Every knowledge worker in modern organization is an “executive” if, by virtue of his position or knowledge, he is responsible for a contribution that materially affects the capacity of the organization to perform and to obtain results. Credit: Peter Drucker Source: Landmarks of TomorrowPosts where this quotation is embedded What Is a Knowledge Worker? A knowledge … Continue reading What Is a Knowledge Worker? Peter Drucker Peter Drucker (1959)
A Knowledge Worker is someone who gets to decide what he or she does each morning. Credit: Tom Stewart Posts where this quotation is embedded What Is a Knowledge Worker? A knowledge worker is someone whose job entails having really interesting conversations at workBooks: Thomas A. StewartWhat Is a Knowledge Worker? Tom Stewart Tom StewartQuotations: Thomas … Continue reading What Is a Knowledge Worker? Tom Stewart Tom Stewart
Here’s a definition of that pesky and borderline elitist phrase, ‘knowledge worker’. A knowledge worker is someone whose job entails having really interesting conversations at work. The characteristics of conversations map to the conditions for genuine knowledge generation and sharing: they’re unpredictable interactions among people speaking in their own voice about something they’re interested in. … Continue reading What Is a Knowledge Worker? David Weinberger David Weinberger (2000)
Knowledge workers are those people who have taken responsibility for their work lives. They continually strive to understand the world about them and modify their work practices and behaviors to better meet their personal and organizational objectives. No one tells them what to do. They do not take No for an answer. They are self … Continue reading What Is a Knowledge Worker? David Gurteen David Gurteen (2006)
In the new economy, conversations are the most important form of work. Conversations are the way knowledge workers discover what they know, share it with their colleagues, and in the process create new knowledge in the organization. Conversations inside and outside the company are the chief mechanism for making change and renewal an ongoing part … Continue reading Conversations Are the Most Important Form of Work Alan Webber
Business is a conversation because the defining work of business is conversation – literally. And ‘knowledge workers’ are simply those people whose job consists of having interesting conversations. Credit: David Weinberger Posts where this quotation is embedded What Is a Knowledge Worker? A knowledge worker is someone whose job entails having really interesting conversations at workPeople: … Continue reading Business Is a Conversation David Weinberger
Reversing Cause and Effect Learning ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter When considering knowledge sharing or creating a more collaborative culture, we often talk about the need for people to be open and transparent. These two concepts are usually used interchangeably and often without too much thought as to what they mean. To … Continue reading Be Open and Transparent ** Key traits of knowledge workers
Hard Conversation Conversation Sharpens the Saw Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Who gets to decide what makes a useful conversation. You or your manager? In the book The ClueTrain Manifesto, David Weinberger says: It’s always struck me that David didn’t say productive conversations or conversations with “hard outcomes” – he simply said interesting … Continue reading Let’s Have More Interesting Conversations It’s our job
Knowledge Sharing ** We Know So Much but Understand So Little Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Peter Drucker introduced the term “Knowledge Worker” in his book Landmarks of Tomorrow in 1959. But what is a Knowledge Worker? Here is Peter’s answer: And here is a shorter, pithier one that I like from Tom … Continue reading What Is a Knowledge Worker? A knowledge worker is someone whose job entails having really interesting conversations at work
