Knowledge doubled in the 17th and 18th centuries due to new technologies such as the printing press, leading to better opportunities for vastly more people. The feudal system in Europe gave way to personal empowerment, democracy, responsive social institutions and ever-expanding economic opportunities. Today, according to IBM, knowledge is doubling every 12 hours.
The Need for Better Knowledge Management
Access to the Internet will reach most of Earth’s 8 billion inhabitants in the next few decades. During this time the number of educated people and information will increase dramatically. According to Brainspace, organizations with more than 1,000 knowledge workers waste over $5 million a year due to unproductive searching. In the future, petabytes of data will be ignored or underutilized due inadequate knowledge management systems.
The Information Age & the Knowledge Economy
Today, knowledge is considered the.
The following infographic by Brainspace shows old school or “Classic KM” vs. “Cutting-Eduge KM”.
Software for Knowledge Management & Profit
There are so many ways knowledge is being produced, analyzed, and utilized, that a few examples show the great diversity of software applications that are helping people, businesses, and organizations manage knowledge:
- Quora, a website that poses questions that are answered by users, has just created a “Q&A bounty hunters program” that will award knowledge prizes. Quora is turning its 80 million visitors into knowledge workers.
- Leaders of large companies are looking to leverage knowledge and technologies to create new software applications for their markets.
- Cipher Systems has just launched a new knowledge management software solution called “Knowledge 360,” offering competitive intelligence and knowledge organization.
- PayPal is now using predictive data analytics to analyze transactions and identify fraudulent transactions.
- DNAnexus & Sapio Sciences are developing a seamless integration of laboratory information management systems.
- Integratec and Housing Partnership are now using a new asset management software in real estate management and investment.
- Cargotec has just acquired a maritime software company to create a leading collaboration platform for ocean carriers, terminals, and shipping.
Some of the Biggies in Knowledge Management Software
The following are top 5 according to the 2016 Top 5 Knowledge Management Software Report:
- Atlassian Confluence
- Aptean Knova
- KPS Universal Knowledge
- Kana Enterprise
- Oxcyon Centralpoint
The following YouTube videos are a partial list from a playlist of 200 videos about knowledge management:
- Knowledge Management in 87 Seconds
- Intro to Knowledge
- We really need to talk about knowledge management Association for Project Management
- What is Knowledge Management? Chris Collison
- What We Know About Knowledge Management (Don Cohen) NASA APPEL
- How to implement knowledge management in an organisation Nick Milton
- Knowledge Management with SharePoint and Yammer SharePoint Conference 2014
- How knowledge management drives enterprise strategy University of Stellenbosch Business School
- Flash animation KnowledgeManagement KubeLtd
- Chapter 1: Why Knowledge Management is Important for the Success of your Organization? IKAT U.S.
- Knowledge Management Basics – Lear[n]Gain Purushothaman D
- Knowledge Management Primer Melissa Fraser-Arnott
- Why is Knowledge Management important ? B2Bwhiteboard
- Knowledge Management and Big Data in Business | HKPolyUx on edX | Course About Video edX
- The future of Knowledge Management K3CubedLtd
- BKBC Animations – Introducing Knowledge Management Knowledge Management
- Knowledge Management: 5 Steps to Getting It Right the First Time Oracle Service Cloud
- Xerox Knowledge Management System Xerox
- Chapter 2: Creating Simple Knowledge Management System IKAT U.S.
- 11 – Knowledge Management nptelhrd
- Knowledge Management: An organisation’s weapon of choice K3CubedLtd
- Knowledge Management nheil666
- Getting Started with Knowledge Management V3 NOWsupport
- Knowledge Management in a dynamic and agile world K3CubedLtd
Here are all the videos in the YouTube playlist for Knowledge Management:
