for SABIC in Saudi Arabia that I give in a few weeks time. Need to use their template!
Fri Mar 21 11:40:22 +0000 2008
Trying to find hotel in Seattle for the SLA conference and provide some KCafe material for the BSEC conference in Scottsdale and lots more!
Thu Mar 20 09:24:42 +0000 2008
Added the Dopplr widget to pages on my website. Still working on this month's knowledge letter and planning upcoming trips.
Wed Mar 19 08:49:47 +0000 2008
Working on this month's Knowledge Letter and trying to attract a few more people to my upcoming Knowledge Cafe in Dubai.
Tue Mar 18 15:43:23 +0000 2008
Slowly recovering. Got mail shot off today to announce my Knowledge Cafe in Dubai in early April.
Wed Mar 12 18:57:23 +0000 2008
According to doctor I have a viral infection. I have spent the last 4 days sleeping! Don't think it will start to clear until the weekend.
Tue Mar 11 17:49:16 +0000 2008
Monday morning and I still have a bad cold but getting better so I had better buckle down and get on with some work!
Mon Mar 10 08:22:35 +0000 2008
Had a really bad cold these last 2 days and have done absolutely nothing. Feeling a bit better today thank goodness.
Sun Mar 09 08:29:13 +0000 2008
A greak knowledge cafe last night but now back up to London again for the last day of the Unicom Social Tools Conference.
Thu Mar 06 06:38:28 +0000 2008
In London, all day Tuesday to run my Effective Knowledge Worker workshop. Then Social Tools conference for 2 days and KCafe Wed evening.
Mon Mar 03 19:31:23 +0000 2008
Preparing for my Effective Knowledge Worker workshop next week in London as it needs updating. And wow 90 signed up for my Knowledge Cafe!
Thu Feb 28 08:55:42 +0000 2008
My son Jonathan has left today for Bangkok and 6 months backpacking with 2 friends around SE Asia. I keep thinking about him.
Wed Feb 27 17:16:32 +0000 2008
February Knowledge Letter being processed - will start distribution later this evening. Its a little late this month!
Sun Feb 24 18:48:35 +0000 2008
Sunday morning: Knowledge Letter almost ready to roll, but two articles to write also for end of month.
Sun Feb 24 08:55:44 +0000 2008
Saturday morning and a working weekend. At the every least need to publish this month's Knowledge Letter.
Sat Feb 23 07:52:43 +0000 2008
Over 80 people signed up to my London Knowledge Cafe on the Impact of Social Tools on KM on March 5th. Wow!
Fri Feb 22 10:22:34 +0000 2008
I have one last Lotus Notes client and I am spending a few hrs with them today to review a Sales Lead application I designed some years ago.
Thu Feb 21 09:18:37 +0000 2008
I am in London all day Wednesday chairing an internal conference and running a Knowledge Cafe.
Tue Feb 19 21:50:11 +0000 2008
Planning my Norwegian trip: Trondheim, Bergen, Stavanger, Oslo in 4 days with day workshop and evening Kcafe in each locale quite a stretch!
Tue Feb 19 09:38:43 +0000 2008
Monday morning - booked my flight to Phoenix in April for Buying & Selling e-Content. Hope to run an open Knowledge Cafe there also.
Mon Feb 18 09:08:42 +0000 2008
Looks like I have a host to run an open Knowledge Cafe in Dubai in early April during my visit to Saudi and Dubai. Great!
Sun Feb 17 12:55:17 +0000 2008
Problems with my hosted Notes server - been asked to switch one of my agents off which limits the data I can display. Hopefully temporary!
Tue Feb 05 06:29:39 +0000 2008
Monday morning up early again. Trying to get back to normal. A day in London today and Henley KM Forum Wed/Thurs.
Mon Feb 04 05:57:20 +0000 2008
5:30am here in UK, going to take a while to get back to UK time but at least it means I get up early!
Fri Feb 01 05:43:07 +0000 2008
I am home at last. 9:22pm UK time. 5:22am Singapore. Not as cold as I thought it might be. But time for bed!
Thu Jan 31 21:23:40 +0000 2008
At new T3 terminal at Changi on way back to London. Soon will be able to fly T5 LHR by A380 to T3 Changi - that should be an experience!
Thu Jan 31 02:39:59 +0000 2008
Tuesday morning: Talk/KCafe at the Singapore National Library this afternoon followed by a KCafe for the iKMS this evening.
Tue Jan 29 00:08:31 +0000 2008
Had a couple of meetings today including a meetup with Steve Bealing of Cognitive Edge and got to see their Singapore office.
Mon Jan 28 12:04:20 +0000 2008
Friday morning, Singapore, catching up on email then some meetings this afternoon including a video interview with Patrick Lambe.
Fri Jan 25 02:03:32 +0000 2008
Sitting in lounge at Bangkok airport waiting for flight to Singapore. Free food but better still free wifi!
Thu Jan 24 04:47:44 +0000 2008
About to leave hotel for flight back to Singapore and last leg of trip. A couple of talks/knowledge cafes, several meetings and then home!
Thu Jan 24 02:47:57 +0000 2008
Gave my KM goes Social talk to audience of 200+ at Bangkok University today - several hundred more connected by video. Also a KCafe later.
Tue Jan 22 11:33:52 +0000 2008
Looks like my trip to Saudi in April is confirmed. Need to think how to make the most of it!
Mon Jan 21 03:15:40 +0000 2008
Almost midnight. Had a lovely meal by the river with Vincent and Linda - back in my hotel room - relaxed watching my newsletter go out!
Sun Jan 20 16:52:48 +0000 2008
I am sure there has got to be better things to do in Bangkok than publish my knowledge letter! But then going out for dinner this evening!
Sun Jan 20 10:13:04 +0000 2008
Guess where I am? Starbucks - at my laptop! Across road from my hotel is a Starbucks, a MacDonlalds & a Boots Chemist. Home from home!
Sat Jan 19 08:29:54 +0000 2008
Saturday morning, Bangkok, up early, catching up on email! Deserve some breakfast soon :-)
Sat Jan 19 01:28:02 +0000 2008
IBM workshops over in SE Asia; tired; learnt a lot; had great fun and have met some great people. Still 2 weeks to go before I return home!
Fri Jan 18 11:38:12 +0000 2008
My last day with IBM: client this morning and wrap-up this afternoon. A weekend to myself and then seminar at Bangkok University next week.
Fri Jan 18 00:42:58 +0000 2008
Checked into hotel in Bangkok. Good news - upgraded to business class on flight here. Bad news - hotel charges £10 per day internet access!
Wed Jan 16 11:30:40 +0000 2008
Kuala Lumpur over - on to Bangkok tomorrow. I am loving the trip; great people; great conversations and lots and lots of learning!
Tue Jan 15 09:38:02 +0000 2008
Two one on one workshops for IBM clients yesterday here in Kuala Lumpur. Lets just say two totally different but interesting conversations.
Mon Jan 14 22:56:24 +0000 2008
Ran a Knowledge Cafe for the International Jatropha Organization yesterday at the University of Malayia. Nothing directly to do with KM!
