Thursday, April 26, 2007

NSW KM Forum: Dead French Guys

I am no longer a committee member of the NSW KM Forum but I reserve the right to attend and heckle speakers for having the temerity to hold opinions other than my own.

Tuesday's speaker was Michael Olsson. Michael talked a bit about Descartes, a little about Foucault and about the debate between himself & Tom Wilson. Tom likes cats. Tom doesn't like knowledge management. Michel & Rene are French and dead. Tom & Michael are neither of those.

Michael deserves props for bringing Foucault into KM and also using Foucault to discuss power. Discussions about power tend to get people hot under the collar. Those who have it don't want to draw too much attention to it (with some exceptions) as those without it might start asking some hard questions.

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