Resistance Is Futile. You Will Be Assimilated!

Read this post by Oscar Berg on Enterprise 2.0 and the shrinking IT department. Read it the once through - its a good article on how IT needs to focus on the business:

There really are no IT projects, only business projects with more or less IT involved.

And then re-read it but as you do replace the word IT with KM. It still makes sense - in fact very good sense. Oscar concludes by saying that

Enterprise 2.0 is about making IT an inherent part of all business.

Expanding this a little I would say:

Enterprise 2.0 is about making IT and KM an inherent part of all business.

This actually makes more sense than I first thought as for many organizations KM and IT are almost indistinguishable.

I think we could include HR in this argument too! Enterprise 2.0 will challenge the power of KM, IT and HR departments - not to mention many traditional command and control managers. Some will embrace it but I fear most will resist. This is really not the right metaphor but it causes me to chuckle. In the words of the Borg:

"Resistance Is Futile. You Will Be Assimilated!"

But seriously, Enterprise 2.0 and KM 2.0 will change the power structure of organizations for ever! It will take a little time but this is going to happen, so best embrace it early then fight it.