Sun Jan 13 22:04:41 +0000 2008
Tremendous Knowledge Cafe yesterday at Multimedia University near Kuala Lumpur. Over 60 people! Breakfast this morning in Chinatown.
Sat Jan 12 23:42:39 +0000 2008
A good afternoon talk at the University Technology Mara and dinner with Shatina. My Multimedia University Knowledge Cafe in the morning.
Fri Jan 11 13:38:04 +0000 2008
First morning in KL, breakfast, a meeting then a talk at University Technology Mara this afternoon but need to remind myself of the topic!
Fri Jan 11 00:33:34 +0000 2008
Sitting in the business lounge of the Novotel, Kulala Lumpur working on my laptop and a glass of red wine at my side. Bliss!
Thu Jan 10 10:49:25 +0000 2008
Task this morning: kill as much back e-mail as I can and then leave at 10:00am for airport to Kuala Lumpur then process the rest!
Thu Jan 10 00:05:51 +0000 2008
Wednesday evening, KM workshops over in Singapore, on to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. I love it that this just does not feel like work :-)
Wed Jan 09 11:45:03 +0000 2008
Tuesday morning, Singapore. Up early. The two one-on-one IBM workshops went well yesterday - now for the start of the larger two day event
Mon Jan 07 22:24:01 +0000 2008
Not even midnight UK time here in Singapore and I am up and about to start my day with my first IBM workshop. Another this afternoon.
Sun Jan 06 23:38:11 +0000 2008
Checked into my hotel here in Singapore some hours back; already had one meeting but now to bed as I need to be up 11:00pm UK time :-)
Sun Jan 06 16:59:21 +0000 2008
Time goes slow but at least I am in the business lounge and have a wifi connection but why oh why no power points - battery getting low.
Sat Jan 05 17:26:04 +0000 2008
From home to Heathrow T3 departure lounge in less than an hour - not bad - pity the flight to Singapore is delayed 2 hrs.
Sat Jan 05 15:46:42 +0000 2008
Off to a good start! - just been texted to say my flight has been delayed 1 hour. Lets hope that's the worst of it :-)
Sat Jan 05 12:49:52 +0000 2008
Leaving home for SE Asia at 14:15 this afternoon for almost a month. Can't believe my schedule. Maybe taken on too much! Will be twittering!
Sat Jan 05 11:06:10 +0000 2008
Agreed to run a Knowledge Cafe at an iKMS meeting in Singapore on 29th January while I am there. My community members are invited!
Fri Jan 04 11:06:45 +0000 2008
Looks like I may have some work in Saudi Arabia in April. If so, I may extend the trip and visit Dubai again - could be interesting!
Wed Jan 02 18:41:41 +0000 2008
Not at Online today. Enjoyed the event but not enough interaction in the talks - most tracks ran over and left little or no time for QandA!
Thu Dec 06 10:54:40 +0000 2007
At Online Information again today. Giving a keynote at 9:00am. KM goes Social. Had better go catch my train.
Wed Dec 05 06:01:44 +0000 2007
At Online Information in London today. Jimmy Wales is the keynote speaker. And I will be running a Knowledge Cafe at 5:30. See you there!
Tue Dec 04 06:32:25 +0000 2007
Several replies this morning from people wanting to meet me when I am back in SE Asia (Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok) in January.
Mon Dec 03 09:53:26 +0000 2007
A wet Sunday evening here in Fleet. Looking forward to running a Knowledge Cafe and giving a talk at Online 2007 in London during the week.
Sun Dec 02 18:06:26 +0000 2007
So much to do before Christmas! Its an administration day: tax; accounts; vat; expenses and much more to get on top of!
Tue Nov 27 11:35:23 +0000 2007
Weekend coming up fast. Attending a workshop on transforming meetings at Heathrow on Saturday morning and meeting Tomasz Rudolf from Poland.
Fri Nov 23 18:07:19 +0000 2007
Working on slides for my "KM goes social" talk at Online Information - same material will form basis for my IBM talks in SE Asia in January.
Fri Nov 23 08:53:45 +0000 2007
Planning my next trip to Singapore, KL and BKK in January. Looks like I could be away for a month! So much to do between now and Xmas.
Thu Nov 22 16:11:51 +0000 2007
Working in the RSA library in central London. A meeting later followed by a talk/kcafe this afternoon for NetIKX.
Wed Nov 21 10:43:19 +0000 2007
Tuesday morning, Knowledge Letter distributed. Now to reply to some overdue emails and prepare for a talk/cafe in London tomorrow.
Tue Nov 20 08:09:17 +0000 2007
I have just produced my November Knowledge Letter and its on its way out to my community. Will take a while.
Sun Nov 18 22:55:21 +0000 2007
I am up early for a Saturday with no plans for the day other than to potter around and do whatever I feel like doing at the time. A luxury.
Sat Nov 17 06:56:00 +0000 2007
I have been uploading my photos and videos and blogging some of my recent activity. Now to put together my November Knowledge Letter.
Thu Nov 15 05:54:42 +0000 2007
Back to my early morning routine ... up at 3:45am ... sooner or later I will get back to normal :-)
Wed Nov 14 04:36:58 +0000 2007
Getting back in time-sync - up at 7:00am this morning. Also catching up fast on backlog of stuff!
Tue Nov 13 07:38:52 +0000 2007
Up again at 3:30am. May take a few days to get back into time-sync but as I work best in the morning these days I love this!
Mon Nov 12 03:42:07 +0000 2007
I have just asked Twitter to automatically update my FaceBook status - I wonder if it works?
Fri Nov 09 04:23:11 +0000 2007
A long day at KM World - some good speakers and met Valerie who is running Knowledge Cafes at an Oil & Gas co. in Trinidad and Tobago!
Thu Nov 08 00:30:06 +0000 2007
Back from dinner. Some great Web 2.0 talks lined up at KM World tomorrow - going to be difficult deciding which to attend.
Wed Nov 07 05:40:56 +0000 2007
Great day here at KM World - some great speakers - if only they would keep to schedule and allow time for questions! Happy with my session!
Wed Nov 07 02:00:09 +0000 2007
Second day of KM world. James Surowiecki author of Wisdom of Crowds is the kenote speaker. I am not on until the afternoon.
Tue Nov 06 15:42:08 +0000 2007
Back in my hotel room after 1st day KM World ... pretty pleased with my KM Unworkshop and Knowledge Cafe I ran today.
Tue Nov 06 06:48:27 +0000 2007
Early morning KM World, San Jose, my KM Unworkshop is this afternoon and my Knowledge Cafe this evening.
Mon Nov 05 16:13:36 +0000 2007
Had lunch with Irfan Salim an old colleague from my days at Lotus almost 20 years ago! Now taking things quietly before KM World.
Mon Nov 05 01:35:14 +0000 2007
10:30am Sunday just got up. Still feeling horribly jet-lagged but meeting an old work colleague from Lotus days at 12:00 for a drink.
Sun Nov 04 18:55:08 +0000 2007
Arrived San Jose and now in my hotel room. Uneventful flight. Body clock about mid-day - local time 8:30pm. I'll get plento of sleep.
