So last week, before a presentation at KMWorld, Dave Snowden dropped a huge carton on my podium. Inside was a Ryobi toolbox: heavy nylon canvas held open by a thick plastic frame and a polished aluminum bar. Ryobi’s popular cordless power tools are available at any Home Depot in the US; but the chain refuses to sell the toolbox designed to carry them. Dave picked one up for me in the UK and schlepped it through security and customs to San Jose. He’s a great guy, but that’s not my point.
Dave and I have debated personal knowledge management (PKM) many times before (eg, for AOK in 2004, which became the lead chapter in Jerry Ash’s Next Generation KM II). Not to rehash it (hashed here), but I believe the collective is just as much a consequence of its constituents as individuals derive their identities from the social constraints and traditions around them.
Anyway, I actually wrote a column in KMWorld magazine for almost five years called “Personal Toolkit.” The idea was that if knowledge workers can be individually more productive, they are in better shape for collaboration and the enterprise reaps the rewards. I think that tool fits into the equation in a number of complex and cultural ways, so I thought I’d mention them here and see what you think:
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