The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others - John Locke (1632-1704 )
The ignorant thirsts sitting by the water-side - African tribe Oromo
The idea is not to create an encyclopaedia of everything that everybody knows, but to keep track of people who ?know the recipe?, and nurture the technology and culture that will get them talking - Arian Ward, Hughes Space & Communications
The four cardinal virtues; courage (andreia), moderation (sophrosyne), wisdom (sophia) & justice (diksiosyne) are ordered by practical wisdom, realised by interaction within the world, the capacity for knowledge in action - Dave Snowden, KM Australia 2009 presentation
The essence of leadership today is to make sure that the organisation knows itself - Mort Meyerson, chairman and CEO, Perot Systems
The essence of knowledge management down to three things: managing people - since that is where tacit knowledge is found; managing processes - the flow and conversion of knowledge; managing information - explicit knowledge - Nick Willard, cited in Will The Real Knowledge Management Stand Up?, 1999
The distribution of knowledge is the key contemporary task. Knowledge empowers people. If people know the rules, and are sensitised by art, humour, and creativity, they are much more likely to accept change - Antanas Mockus, former mayor of Bogot
The crucial variable in the process of turning knowledge into value is creativity - John Kao, Jamming
The cost of knowledge management is high, but that of ignorance is higher- David Smith, Unilever, cited in Ignorance Adds Excitement, Nov 2000
The belief that knowledge is intrinsically benign is perhaps the definitive modern myth - John Gray, http://www.markvernon.com/friendshiponline/dotclear/index.php?post/2009…