March 26, 2004Interesting Article on KM in JapanAs many people are saying these days, Japan is either on the brink of a recovery (selective or general) or it is on the brink of disaster. Being a fan of optimism, I always look for signs of a Japan recovery. I recently read this article called "Knowledge Communities in Japan: A Case Study" published in "Knowledge Board: The European KM Community" by Hideo Yamazaki, ph.D. of NRI. It gave me some hope for the future of Japan.
The idea that IT departments and young workers were leading whole companies into KM is a very hopeful sign. The individualists will make a difference in Japan, despite all the efforts of the "salaryman". This is a ray of hope for me. Let's hope that this trend continues, and that Japanese companies shift from being "stagnating information swamps" to "flowing rivers of information". |
Language
Mailing List
Search
Archives
November 2005
July 2005 September 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 May 2002 April 2002 March 2002
By Category
Recent Entries
Upgraded to MT 3.2
Finally getting back to this blog. New Osama web site. Claimed my own blog at Technorati. Interesting Article on KM in Japan Back from Korea - PubSub and MyStack In Korea for IETF-59 Visit to Japan New Year's Resolution Looking forward to Movable Type 3.0
BlogRoll
Links
|
. Mr. Yamazaki gives examples of companies that successfully used KM to improve their performance and agility. I had assumed that tradtional Japanese companies like Q.P. Mayonnaise and Sumitomo Life would not be interested in or ready to use these ideas yet. I was wrong.
