Joël Van Hoolandt — Fractional CTO | Magma Consulting

The data-information-knowledge-wisdom hierarchy seemed like a really great idea when it was first proposed. But its rapid acceptance was in fact a sign of how worried we were about the real value of the information systems we had built at such great expense. What looks like a logical progression is actually a desperate cry for help. Read the HBR article further here...

1st DEVCOM Brussels I'll be jury member for the ebusiness forum on web, mobile and e-marketing. The DEVCOM event will take place in the Brussels stock Exchange (very nice building !!)

Have you heard about the CKO group on LinkedIn? Noop?? Click here and share your ideas!!

2nd Iranian Knowledge Management Conference 30 - 31 Jan 2010, Tehran, Iran KM Forum 10th Annual Conference 24 - 25 Feb 2010, Henley on Thames, United Kingdom 3rd Annual Global Learning Summit 03 - 05 Mar 2010, Singapore City, Singapore 5th Knowledge Management International Conference 25 - 27 May 2010, Terengganu, Malaysia KC UK 2010 15 - 16 Jun 2010, London, United Kingdom World Library and Information Congress 10 - 15 Aug 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden

I was googling this morning and tried to see what were the results for "knowledge management + Copenhagen"...and guess what? It returned a lot of KM initiatives that have been taken for preparing or explaining the role of managing the knowledge in a globalized economy. Who thought knowledge management was not a trendy activity anymore? See for example an initiative of the Copenhagen Business school or Climate-L projec t...

Pretty cool, hu ? I can easily imagine what David could have done without Michelangelo :-)

The new on-line service "eBusiness Guide for SMEs: eBusiness software and services in the European market" is now available at the European Commission's Europa portal . The eBusiness Guide for SMEs is an intelligent online tool that helps enterprises to self-diagnose their eBusiness competences and related ICT needs. Based on this diagnosis, the eBusiness Guide proposes a range of suitable solutions, as well as local ICT service providers that can offer information and advice. All that ICT providers have to do is to register and enter into the platform detailed information on their products and services in their national language. The procedure to register and enter the relevant data into the e Business Guide for SMEs is rather simple and can only offer benefits to the local ICT providers which will be very easily accessible and thus promoted in a pan-European level. This marketing instrument that has been funded by the European Commission is offered totally for free of ...