Knowledge Sharing in Practice,
An inter-active workshop to explore knowledge sharing through participation, facilitated by Denham Grey, a KM consultant with Eli Lilly and one of the pioneers of the "knowledge ecology" concept.

Sharing has been identified as a critical cultural change and the largest single stumbling block to enable knowledge management. Many companies have invested in expensive architecture, created roles, appointed people and offered incentives but have not been able to build a sharing ethos.

We explore the motivations, culture, rewards, structures, styles and tools for sharing knowledge. We gather reported "best practices", swap stories, critique representions, list barriers, map the knowledge marketplace and search for solutions. The emphasis is on learning by participation.

Engaging in this workshop empowers those contributing, helping them to evangalize knowledge sharing through a very personal experience, demonstrating the advantages of virtual teams and critical mass.

The workshop aims to be very practical examining trust, communication styles, behaviors, social rituals, group dynamics, the role of identity and the identification of sharing patterns. Members will be given the opportunity to practice and demonstrate sharing with and between other groups present at the fair.

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