Knowledge Matters™

This is my 63^rd blog post, and my web site has been up in one form or another for four years. The current Drupal format has been in place for four months, and I am very happy with it. At different times I have been advised not to put up so many of my ideas and to be careful about what I make available via this site. I have chosen to ignore this advice, and I am pleased to say I have not been burnt!

When I built my first website I began with the idea of trying to provide something useful, so I put the bibliography for my Masters of Knowledge Management onto the site. These days you can find the bibliography for my Doctorate – this link remains one of the more popular pages, and represents hundreds of hours of work. I also published my research proposal and initial seminars , mainly because I couldn’t find exemplars to benchmark against. Now I am not saying mine is an exemplar, but I do know these pages are very popular and get hits from Albania to Zimbabwe. I also know the papers and presentations on this site are downloaded every day. So what do I get from this ‘generosity’ and why would I recommend maintaining a website and blog?

The very act of building and populating a website is a thought clearing exercise. It has forced me to structure my thoughts and ideas, and in so doing understand the linkages. This effort has been rewarded with off-line comment on many occasions, and links to sites and articles that might interest me. On two occasions I have received dozens of pages of unsolicited erudite comments, and I regularly receive a paragraph or two – thank you and keep them coming!

Off-line correspondence remains the norm, but has also provided the incentive for me to start blogging. I thought blogging would increase the sharing dimension of my site, and to some degree it has, but it is a new dimension. Undeveloped and incomplete ideas can be aired and attract response – both positive and negative. I have found the blog has opened up speaking engagements, and attracted people who want to collaborate or develop the ideas further. For example I am collaborating with Dr Mark Burnett to further develop and test my RAAKERS™ framework . I am collaborating with another government department worker to refine business network analysis™ techniques , and I have been invited to teach on the Australian National University’s MBA programme.

These opportunities have arrived because I’ve dared to share, and for me are more than adequate reward for the effort. Generosity with your time and knowledge matters. So dare to share and tell me how I can make this site and blog even more useful for you, and if it isn’t useful for you tell me what you want!

Regards Graham