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Summary: Deconstructing a buzz word
Review: Learning to fly gave me a fantastic insight into the world of KM. Along the way, I learnt a lot about my own company!I've seen the term Knowledge Management used as a bit of a buzz word with little substance behind it.
Fortunately this book breaks down the 'buzz' and gives you practical applicable tools and techniques. The book has been a very valuable resource to me, both at home and in my life outside work. My experience with the philosophy and techniques has shown me how much there is to gain from sharing and listening. I recommend this book.
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Summary: Insightful!
Review: The knowledge management craze may be passing right before our eyes, but Chris Collison and Geoff Parcell do a good job explaining what's behind all the hype. Although a bit dry in tone, the authors manage to capture the critical elements of KM and explain the whys and hows as they relate to individual businesses. Despite a somewhat sterile presentation, we from getAbstract recommend this book as a thorough introduction to knowledge management theory and practice.
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Summary: Great book on KM and especially After Action Reviews.
Review: This must be one of the best books on KM I've seen for a long time. What I love about it - is its lack of focus on technology. Yes - BP are using technology in a big way - but it is just the enabler. The book focuses on the people side - building learning into an organization and on the concepts of the After-Action Review (AAR) - 'Learn Before', 'Learn During' and 'Learn After'.
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Summary: The Best Yet
Review: Very down-to-earth, applicable guidelines for building a learning environment within an organization. Focuses on tools and techniques and difficult issues of embedding habits of sharing/learning.
I've read a lot of knowledge management books and this is the one our organization is using as a "starting point" for our efforts.
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Summary: From the book to the practice
Review: We just completed retrospects on 3 projects. We followed the guidelines on chapter 8 and the learnings from these sessions are being applied to the next projects we are starting. Chris and Geoff have given us practical tools to work with. If you are a KM practicioner, this book will become an important supporting material for your initiative.
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Summary: Learning to Fly soars among KM books
Review: What enables a company to soar in the midst of mergers, reorganisations and technology change? In their book, Learning to Fly, BP Consultants, Chris Collison and Geoff Parcell, share their secret for delivering more with less and positioning the company for future success. What's more important than the company's size, holdings or product lines? It is the use of Knowledge Management (KM) to adapt what others have already learned and dynamically capture and share the explicit and tacit knowledge of your work force as it evolves. Learning to Fly is both a reference book and a blueprint. Part One: Overview sets the context for and defines knowledge management. Part Two: Tools and Techniques describes six very useful tools for managing knowledge. I found their inclusion of real-life examples like BP's "Connect" project tremendously helpful in understanding what is involved in building buy-in for a searchable intranet knowledge directory through which all staff can search for people with relevant knowledge and experience. In Part Three: Today and Tomorrow, the authors share practical advice about embedding knowledge management in the organisation. Appendices guide the reader to resources for inspiration, people and technology. Internet style pages enable easy navigation through and between chapters. The book has received critical acclaim from a number of industry leaders. It will undoubtedly be received by those of us in the trenches with the same enthusiasm!
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Summary: A practical guide to KM (that has been proved to work)
Review: You've read the Knowledge Management theory: now read about the practical reality of it all. This book gives a unique account of how BP has applied the theories of KM in a large, multinational organisation and where it has been successful - the story of how it built on its successes and learned where things did not turn out as predicted. Even if you are not connected with a company the size of BP, this book provides many practical "knowledge management nuggets" as well as some tested insights into KM theory that you can pick up and apply in your own environment, knowing that they have already been applied (and they worked) elsewhere.
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