Knowledge is power. But how do we acquire the right knowledge? At the intersection of innovation, networking and knowledge sharing lies enormous potential, but also plenty of pitfalls and unexplored risks of making mistakes and wasting time. Still, those organizations and individuals that “dare to share” and move towards more transparency and openness are finding that it makes good business and career sense. Networked knowledge in action is our 2014 conference theme. Knowledge sharing has been a buzz topic for a while; something we should “do more of” and “become better at”. But many of you are telling us that this is damn difficult. Few have managed to make real strides, despite having spent time and resources on getting sophisticated technical solutions such as SharePoint in place. Why is it proving so hard? Perhaps we need to start somewhere else. Perhaps it is not a change of software, but a change of mindsets and cultures that needs to happen. Sharing openly and freely is not a natural part of most people’s DNA – and is much harder still for most large organisations with their many layers of complexity. Many are still governed by a strong “gatekeeper” mentality. Sharing ideas and assets, internally as well as outside the organizational walls (fire and brick) can make the organization more attractive in a multitude of ways and lead to better results, performance etc. The digital channels will not bring about this change on their own, but they are vital components in this transformation.

1. Networked
knowledge
in action
Philadelphia, May 2014
Janus Boye, J. Boye
jb@jboye.com, @janusboye

2. How well do you know each other?

3. Knowledge is power

4. What is networked knowledge?

5. When do you need networked
knowledge?

6. The BIG issues

7. What works
What doesn’t

8. Define
Design
Develop
Deploy

9. From Tom Halsør, Norwegian Broadcast Corporation

10. How do you reach outside your
organisation for help and input?

11. The real disruption

12. The real disruption
Faster respond to change
Collaborate on a larger scale
Better listen to our customers
Re-use proven methods in a scalable way

13. Learn to accept change
Experience might make you less willing to…

14. From HBR – June 2005

15. From Smithsonian Web strategy wiki

16. 2012: Sharing is caring

18. How do you recognize experience?

20. How do you recognize experience?
The ability to say no
Sharing that shifts obstacles
Asking the right questions

21. 2013:
Turn experience into advantage

22. From Alzheimers UK

24. Fail fast
Easy in theory, but tough in practice

25. 2014: Networked knowledge

27. Why do we want more knowledge
sharing when we are drowning?

28. How do we move mountains?

29. What is next?