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The Knowledge Activist's Handbook
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The Knowledge Activist's Handbook

Adventures from the Knowledge Trenches

Victor Newman
Capstone, 2003

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Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Innovative
  • Applicable

Recommendation

Author Victor Newman sets out to demystify knowledge management, strip away the jargon and offer a clear, useful guide to integrating emotions and logic practically. His information is random, bouncy with unconnected - though interesting - anecdotes, mostly in the first person. The author didn’t assemble his thoughts in a very orderly way, given that this is more of a notebook than a book, but he comes through with punchy, tight chapters and a rare sense of humor. Most writing about knowledge management is tedious and academic. This book aims to break that pattern. It’s a collection of personal stories, because knowledge management is, after all, a personal enterprise. As a notebook, this publication has both utility and merit. Newman offers valid criticisms of current knowledge management practices, and suggests some modes of thought and some useful readings. Sequence isn’t the priority here, content is. You will find nuggets of useful knowledge management lore and counsel. getAbstract.com recommends keeping the book handy and dipping in often for a helping hand. This notebook is like any other set of knowledge: you’ll have to manage it a bit.

Take-Aways

  • A knowledge activist needs to innovate and invent constantly
  • Create a crisis to provoke new solutions.
  • Knowledge is time sensitive.

About the Author

Victor Newman, Chief Learning Officer of the European Pfizer Research University in Sandwich, England, invented the "SuperKnowledge," "Predator" and "Barefoot" approaches to knowledge management.

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