Comments on: Conference Schedule for Peter http://www.cognitivepotential.com/2008/09/conference-schedule-for-peter/ Taking time to consume, create, share. Sat, 23 May 2009 00:27:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Peter Zakrzewski http://www.cognitivepotential.com/2008/09/conference-schedule-for-peter/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Peter Zakrzewski Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:54:39 +0000 http://www.cognitivepotential.com/?p=94#comment-15 Just a quick comment regarding technologies that blend brainstorming, grouping, etc. The buzzword that Catherine and I have heard throughout the conference is SmartBoards. We'll need to talk to Janine to learn more, but even her children in elementary school have SmartBoards in the classroom. http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART+Boards/default.htm Just a quick comment regarding technologies that blend brainstorming, grouping, etc. The buzzword that Catherine and I have heard throughout the conference is SmartBoards. We’ll need to talk to Janine to learn more, but even her children in elementary school have SmartBoards in the classroom.

http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART+Boards/default.htm

]]> By: Dale Arseneault http://www.cognitivepotential.com/2008/09/conference-schedule-for-peter/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Dale Arseneault Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:26:59 +0000 http://www.cognitivepotential.com/?p=94#comment-8 Peter.. one more thing, it would be great if you could let me know if you come across any organizations who have blended workforce planning and knowledge continuity into one simple, seamless methdology or process, and since you're going to her presentation, it would be also great if you could find out from Janine M. Valvoda, Chief Culture Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, what she does to engage HR/IT and other stakeholders into truly developing shared/goals/outcomes, shared language, and integrated plans. Peter.. one more thing, it would be great if you could let me know if you come across any organizations who have blended workforce planning and knowledge continuity into one simple, seamless methdology or process, and since you’re going to her presentation, it would be also great if you could find out from Janine M. Valvoda, Chief Culture Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, what she does to engage HR/IT and other stakeholders into truly developing shared/goals/outcomes, shared language, and integrated plans.

]]> By: Dale Arseneault http://www.cognitivepotential.com/2008/09/conference-schedule-for-peter/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Dale Arseneault Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:40:40 +0000 http://www.cognitivepotential.com/?p=94#comment-7 Peter, I would be very interested in what you hear at the conference related to these questions: - There is a lot of talk/focus on emerging technologies/enterprise 2.0/web 2.0 inside the enterprise - what are organizations doing to look at the people side of these technologies to help ensure that they contribute to good work and not get in the way of it? - I find that a lot of "collaborative" technologies aren't - and what I mean is that sure, we've got wikis for content create, group blogs for small group publishing, social tagging, slide sharing, collaborative mind mapping, discussion forms, community of practice tools with common calendars and "quick polls." But I've yet to see any colalborative tools that have support for even common / basic group activities "baked" in: brainstorming, grouping, selecting/voting, decision-making, situation review/problem identification, problem solving, cause analysis etc. It seems that only specitalty software like ThinkTank by GroupSystems or Zing from Zing Technologies. So, my question is - Is anyone else making the same observations? - I'll be curious to get a sense from you during or after the conference how many "HR" people are attended and participated in discussions. We often talk about KM as the "glue" that connects the multiple disciplines/stakeholders in KM (IT, IM, HR, Communications etc.) but as I look at the overall conference agenda, I'm seeing a lot of IT/IM.. but not much HR interests. Peter, I would be very interested in what you hear at the conference related to these questions:

- There is a lot of talk/focus on emerging technologies/enterprise 2.0/web 2.0 inside the enterprise – what are organizations doing to look at the people side of these technologies to help ensure that they contribute to good work and not get in the way of it?

- I find that a lot of “collaborative” technologies aren’t – and what I mean is that sure, we’ve got wikis for content create, group blogs for small group publishing, social tagging, slide sharing, collaborative mind mapping, discussion forms, community of practice tools with common calendars and “quick polls.” But I’ve yet to see any colalborative tools that have support for even common / basic group activities “baked” in: brainstorming, grouping, selecting/voting, decision-making, situation review/problem identification, problem solving, cause analysis etc. It seems that only specitalty software like ThinkTank by GroupSystems or Zing from Zing Technologies. So, my question is – Is anyone else making the same observations?

- I’ll be curious to get a sense from you during or after the conference how many “HR” people are attended and participated in discussions. We often talk about KM as the “glue” that connects the multiple disciplines/stakeholders in KM (IT, IM, HR, Communications etc.) but as I look at the overall conference agenda, I’m seeing a lot of IT/IM.. but not much HR interests.

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