Please check the notes section for URLs to class materials and any other appropriate/germane notes for that slide.

Welcome to Week 2! Please begin your Week 2 work by reflecting on Week 1 learning.

1. What went well, what went (or is still going) poorly?

2. Were there any KM related hurdles we as a class had/are having?

Please make a brief tumblr post about your reflection. Use the above questions to generate thought, however just write a very brief entry like:

+ syllabus well written
+ Brian is clearly on his game
+ this will be the best class I have ever taken
- Wait, I was supposed to read the syllabus?
- I.HATE.TUMBLR.
- Why all these tools? Why aren't we just using Blackboard?

...or something similar. Have fun with it, nothing's sacred. Extra points if you include suggestions/workarounds/tools in your points.

No podcasts or listen items for Week 2.

The MBTI test found here: http://www.16personalities.com/

Why take the MBTI test?

// expose you (maybe again) to a common consulting tool

// get you thinking critically about whether this type of tool is good, helpful, etc.

// help gain real insight into your own styles, mind, etc.

// start thinking about the convergence of culture w/ KM (premise: you can't improve KM without understanding and addressing the culture of an organization)

For Week 3, I will reach out to discuss your MBTI results. We'll want to use the MBTI a few times this term to talk over your leadership, diagnostic tools, analysis writ large, and other related themes.

MBTI Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator

Haggie/Kingston article: http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/publications/online/0258.pdf

Please pay close attention to what's considered good about the MBTI and what's considered bad/non-scientific.

On "helping" (aka on "consulting"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VPl3sdNmGU

...yes, I am huge fan of Schein and use his methods in my consulting. Note my bias and determine if you agree:

Premise: no amount of technical help in any area, whether it be IT, accounting, KM, whatever, is useful and will be successful if the following conditions are not met:

a. the consultant is genuinely viewed as helpful by the majority of affected stakeholders

b. the consultant's ideas and suggestions are shown to take into account and validate artifact/sacred aspects of the organization, culture and central leadership (usually the owners)

c. most organizations have the required technical acumen already on hand, they just cannot access it because of cultural and leadership issues/obstacles

Agree/disagree? Why? (no need for a formal reply, just please think this over and pay close attention to your emotions when forming/noting your response)

Week 2's formal tumblr entries (the 250-750 word posts):

// "What is KM strategy?"

// "My personal approach to helping others is..."

What do you think of the reply mechanics in tumblr?

Is it cumbersome that you can only respond with 250 characters? ...or, does that encourage tight writing?

Many of you used the reblog feature in Week 1 to answer my post (where you then wrote a response on your reblog of my post...). Does pulling my post over to your blog help or hinder the group's ability to engage your response?

Here is the link to the "on peer grading tumblrs" writeup:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1naT27vVTacXsIDHhGHcyh8Ea8_Xsb2GLkUqo4Z4...

In line with the, "Why are you here?" and "What is your most pressing KM problem?" essays, start thinking about a central problem or KM theme you'd like to solve or learn more about. It should relate somehow/creatively to a current work problem.