Workshop D

Dave Snowden has been one of the leading figures in the movement towards integration of humanistic approaches to knowledge management with appropriate technology and process design. Well known for his work on the role of narrative and sense making, he is an entertaining speaker and a formidable realist, and one of the few thought leaders who can bring together the academic and practitioner perspectives into a single, comprehensible purview.

Workshop D - facilitated by Dave Snowden:

KM for the experienced practitioner
What are the big issues in KM at the moment?

This workshop is intended for people with experience in knowledge management, and is designed to explore some of the major issues and opportunities facing KM
at the moment. The day will be facilitated by Dave Snowden who will also provide participants with an opportunity to experience complex systems approaches to facilitation of group meetings, using open source methods developed by
Cognitive Edge.

The subjects will be determined by the participants, however may include:

• Where is knowledge management going?
• What are the foundation disciplines for knowledge management; where should
we look for inspiration?
• How to engage senior management
• The relationship of social computing to knowledge management
• Knowledge management approaches to decision support and risk management
• What do we need to give up? Are there any sacred cows in knowledge management?

The workshop welcomes all practitioners who are veterans in the field of knowledge management.

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