Sun Nov 04 04:30:13 +0000 2007
At Changi airport - still trying to catch up on email - 1 hour to gate opening and then on to San Jose over night.
Sat Nov 03 07:33:40 +0000 2007
Saturday morning Singapore - catching up on email - leave for airport at 14:00 for flight to San Francisco.
Sat Nov 03 00:58:29 +0000 2007
Some meetings today, dinner this evening and then on to California tomorrow. I've had a fun week in Singapore.
Fri Nov 02 00:09:26 +0000 2007
KM Singapore today. I just need to garner the energy to get showered, dressed and out of my hotel!
Wed Oct 31 22:48:54 +0000 2007
A lovely evening with Bob and Kathy Buckman. I do love good conversation. KM Singapore in the morning!
Wed Oct 31 15:02:39 +0000 2007
Unworkshop done! Went really well. Also Bob Buckman sat in and helped round of the session wth some of his views. Learnt a lot!
Wed Oct 31 06:21:42 +0000 2007
Up early again for my half-day KM Unworkshop at KM Asia. No idea how this will unfold. I should be a little nervous but I am not :-)
Tue Oct 30 22:00:02 +0000 2007
Up early again for KM Asia VIP Breakfast at 7:30am here in Singapore. Verna Allee is facilitating and Bob and Kathy Buckman will be there.
Mon Oct 29 22:10:27 +0000 2007
Great day at KM Asia. Fun debate I took part in on "Does Asian culture inhibit knowledge sharing" and a fun knowledge cafe this evening.
Mon Oct 29 12:35:58 +0000 2007
Up at 5:00am here in Singapore as I had a very early night yesterday. 1st day of KM Asia and I have my Knowledge Cafe this evening.
Sun Oct 28 21:23:05 +0000 2007
Just checked in to Marina Mandarin in Singapore. 15mins from plane to sitting in taxi - so amazingly efficient!
Sat Oct 27 10:52:10 +0000 2007
09:10am and at Sydney airport with loads of time before my flight to Singapore - a beautiful day here in Sydney after the rain yesterday.
Fri Oct 26 23:15:17 +0000 2007
5:30 am - up early to catch up on stuff before flight to Singapore at 11:30 - a day or so later and could have on the A380!
Fri Oct 26 19:44:50 +0000 2007
Amazing knowledge cafe last night - over 70 people - room overlooking Sydney Harbour Bridge & Opera House :-)
Fri Oct 26 12:05:12 +0000 2007
Early morning in Sydney. Wet and overcast! Email to clear and work to do before meeting Helen Paige and then Knowledge Cafe this evening.
Wed Oct 24 21:06:08 +0000 2007
Canberra airport - free Wifi - how civilised. Waiting for flight up to Sydney. Reflecting on actKM Conference of last 2 days.
Wed Oct 24 08:32:55 +0000 2007
Wednesday morning here in Canberra. Looking forward to my day and my keynote talk this morning.
Tue Oct 23 20:45:53 +0000 2007
Conference dinner over. Last day tomorrow and my keynote talk in morning and then leave for Sydney late afternoon.
Tue Oct 23 12:03:47 +0000 2007
Taking a break between actKM conference and dinner. Been a very good day with an excellent keynote from Patrick Lambe this morning.
Tue Oct 23 07:32:21 +0000 2007
Up early here in Canberra to organise my day and prepare for my Knowledge Cafe for actKM conference not that a lot needs to be done.
Mon Oct 22 20:57:17 +0000 2007
Back from meal with friends. A good evening with lots of great conversation. Running a Knowledge Cafe at actKM conference in the morning.
Mon Oct 22 13:42:42 +0000 2007
Just had interesting meeting with a few folks from Greening Australia. Some real challeges for them that social tools might help open up.
Mon Oct 22 04:26:54 +0000 2007
6:30am Canberra, a beautiful sunny morning, I am up early, wide awake, breakfast next and then a lunch time meet and dinner this evening
Sun Oct 21 20:37:23 +0000 2007
Well looks like my gate is open. I think I will go and join the queue. Flight due for departure 00:30 Singapore time. About 8hrs to Sydney.
Sat Oct 20 15:32:22 +0000 2007
Found a free laptop access point at Changi airport - ah bliss - will help kill a little tiome productively :-)
Sat Oct 20 12:40:09 +0000 2007
Spent all afternoon and evening on my October Knowledge Letter that is now being distributed. One less thing to do next week!
Sun Oct 14 21:06:43 +0000 2007
Legal HR Forum morphed into Legal IT Forum from 30 people to over 200 ... I'm facilitating some of the KM related discussions ...
Wed Oct 10 18:34:41 +0000 2007
At the Legal HR Forum at the Turnberry Resort in Scotland. They charge £18 per day for WIFI access - outrageous!!! But a beautiful place.
Tue Oct 09 16:20:09 +0000 2007
Lots of birthday greetings and even a "growing gift" via FaceBook ... love it ... thank you everyone !!! :-)
Mon Oct 08 12:13:43 +0000 2007
Over 100 people signed up for my Knowledge Cafe in Sydney - have had to close registration and hope that a few people will drop out :-)
Mon Oct 08 07:44:49 +0000 2007
Now over 80 people registered for my Sydney Knowledge Cafe - will have to cap it at 100 but unlikely that more than 80 will show :-)
Fri Oct 05 08:03:30 +0000 2007
Sunday morning : 43 people signed up for my Sydney open Knowledge Cafe - not a bad start!
Sun Sep 30 08:21:19 +0000 2007
So LinkedIn will now accept photos - well in principle yes - but it says it has a problem uploading any of my standard pics - bah!
Fri Sep 28 11:48:31 +0000 2007
Thanks to Annalie Killian of AMP, running a Knowledge Cafe in Sydney on 25th Oct overlooking the Harbour - already > 30 people signed up!
Fri Sep 28 09:57:09 +0000 2007
Great day at Lotus User Group meeting - met people I had not seen for 5 years or more ...
Wed Sep 26 19:49:53 +0000 2007
Won't rest today until this month's Knowledege Letter is published as the I am running out of days in the month!
Fri Sep 21 09:52:04 +0000 2007
In London Wed,Thurs at European KM Thought Leaders Forum - running a Knowledge Cafe on the Thurs.
Wed Sep 19 06:33:28 +0000 2007
Google has released Presently. Looks pretty good but need the means to embed the presentation in a webpage a la SlideShare :-)
Tue Sep 18 08:12:34 +0000 2007
Wednesday morning: Running a Knowledge Cafe at the Henley Knowledge Management Forum today.
Wed Sep 12 06:11:56 +0000 2007
End of ECKM in Barcelona. Run a great little knowledge cafe - fifteen of us walked across the road from the conference to a real cafe! Fun!
Fri Sep 07 15:25:09 +0000 2007
Great 1st day at ECKM in Barcelona. Daan Andriessen's keynote on Knowledge Metaphors brilliant! Knowledge Cafe today on same topic!
Fri Sep 07 06:06:46 +0000 2007
Almost 11:00pm In Barcelona ... been out for a lovely tapas meal and the Rioja was excellent. Kill my junk email and to bed!
