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What motivates us

Felix — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:14:21 +0000

A colleague from the SAP Sustainability network pointed me to this amazing presentation by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce based on Daniel Pinks work.
First, the visualization is excellent.
Second, issues with rewards are also at center-stage while promoting knowledge management within a large company. Money is clearly not the right stuff. From my own experience I would also confirm that autonomy, mastery, and purpose are drivers of motivation both for work in the office and for the society.

KM is too generic, let’s focus on KM for Sustainability

Felix — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:26:00 +0000

Eventually, I would like to combine two of my professional passions: “knowledge management” and “sustainability”. I studied environmental sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and worked six years for an environmental management consulting company, mostly on international cooperation projects focussing on sustainable development issues.

I decided to pursue my growing second passion and started as a knowledge management consultant back in 2000. I’ve been with my current employer for nearly three years working as the knowledge manager for the 600-employee business transformation consulting group of SAP consulting.

Visual Innovation

Felix — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:38:27 +0000

TED has again called my attention to an outstanding information design expert. Tom Wujec works on creative innovation (ok, do you know uncreative innovation?) and visual collaboration.
As a knowledge management consultant I perceive the visual framework for business effectiveness as a framework that doesn’t contain new elements. However, the methodology relies heavily on visualized communications and is presented in a very clear way. So, the “how to” part of it is really a “visual innovation”
The so-called “knowledge maps” are collections of sketches from presentations and events. This way of visualizing a presentation is of course different from usual meeting notes. Though, the methodology doesn’t scale. You have to rely on a skilled artist as Tom is to make full use of it. And you have to like his style of doing it.
As a citizen interested in sustainability I would of course love to see the “new previously unseen visualizations” of sustainability and the unveiling of the emerging technology of EcoViz tools.

Ignore Everybody

Felix — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:35:03 +0000

“Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity“: A great book by Hugh MacLeod. Easy and funny to read. However, full of insights and food for thought if you intend to become a ‘real’ artist.

The three keys I’ve appreciated most are:
#8. Keep your day job.
#28. The best way to get approval is not to need it.
#29. Power is never given. Power is taken.