Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Social Media vs. Knowledge Management: A Generational War

  Gregory Culpin

A thought-provoking post on how the structured KM approach will disappear to the benefit of Social Media, and how Gen X will cede its unremembered place to the creativity of the Millenials (Gen Y).

“Here’s what’s going on: KM and SM look very similar on the surface, but are actually radically different at multiple levels, both cultural and technical, and are locked in an undeclared cultural war for the soul of Enterprise 2.0. And the most hilarious part is that most of the combatants don’t even realize they are in a war. They think they are loosely-aligned and working towards the same ends, with some minor differences of emphasis. So let me tell you about this war and how it is shaping up.”

Read the full article at www.enterprise2blog.com

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