Wed Sep 05 20:58:17 +0000 2007
5:30am Tuesday, up early to catch flight to Barcelona for the ECKM 2007 Conference. Looking forward to a great couple of days.
Wed Sep 05 04:36:51 +0000 2007
Planning my travel itinery for round the world trip in Oct-Nov. actKM, Canberra; KM Asia, Singapore; KM World, San Jose and home!
Tue Sep 04 11:39:12 +0000 2007
Off to Barcelona tomorrow for ECKM 2007. Enjoyed the event last year in Budapest so should be good.
Tue Sep 04 06:57:42 +0000 2007
Just bought an Airport Express - via wifi can now print to my printer and stream my music from my laptop to my audio system. Wow love it!
Sun Sep 02 17:00:15 +0000 2007
Tuesday morning early. A lot of thank you and follow up emails to get out. Will take a few days to return to normal after trip.
Tue Aug 28 05:25:20 +0000 2007
Public holiday here in the UK so taking the day nice and slow as I get back to normal - will be fully 'back to work' on Tuesday :-)
Mon Aug 27 11:29:15 +0000 2007
Just turned 7:00 am Monday and I am home - flight landed 30 mins or so early. Got some sleep so feeling good :-)
Sun Aug 26 06:09:08 +0000 2007
Working in my hotel room. work not quite over - still have a meeting in the morning but then free and fly home on Saturday.
Thu Aug 23 15:02:12 +0000 2007
What a great day. Great lunch conversation, river conversation, temple conversation, dinner conversation and even more conversation.
Mon Aug 20 16:02:17 +0000 2007
OK uneventful flight to Bangkok. My first time here. Hot, humid and bustling. Quiet evening planned will explore tomorrow.
Sun Aug 19 11:20:54 +0000 2007
OK, time to checkout and leave for airport for fligjt to Bangkok ... hopefully back online this evening :-)
Sun Aug 19 02:54:40 +0000 2007
Sunday Singapore, 3 hrs to shower, do some email, write article, get packed and get to airport and on to Bangkok - maybe too ambitious!
Sat Aug 18 23:51:01 +0000 2007
In my hotel room in Singapore, rain beating down outside, writing this month's knowledge letter but need to stop as I have a lunch date!
Sat Aug 18 03:50:52 +0000 2007
First day of workshop went well and people talked and engaged more than I had thought they might. Good :-)
Tue Aug 14 12:30:19 +0000 2007
Tues morning in Singapore - up early for 1st day of my workshop.Could almost walk it as it looks a cool overcast morning but I'll taxi it!
Mon Aug 13 23:00:46 +0000 2007
Another dinner and pleasant evening in Singapore - first day of my workshop tomorrow - so need to be early but wide awake and working!
Mon Aug 13 15:07:03 +0000 2007
Dinner confirmed for this evening but in hotel room now tweaking my workshop for tomorrow - had better stop procrastinating :-)
Mon Aug 13 07:32:58 +0000 2007
Interesting meeting this morning - I could be in Singapore/KL/BKK again early in the new year. This trip starting to look well worthwhile!
Mon Aug 13 05:17:03 +0000 2007
I love sitting in my hotel room in Singapore and taking a Skype voice call from someone in Brazil for free - good job I bought my headset!
Sun Aug 12 14:07:35 +0000 2007
9:30 pm in Singapore, just had dinner in Clarke Quay - vibrant place, now for some work for the next 3 hours or so :-)
Sun Aug 12 13:32:16 +0000 2007
In Singapore, Novotel, Clarke Quay. Rip off interenet access at GBP10 per day! Paid half that for a month's access in KL! Really annoys me!
Sun Aug 12 10:19:47 +0000 2007
Sunday morning, fly to Singapore early afternoon. Catching up on email and business cards right now.
Sun Aug 12 01:17:00 +0000 2007
Good day - could be back here in March! Had dinner this evening with Naguib and others from KM circle here in KL. Singapore tomorrow!
Sat Aug 11 17:07:00 +0000 2007
Saturday morning KL, 3 meetings ahead and dinner this evening. Iam really enjoying myself here :-)
Sat Aug 11 02:00:37 +0000 2007
Wow what a fantastic evening. Gave a talk at the KM Unit of Universiti Teknologi MARA in KL. People so open, warrm and friendly. Loved them!
Fri Aug 10 16:53:36 +0000 2007
A good day in KL - met with KK Aw and this evening with Cheryl Teh. And there is quite an amazing electronics mall across the road from me.
Thu Aug 09 14:41:47 +0000 2007
9:00 am KL time but only 2:00am London time but I am up & about. Great to have a WiFi connection - little different to home!
Thu Aug 09 01:02:03 +0000 2007
1:30 am KL time, 18:30 London. Better have early night else won't get up in the morning. But what is a street band still doing playing!!
Wed Aug 08 17:32:53 +0000 2007
At last in my hotel in KL, bought wifi access online for a whole month for what hotel wanted to charge me for one day!
Wed Aug 08 14:41:16 +0000 2007
Just arrived in Singapore too late to catch my connecting flight to KL but booked on another in 2hrs time. So all looking good :-)
Wed Aug 08 07:05:59 +0000 2007
My KL and Singapore schedules are now looking pretty full. Bangkok less so but then that gives me some time to see the sights :-)
Thu Aug 02 15:51:40 +0000 2007
One minute an email from someone in BKK wishing to meet me - the next minute chatting in Skype - I do love communicating like this :-)
Thu Aug 02 14:48:42 +0000 2007
Added write-ups on a few more tools & widgets that I use to my website last night. Amazing how many I use & what a mashup my site is :-)
Thu Aug 02 08:42:53 +0000 2007
Sending out a couple of emails to members in KL & Bangkok to see if anyone would like to meet me while i am there in a week or so's time.
Tue Jul 31 20:27:53 +0000 2007
A beautiful sunny Monday morning here in Fleet - clear blue sky but I have a proposal to complete :-)
Mon Jul 30 06:57:33 +0000 2007
Just been updating my wesbite with some of the tools that I use - including Twitter - I think I have earned myself a coffee at Starbucks :-)
Sat Jul 28 13:58:17 +0000 2007
Saturday morning - off to have an early morning coffee with my youngest daughter soon I so enjoy her company :-)
Sat Jul 28 07:20:20 +0000 2007
Tuesday: a beautiful sunny morning and still more to do to organise my trip to SE Asia ... meetings to arrange & confirm, hotels to book ...
Tue Jul 24 06:59:40 +0000 2007
Tuesday morning - up early to complete my Knowledge Letter distribution and celan up. Still far too much to do.
Tue Jul 17 06:13:32 +0000 2007
Monday morning - much to do to arrange my SE Asia trip and a Knowledge Letter to publish and more :-)
Mon Jul 16 06:53:15 +0000 2007
Back at my desk after 3 days of workshop, knowledge cafe and conference, feeling good though a little tired. Some airflights to book :-)
Fri Jul 13 10:16:45 +0000 2007
An amazing Knowledge Cafe last night with an unexpected twist. One of the best yet in terms of depth of conversation. Conference now all day
Thu Jul 12 06:59:47 +0000 2007
OK now for 2 days chairing the Unicom Social Tools conference in London plus a London Knowledge Cafe this evening on the impact of video.
Wed Jul 11 05:03:22 +0000 2007
Running my "Effective Knowledge Worker" workshop for Unicom at Novotel West Tuesday - 10 participants - should be fun - I always enjoy them.
Mon Jul 09 20:01:42 +0000 2007
Damn cant find a personal video message recorder that gives the control over the size of the video display I would have thought essential!
Sun Jul 08 19:54:40 +0000 2007
Slowing down for th day - KM workshop as good as done - delivery in London tomorrow - have a nice new radio slide changer - should be fun!
Thu Jul 05 17:10:20 +0000 2007
How do you teach people about KM in one day!!! Far too many slides for my workshop on Friday :-)
Wed Jul 04 16:46:04 +0000 2007
Phone call to Australia at 9:00, working on my new workshop after that ... gotta find time for this month's knowledge letter ...
Tue Jul 03 06:39:52 +0000 2007
Back from KC UK - experimented with new format for speakers: speak, audience conversation in groups, Q&A - worked great - must blog it!
Wed Jun 27 19:45:23 +0000 2007
5:10 in the morning!!!!! Up to leave early for London - chairing KC UK today. Should be a good day.
Tue Jun 26 04:11:01 +0000 2007
Great fifth knowledge barbecue at Greenwich this evening - what with the walk - must have been the best yet - thank you Martn Laycock & LKN
Thu Jun 21 00:17:55 +0000 2007
Monday morning, plenty of work this week and the Greenwich Knowledge Barbecue on Wednesday - I do hope it does not rain!
Mon Jun 18 06:37:56 +0000 2007
Sunday morning 7:30 checking my email before a visit later this morning to my eldest daughter's for a father's day lunch :-)
Sun Jun 17 06:33:11 +0000 2007
Fri 18:07: Dinner almost ready ... about to close down for the evening ... a productive if unexciting day :-)
Fri Jun 15 17:07:52 +0000 2007
I've succumbed and created a Gurteen Knowledge Community group in Facebook and even entered the upcoming bbq at Greenwich as an event!
Thu Jun 14 16:01:13 +0000 2007
Up and about - cleaning up email response from my newsletter distribution and accepting several new facebook friends :-)
Thu Jun 14 06:04:48 +0000 2007
Home - tired! But wrote & started distributon of my Knowledge Letter while in London - feeling good. Love to be able to work from anywhere!
Wed Jun 13 20:56:45 +0000 2007
Great meeting with Victoria Ward and Madelaine Blair at the RSA - they are doing some exciting work - do love Victoria's energy!
Wed Jun 13 15:04:36 +0000 2007
Just walked from Waterloo over Hungerford Bridge to the RSA close to Charing Cross - I love the river on a sunny day - so much history :-)
Wed Jun 13 08:39:45 +0000 2007
6:30 am - a beautiful morning - up to London today - working at RSA & then a meeting in the afternoon with Madelaine Blair & Victoria Ward
Wed Jun 13 05:40:41 +0000 2007
Closing down for the night - up early tomorrow for a day in London. So pleased the RSA's wifi works for Lotus Notes now :-)
Tue Jun 12 21:26:05 +0000 2007
Just sent out email to invite people to my Effective Knowledge Worker workshop next month in London.
Tue Jun 12 11:31:35 +0000 2007
A grey morning but the weatherman tells me it is going to be a hot and sunny day when the cloud lifts :-)
Tue Jun 12 05:54:27 +0000 2007
Sunday morning - closing down - off to spend the day with my youngest daughter Sally in Canterbury. Will be fun :-)
Sun Jun 10 07:29:28 +0000 2007
Been inviting friends to Facebook ... more people I know on there than I had imagined :-)
Sat Jun 09 22:13:30 +0000 2007
Back from London - had a couple of meetings at the British Library - must try working there one day. Closing down now for the evening!
Fri Jun 08 18:21:11 +0000 2007
In London today for a couple of meetings, if I don't leave very early I don't get to park at the station & have to drive to Richmond grrrr.
Fri Jun 08 05:33:42 +0000 2007
Just playing with the beta Plazes - either I am thick; it is totally unintuitive or its a mess - I can't figure out which!
Tue Jun 05 11:21:47 +0000 2007
A beautiful morning here in Fleet. Must start my monthly article for Inside Knowledge Magazine today!
Tue Jun 05 06:20:45 +0000 2007
Monday morning - a quiet week ahead. In London on Friday but apart from that a lot of work planned that ties me to my laptop :-)
Mon Jun 04 06:04:31 +0000 2007
I am up early to a beautiful sunny morning and a little work before closing down for the weekend :-)
Sat Jun 02 05:19:49 +0000 2007
Been clearing email ... possibility of visit to Phillipines later in year during my Singapore trip and KM World looking good also :-)
Fri Jun 01 06:45:47 +0000 2007
Reading up on Google Gears and listening to audio interviews - love the way it works in Google Reader - long term the impact is HUGE!
Thu May 31 20:00:27 +0000 2007
Getting emails out to community about upcoming events - KM Australia and Unicom's Social Tools Conference almost ticked off.
Tue May 29 15:18:13 +0000 2007
What a wet, cold, rainy day it has been ... sitting here at my dining room table doing a little email and a little browsing :-)
Mon May 28 17:42:59 +0000 2007
Just a little work this morning before signing off ... putting together the ideas for a future keynote talk on revitalising KM ...
Sun May 27 09:25:45 +0000 2007
Been playing with the new tags in MyBlogLog also checking out my email and website and then offline for the day.
Sat May 26 05:59:39 +0000 2007
6:30am up early - a day to get on top of things and to let my community know about a lot of interesting things coming up.
Fri May 25 05:31:53 +0000 2007
Back from my foreign travels - no more now until Singapore and maybe Bangkok in August unless my Indian trip happens which is doubtful.
Thu May 24 10:24:13 +0000 2007
Arrived in Stavanager, Norway, beautiful sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Shown around by Inger Lise. 9:00 pm & sun still high in the sky!
Mon May 21 19:00:55 +0000 2007
Flying to Stavanger, Norway lunch time - do hope motorway is flowing freely. Back home Wednesday afternoon. Open Knowledge Cafe - Tuesday.
Mon May 21 05:59:08 +0000 2007
5:35 am up bright and early - looks like its going to be a beautiful today - some work to do this morning but then I get the afternoon off!
Sun May 20 04:38:58 +0000 2007
Up early, some invoices to get out & still a few tweaks to my stuff for Norway next week and then coffee with Lauren, my eldest daughter.
Sat May 19 05:21:40 +0000 2007
My friend John O'Brien trying to find a way to get me to Hong Kong when I am in the region - would be good to get back - love the energy!
Fri May 18 09:23:04 +0000 2007
Knowledge Cafe workshop to prepare for client in Norway next week plus a short talk/workshop on making KM initiatives successful.
Fri May 18 06:18:04 +0000 2007
Thursday morning 6:45am - up bright and early as my number one priority is to complete and publish my May Knowledge Letter today!
