Posted on May 6, 2008 by bradhinton
This article from the Australian Financial Review(subscription required) discusses a recent book by human resource management academic, Lynda Gratton, on the power of weak ties in the network. Having read Gratton’s Living strategy, I was intrigued to learn more about the new book, Hot spots, albeit written for a more mass market audience.
Weak ties are people who [...]
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Posted on August 2, 2007 by bradhinton
I have been alerted (thanks, James) to the latest Future of Media Report 2007. The report gives a nice snapshot of the changes happening in global media for the year to June 2007 (although just missing out on the consummation of the Rupert Murdoch-Wall Street Journal deal). In addition, there is some interesting data on advertising, [...]
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Posted on May 31, 2007 by bradhinton
Visualisations or information graphics are a powerful resource, not just for social network analysis. I have been alerted (thanks to Stephane Cheikh’s blog) to sixteen awesome data visualisation tools. I need to examine them in more detail, but I am impressed with what’s available.
Similarly, I am reminded of an article I read a couple of months ago, The tao [...]
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Posted on May 30, 2007 by bradhinton
Last evening’s NSW KM Forum presentation by Laurie Lok Lee from Optimice gave a good overview of organisational network analysis (ONA). Laurie explained how ONA could be applied to help identify and solve workplace problems, as well as how ONA could be used to identify strategic management opportunities.
Laurie emphasised that ONA was “all about visualising real people connections [...]
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Posted on May 29, 2007 by bradhinton
I attended the NSW KM Forum this evening in Sydney. Laurie Lok Lee from Optimice presented on “relationships by design” and covered the application of organisational network analysis as a way of developing innovation networks and finding innovation gaps within organisations. The topic was a nice follow-up for me after my post on social network analysis yesterday.
I will write my summary of Laurie’s presentation [...]
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Posted on May 28, 2007 by bradhinton
Social network analysis (SNA) has been around a while now. Patti Anklam wrote a good article, KM and the social network, that describes how social network analysis can be used for knowledge management.
Social network analysis can be used for discovering networks, visualising them, and testing knowledge flows within a knowledge management context. Essentially, it’s all about who is, [...]
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