Sunday, 07 October 2007
I m a knowledge Worker
Testing to insirt the knowledge worker powerpoint.
Slide 1: I Am Knowledge Worker 2.0 Stephen Collins Hear me roar acidlabs
Slide 3: Definitely not!
Slide 4: Who am I?
Slide 5: Who (and what) is Knowledge Worker 2.0?
Slide 6: “... works primarily with information or... develops and uses knowledge in the workplace.” Peter Drucker, Landmarks of Tomorrow, 1959
Slide 7: Work has changed from...
Slide 8: making things...
Slide 9: to knowing things
Slide 10: BigCorp Pty Ltd They’re here. And here. And here. And here. And here. Where they should be.
Slide 11: Content People Organisational Records Psychologist Manager Subject Experts Information Architect Researcher HR Manager Knowledge Manager Web Strategist Organisational DBA Marketer Development Research Corporate Manager Scientist Comms Manager Business CIO Industry Analyst CFO Manager CEO Project Manager Software Developer Business Analyst Systems Analyst IT Manager Web Developer Technology Business Original version by Patrick Lambe, Straits Knowledge http://www.greenchameleon.com/gc/blog_detail/on_becoming_extinct/
Slide 12: Knowledge Worker 1.0 are forced to look like this ‣ limited location ‣ limited roles ‣ inside the wall ‣ stuck at a desk (and stuck using email and other standard tools) ‣ custodian of information ‣ knowledge as process ‣ uses rigid ways of organising information
Slide 13: Knowledge Worker 2.0 looks like this ‣ all over the organisation ‣ broad skills on a solid base ‣ not bound to one place ‣ connects with colleagues, peers and client community everywhere ‣ understands “the way we do things around here” ‣ uses many tools ‣ no particular age ‣ knowledgeable, interested, engaged, contributing ‣ shares and distributes information freely
Slide 14: Skills
Slide 15: Synthesizers
Slide 16: T-Shaped
Slide 17: Fuzzy
Slide 18: http://www.flickr.com/photos/geek4x4/237306157/ Which is not the same as this...
Slide 19: Bursty vs. Busy
Slide 20: “The burst economy, enabled by the Web, works on innovation, flat knowledge networks, and discontinuous productivity.” Anne Truitt Zelenka, Web Worker Daily http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/04/19/busyness-vs-burst-why-corporate-web-workers-look-unproductive/
Slide 21: Creative
Slide 22: Innovative
Slide 23: Intellectually present
Slide 24: Not tied to a desk
Slide 25: Continuous Partial Attention
Slide 26: The world is my water cooler (and my meeting room)
Slide 27: “Networked, social-based opportunities are so explosive today that when we pursue them we’re flung forward at pace.” James Governor, RedMonk http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/04/17/hyper-productivity-and-information-saturation-economics/
Slide 28: Seeding the fertile mind
Slide 29: At enlightened, forward-thinking companies, managers understand the connection between learning, innovation, and higher productivity — in fact, employees at these companies may even be encouraged to spend time learning and experimenting with new technologies.” Joe McKendrick, FASTForward http://fastforwardblog.com/2007/04/16/enterprise-20s-productivity-perception-paradox/
Slide 30: Wide range of tools
Slide 31: “One of the most interesting things for me about these classes has been how often students bring up one specific concern; that people who use the new tools heavily — who post frequently to an internal blog, edit the corporate wiki a lot, or trade heavily in the internal prediction market — will be perceived as not spending enough time on their ‘real’ jobs.” Prof. Andrew McAfee, HBS http://blog.hbs.edu/faculty/amcafee/index.php/faculty_amcafee_v3/the_pursuit_of_busyness/
Slide 32: Fail gloriously (and often)
Slide 33: Motivation?
Slide 34: Generation Y
Slide 35: Anyone. It’s situational.
Slide 36: How can I add value?
Slide 37: How do I get value?
Slide 38: Outta here...
Slide 39: Engagement
Slide 40: Community
Slide 41: Co-workers
Slide 42: Management
Slide 43: Clients and customers
Slide 44: Conversation
Slide 45: Culture
Slide 46: Aware
Slide 47: Share
Slide 48: Care
Slide 49: Learn
Slide 50: No walls
Slide 51: Authority from knowledge rather than power
Slide 52: Imagine http://www.flickr.com/photos/midnight_trucker/376653652/
Slide 53: Licensing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ http://www.slideshare.net/trib
Slide 54: Like the cool pictures? iStockphoto.com, LuckyOliver.com and Flickr
Slide 55: Stephen Collins trib@acidlabs.org skype: trib22 ![]()

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