Product Description

The role of the knowledge activist is to be unreasonable, to identify and combine those small grains of truth that have the potential to become pearls.

The Knowledge Activist′s Handbook demonstrates through the medium of storytelling how individuals can combine emotion and reflection to create their own knowledge.

Victor Newman, Pfizer′s Chief Knowledge Officer, attacks the conspiracy of tedium around KM literature. The Knowledge Activist′s Handbook is provocative and counter–cultural. It turns ideas on their heads and entertains while telling stories that offer insights and concrete strategies for improving knowledge and its use in any organization.

This is a book for busy people who want to cut to the chase and have some fun at the same time. Being a knowledge activist means deciding to make thinking about knowledge a personal activity. The Knowledge Activist′s Handbook encourages individuals to consider thinking their own thoughts about knowledge by reflecting on their own experience. Each chapter includes stories from the author′s consulting experiences and ends with five immediate action points.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #515061 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 182 pages

Review
"…This is a thoroughly entertaining book to read…It is an inspirational title…" (PS Advisor, 1 April 2003)

“…essential reading for all corporate learning development and knowledge managers” (Human Resource Management, No.4.9 2004)

“…practical and insightful. I commend it to you...“ (Professional Marketing, Vol.12, No.6, February 2005) 

Review
"…This is a thoroughly entertaining book to read…It is an inspirational title…" (PS Advisor, 1 April 2003)

“…essential reading for all corporate learning development  and knowledge managers”  (Human Resource Management, No.4.9 2004) 

“…practical and insightful. I commend it to you...“ (Professional Marketing, Vol.12, No.6, February 2005) 

Professional Marketing, Vol.12, No.6, February 2005
"...practical and insightful. I commend it to you..."

Customer Reviews

Insightful!
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. We recommend 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.