Thu May 17 05:48:10 +0000 2007
6:45 Thursday morning - my number one priority is to complete my May Knowletter Letter and publsh it today so I am up for an early start!
Thu May 17 05:46:55 +0000 2007
Looks like my broadband connection has come back up all on its own. Lets hope it stays that way!
Wed May 16 16:57:24 +0000 2007
Broadband down and virgin media cannot send an engineer until next monday totally unacceptable!
Wed May 16 14:23:19 +0000 2007
Just spent 3hrs upgrading Norton Security on my laptop - annoyed with time it has taken until I found it has freed up 30GB of disc space!
Wed May 16 09:10:19 +0000 2007
Closing down for the day ... not started the knowledge letter but cleeared up a whole load of stuff and feel on top of things !!!
Tue May 15 17:17:42 +0000 2007
Trying to get on top of things here by using my Lotus Notes "Todo" database to track the seemingly million things I have on at any one time!
Tue May 15 10:46:47 +0000 2007
Just posted on my website details of UNICOM Seminars Social Tools conference and my Effective Knowledge Worker workshop in London in July.
Mon May 14 11:57:23 +0000 2007
Monday morning, wet and overcast, a quiet week ahead, time to catch up on some paperwork amd prepare for Norwegian trip next week.
Mon May 14 06:08:16 +0000 2007
Early Sunday morning - no deadlines but need to start on this month's knowledge letter soon - so at least lets clear my e-mail maybe more!
Sun May 13 06:39:20 +0000 2007
Looks like I may be running a Knowledge Cafe at KM World in St Jose later in the year. Late Oct/Nov going to be a busy time.
Sat May 12 05:54:42 +0000 2007
Up bright and early again - talking with the folks in Ark Group Australia about making KM Asia highly interactive and participatory mmmm!
Fri May 11 06:44:29 +0000 2007
Great day at Open University yesterday. Gave a talk & Knowledge Cafe, met interesting people & had a tour of the Knoweldge Media Institute.
Thu May 10 05:55:01 +0000 2007
Just agreed to run a Knowledge Cafe and workshop at KM Asia this year - great should be real fun - do love Singapore :-)
Tue May 08 09:02:11 +0000 2007
Up and about ... stuff to do and then up to Bedford for the evening for a meeting at the OU tomorrow
Tue May 08 07:20:27 +0000 2007
A quiet day as officially a holiday but a little work to prepare for a talk and Knowledge Cafe on Wednesday & write my monthly IK article.
Mon May 07 06:31:44 +0000 2007
Frustration - my Singapore workshop postponed until August and possible Joburg trip back to August too - hope they dont clash!
Fri May 04 06:36:44 +0000 2007
I love the City of London - so many little churches nestled between modern tall buildings & one right in the shadow of the Gherkin Building
Wed May 02 22:07:33 +0000 2007
Running a Knowledge Cafe this afternoon in London at the IMC Forum on Knowledge Management - as ever with my Cafes should be great fun :-)
Wed May 02 10:02:54 +0000 2007
Another beautiful morning, a knowledge cafe to prepare for tomorrow, a flight to book and email to catch upon!
Tue May 01 08:10:08 +0000 2007
A beautiful morning & a quite week but for a paid for knowledge cafe on Wednesday - the ones I like best - and sadly a funeral on Thursday.
Mon Apr 30 07:17:09 +0000 2007
Twenty to one in the morning and just got back from my after dinner talk at the IET -- feeling good -- tremendous evening: :-)
Sat Apr 28 23:42:12 +0000 2007
Up to London this evening for an after-diinner talk at an IET dinner. Just run through my talk for the last time :-)
Sat Apr 28 14:57:44 +0000 2007
Running a "Networking" workshop for a bunch of post-grad students ate Regents College in London this afternoon. Should be fun!
Thu Apr 26 08:43:00 +0000 2007
Just sent off a short email proposal for some work in Bangkok - now that would be fun as I have yet to visit Thailand!
Thu Apr 26 07:49:09 +0000 2007
Why do I worry about giving a talk (without slides) when all I need to do is to get up & tell a story or two - that is so easy and natural!
Wed Apr 25 08:19:31 +0000 2007
Up early this morning - still on Jakarta time - but means it feels Like I get a lot done :-)
Tue Apr 24 07:03:50 +0000 2007
Its my eldest daughter's birthday today - Lauren - she is 25. I can remember when she was born and the love I felt for her so well :-)
Mon Apr 23 10:07:57 +0000 2007
So Monday morning and almost back to normal. But a workshop and an after dinner talk later this week -- so stuff to prepare :-)
Mon Apr 23 06:24:46 +0000 2007
Home sweet home, an uneventful flight but been reading Muhammad Yunus's book Banker to the Poor - so inspirational - I love the man!
Sun Apr 22 06:08:18 +0000 2007
Saturday in Jakata, doing email & then car to airport later this afternoon. One of my best trips ever - good work, great people, lots of fun
Sat Apr 21 06:27:32 +0000 2007
All the hard work over - workshop finished, kcafe over & tomorrow I am being taken out sightseeing In Jakarta and countryside - will be fun!
Wed Apr 18 16:25:16 +0000 2007
Poorly acted foreign language soaps with no English subtitles are just so amusing to watch LOL
Wed Apr 18 14:50:09 +0000 2007
Second day of workshop - looking forward to it but culture makes it a little challenging as people somehat reluctant to interact.
Wed Apr 18 00:10:26 +0000 2007
Lesson learnt: always, always check out a room before you run a workshop & why do good rooms have large pillars in the midlle of the floor?
Mon Apr 16 14:47:04 +0000 2007
April Knowledge Letter being distributed but going to take a bit longer than normal as this hotel internet connection is SO slow!
Mon Apr 16 06:07:53 +0000 2007
Decided to publsh this month's Knowledge Letter while I still had time - might just get it out today - great I can do it from anywhere :-)
Mon Apr 16 05:09:40 +0000 2007
A hot morning here in Jakarta, workshop tomorrow, today get over jet-lag and catch up on some work in hotel, dinner again this evening ...
Mon Apr 16 02:37:04 +0000 2007
Just sent this month's article off to Inside Knowledge - now a million other things to get on with ....
Thu Apr 12 09:16:04 +0000 2007
Got my Moscow photos loaded up to Flickr - but yet to name & tag them - Dave Snowden in a suit - a rare site - bet he has not forgiven me!
Wed Apr 11 12:06:50 +0000 2007
Jakarta workshop complete, now on to prep for another 1/2d workshop and an after-dinner talk ... and oh yes there is the email backlog too!
Wed Apr 11 10:15:13 +0000 2007
Can't believe it - 114 people signed up for Jakarta Knowledge Cafe - six just signed up representing the KM team from a single company. Wow!
Tue Apr 10 11:17:58 +0000 2007
Jakarta workshop taking shape - have the running order - and most of the slides - now for the fine tuning!
Tue Apr 10 09:33:18 +0000 2007
Working on my Jakarta Personal Knowledge Management Workshop - expanding from 1 to 2 days - mainly a cut and paste and organise job :-)
Tue Apr 10 08:45:09 +0000 2007
Back to normality for a a few days and then leave for Jakarta on Saturday. Must merge my material for the workshop today and tomorrow!
Tue Apr 10 06:20:09 +0000 2007
In moscow lots of great debate or was it dialogue lol with dave snowdon on flight out yesterday
Thu Apr 05 04:01:50 +0000 2007
Another 9 people signed up for Jakarta Knowledge Cafe last night - have 103 registered - still have not figured out why the great response!
Tue Apr 03 08:16:36 +0000 2007
Over the moon! We have a 100 seater room for my Jakarta Knowledge Cafe in the SELEPA Police Academy so will not have to turn anyone away!
Mon Apr 02 19:29:19 +0000 2007
An interesting process preparing a presentation for a Russian audience where you must pause every sentance or so for it to be translated!
Mon Apr 02 09:06:40 +0000 2007
A busy two days and then off to Moscow KM confence Wed/Thurs/Fri - flying with Dave Snowden so time to catch up on what he is up to!!
Mon Apr 02 06:53:58 +0000 2007
Lets see how long it takes me to get back to my home time zone - not off to the best of starts this morning :-)
Sat Mar 31 11:42:19 +0000 2007
Back home safe and sound but two hours from landing at Heathrow T4 to walking to the car park. BA - that really is unacceptable!
Fri Mar 30 16:24:45 +0000 2007
Sitting in departure lounge at Phoenix Airport - mmm free wifi - the way of the future - flight delayed by 30 mins but looking good ...
Fri Mar 30 02:16:59 +0000 2007
Last day in Phoenix - have a lunch meeting and then to the airport for an early evening flight home ...
Thu Mar 29 14:11:44 +0000 2007
Late afternoon in Phoenix - off out in a few minutes for a drink and to meet a bunch of KM people for dinner ... should be fun ...
Wed Mar 28 23:57:51 +0000 2007
Only an American can say "I will pick up up at 6:30am for breakfast! Still its got me out of bed and I am looking forward to the meeting :-)
Wed Mar 28 12:27:01 +0000 2007
Wow - I have 90 people signed upo for my Jakarta knowledge cafe - dont think the room is large enough - what an interesting problem to have!
Wed Mar 28 05:10:14 +0000 2007
Conference over. Now in a motel near the airport. Rather down market vs. the Camel Back Inn Resort but I will live :-) Out to dinner at 7pm.
Wed Mar 28 01:10:54 +0000 2007
Another beautiful morning in Scottsdale - last day of conference - moving down maket & closer to Phoenix for my last two days here.
Tue Mar 27 13:30:06 +0000 2007
Knowldege Cafes: about 150 people in 8 groups having conversations in the sunshine - slightly different format to usual but worked well :-)
Tue Mar 27 00:23:31 +0000 2007
Another beautiful morning here on the edge of the dessert ... sun just peaking up over the horizon ... knowledge cafes at 2:00 today :-)
Mon Mar 26 13:26:58 +0000 2007
Just returned from BSEC 2007 conference reception - a great bunch of people and everyone briefed for knowledge cafes tomorrow :-)
Mon Mar 26 04:54:49 +0000 2007
I could work from anywhere in the world - so why not choose a warm sunny environment ... I just my love my new office here in Scottsdale!
Sun Mar 25 19:35:47 +0000 2007
Beautiful morning here in scottsdale on my patho - In 70s clear blue sky and birds singing
Sun Mar 25 15:11:02 +0000 2007
Taxi coming at 9:00 in the morning so probably my last twitter until I am in Scottsdale unless I SMS my twitters while still on the ground
Fri Mar 23 20:38:59 +0000 2007
Wow 42 people already signed up for my Jakarta Knowledge Cafe via my site - looks like being fun :-)
Fri Mar 23 14:44:50 +0000 2007
Virgin Media upgrading my broadband in May from 10 to 20Mb but charging an extra £2 making it £37 per month. Not sure if thats a good deal.
Fri Mar 23 12:32:27 +0000 2007
Flight to Phoenix Saturday morning for the eContent conference - so a "get everything organized" kind of day to day.
Fri Mar 23 09:25:45 +0000 2007
Just got feedback from Unicom Social Tools conference - excellent - well pleased - Unicom planning another in July :-)
Wed Mar 21 17:39:17 +0000 2007
Wow lots of people signing up for Jakarta Knowledge Cafe - I have 13 and client has 20 or more - so should be a good turn out!
Wed Mar 21 11:30:53 +0000 2007
Russian visa should be ready for 4:30 - killing a bit of time in Starbucks in Nottinghill Gate before moving on to my client for my talk.
Mon Mar 19 09:33:37 +0000 2007
5:00am is far too early to get up on a cold Monday morning but up to London to get my Russian Visa and to give my Knowledge Sharing talk :-)
Mon Mar 19 05:31:48 +0000 2007
Happy with my 'knowledge sharing' talk now - found a great quote from Bob Buckman that I have included - now for a break :-)
Sun Mar 18 14:42:45 +0000 2007
Sunday morning - online browsing - need to review my talk for tomorrow later - otherwise a gentle day :-)
Sun Mar 18 09:41:37 +0000 2007
Got photos taken for Russian visa and booked innoculations for Indonesia ... its the miscellaneous stuff in life that takes all the time!
Fri Mar 16 17:33:03 +0000 2007
Stuff todo - fiinish monthly article for InsideKnowledge + finalise Knowledge Sharing talk + sort Phoenix trip + clear a ton of email :-)
Fri Mar 16 08:22:33 +0000 2007
Preparing for a talk on Knowledge Sharing in London on Monday - modifying a talk from 3 years ago! Do love the thoughts of Alfie Kohn!
Thu Mar 15 11:03:11 +0000 2007
I am spending most of the day with a long standing client (10 years or more) - one of two that I still occasionally do Lotus Notes work for!
Wed Mar 14 07:37:10 +0000 2007
Got e-mails out to community members in Phoenix & Moscow to see if any want to meet up & been invited to be a facilitator at IT Legal Forum!
Tue Mar 13 17:08:48 +0000 2007
Great news! Just heard I will be the keynote speaker at the actKM 2007 in Canberra, Australia in October :-)
Tue Mar 13 11:33:35 +0000 2007
This months knowledge letter written but a couple more hours to run off the emails and distribute it. Always takes a good day of effort.
Mon Mar 12 18:49:36 +0000 2007
Monday morning - another week - task for today - publish the March edition of my Knowledge Letter :-)
Mon Mar 12 08:59:29 +0000 2007
A quiet week-end ahead - no deadlines as such but will start on this months knowledge letter if the mood takes me :-)
Sat Mar 10 08:46:18 +0000 2007
Agreed to give an after-dinner talk to 200 engineers in London on "collaboration" - need to recall some amusing stories from my past LOL
Fri Mar 09 18:19:02 +0000 2007
Taking a friend up to Heathrow this morning for a flight to Seattle -- hmmm wish I was going too ... back around mid-day.
Fri Mar 09 09:20:09 +0000 2007
Jakarta flight now booked - pity no time to stop over in Singapore - now to let my members know about the Jakarta Knowledge Cafe :-)
Thu Mar 08 15:31:56 +0000 2007
A beautiful sunny day here in Fleet - think I have sorted out my Jakarta dates - now need to book the flights!
Thu Mar 08 13:48:18 +0000 2007
At my desk all today - hot on my agenda is to sort out my Jakarta trip before I leave it too late :-)
Thu Mar 08 11:00:51 +0000 2007
Well that took some coding - emails to my community are now stored on my site & auto-mailed as HTML emails to members. A great improvement!
Thu Mar 08 00:17:26 +0000 2007
Back at my desk again - well actually my dining room table as I can look out at the garden from here :-)
Wed Mar 07 16:01:58 +0000 2007
8:15am Wednesday morning ... home based today ... a zillion things to do to follow up on my recent Washington trip!
Wed Mar 07 08:16:48 +0000 2007
Just had an early lunch in my favorite local restaurant (Morrisons LOL) and back to my desk to get a proposal out before end of day!
Tue Mar 06 12:38:10 +0000 2007
Woke up at 7:00am this morning so getting back to normal sleeping pattern fast ... right now to get some work done today!
Tue Mar 06 08:17:27 +0000 2007
feeling well and truly jet-lagged ... a good nights sleep and hopefully I will feel a lot better ....
Mon Mar 05 22:52:23 +0000 2007
Ok back home -- Dubai trip next week postponed --- kinda pleased gives me some time to catch up on stuff :-)
Mon Mar 05 15:44:01 +0000 2007
Last day in DC - would be good to do some more sight seeing but too much work to catch up on - will see if I can get a late check-out :-(
Sun Mar 04 11:32:19 +0000 2007
Two great meetings here in DC today and got to wander around and see a little of the city incl. the White House. Flight home tomorrow!
Sun Mar 04 05:31:57 +0000 2007
Came here expecting snow but has been a spring day here In Washington ... clear blue sky and bright warm sunshine :-)
Sat Mar 03 02:17:41 +0000 2007
Up early for phone interview from Germany - now working in my hotel room - 1st meeting at 10:30 this morning ...
Fri Mar 02 14:10:33 +0000 2007
Great kcafe here in DC - a bit self indulgent but thrilled when someone tells me they love my k-letter & have read it for the last 5 yrs!
Fri Mar 02 03:20:19 +0000 2007
Up again early - cab arriving at 8:00am to kake me to my hotel in DC - then a couple of meetings and Knowledge Cafe in evening :-)
Thu Mar 01 11:37:02 +0000 2007
Long but fun day - one or two great talks and great people.- conference over - on to DC in the morning and knowledge cafe in the evening.
Thu Mar 01 02:33:31 +0000 2007
Its the morning of the last day of the Braintrust International conference - not bad as events go but far too much "chalk and talk" :-)
Wed Feb 28 11:06:44 +0000 2007
Wow - a fun conference dinner this evening - still hanging out with my 'workshop crowd' - some sort of bonding took place that 1st morning!
Wed Feb 28 02:46:55 +0000 2007
Braintrust International conference starts early this morning 7:30am! So up at 5:00am to keep on top of my e-mail LOL!
Tue Feb 27 10:41:08 +0000 2007
Only 8 people at my kcafe workshop due to the snow so turned it into a round table conversation - amazing conversation & such great people!
Mon Feb 26 23:01:15 +0000 2007
Morning here in Maryland - being 5 hours ahead - so much easier to get up this morning :-)
Mon Feb 26 11:46:05 +0000 2007
3:00am GMT in my hotel room in Cambridge, Maryland - delighted to find it has a iPod docking station - cool! Kcafe workshop in the morning!
Mon Feb 26 03:09:41 +0000 2007
Taxi coming for me at 8:30 to take me to Heathrow T4 ... checked in online last night so hoping for a smooth journey to the departure lounge
Sun Feb 25 07:51:40 +0000 2007
Gentle start to my Saturday morning ... watching the History Channel - "The Quest for King Arthur" as I eat breakfast!
Sat Feb 24 07:54:21 +0000 2007
Online today. Lots to do - fly to Washington DC Sunday morning for Braintrust International Conference & a Gurteen Knowledge Cafe on Thurs!
Fri Feb 23 09:36:18 +0000 2007
Another early morning for conference - great day yesterday - kcafe 58 people attended but 2nd speaker did not - but still a great evening!!
Thu Feb 22 05:35:38 +0000 2007
On train into london chairing social tools conference and running gurteen knowledge cafe this evening
Wed Feb 21 07:37:53 +0000 2007
20 Feb - 5:30am: Up early for my "Effective Knowledge Worker" workshop that I am running today in London. Need to catch the 6:50 train!!
Tue Feb 20 05:35:03 +0000 2007
Busy week. Workshop tomorrow. Social Tools Conference Wed/Thurs. Fly to Washington Sunday!
Mon Feb 19 08:46:29 +0000 2007
Onlinetoday - preparing for Unicom workshop/conference next week & Washington trip the week after :-) Will be glad to get out of the house!
Fri Feb 16 09:05:21 +0000 2007
Online to 6:00pm - lots to do to prepare for workshop/conference/k-cafe next week and then Braintrust & k-cafe in Washington DC next week!
Thu Feb 15 11:38:02 +0000 2007
Knowledge Letter done! Lots of good feedback on participatory conferences :-) Will be online today from about 10:30am GMT.
Thu Feb 15 09:31:44 +0000 2007
Knowledge Letter being distributed - will take another hour or so! By the time I finish later this evening it should be be complete.
Wed Feb 14 20:09:17 +0000 2007
Knowledge Letter complete and ready for distribution ... this always takes the best part of a day :-)
Wed Feb 14 19:02:55 +0000 2007
14 Feb: Its write and publish my monthly Knowledge Letter today ... so will have my head down most of the day :-)
Wed Feb 14 08:45:20 +0000 2007
Off-line for the evening now though but if the mood takes me may return later to start on the February Knowledge Letter :-)
Tue Feb 13 18:12:28 +0000 2007
Ok ... back at work and online .... so much to do so little time to do it LOL - online until about 18:00GMT
Tue Feb 13 13:49:35 +0000 2007
Ok ... time for lunch and some none work related activities ... back online about 14:00GMT
Tue Feb 13 12:11:51 +0000 2007
Online now until about 6:00pm GMT ... hopefully will get to start on this month's knowledge letter !
Tue Feb 13 10:50:26 +0000 2007
Some times one short phone call can disrupt your plans. Running late now - will not be at my desk and online until more like 11:00am GMT :-)
Tue Feb 13 09:28:22 +0000 2007
Well after all the snow, a milder morning with a blue sky & birds singing here in Fleet. I'll be working and online at about 9:00am GMT.
Tue Feb 13 07:33:10 +0000 2007
Ok met my two deadlines- can take out an hour or so to pop out to Fleet and do some urgent shopping - should be back online about 16:30!
Mon Feb 12 14:40:28 +0000 2007
Online all day but busy putting together the slides for my Knowledge Cafe Workshop in Washington DC in a few weeks time and more :-)
Mon Feb 12 07:56:32 +0000 2007
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