Enterprise Knowledge Market Article

October 8th, 2007
by Jeremy Thomas

I’d like to direct your attention to an article I just posted over at openmethodology.org called “The Enterprise Knowledge Market” (note I am affiliated with openmethodology.org through my company). It expands on a blog post I wrote some time back on the topic. The conclusion of the article provides a good overview:

As demonstrated, the Enterprise Knowledge Market efficiently discovers and exposes enterprise information assets in an effort to recognize the knowledge workers who author them. The most valuable information assets are given the most visibility. Visibility leads to recognition, and knowledge workers compete for recognition. Competition fuels participation, and participation increases the number of qualify knowledge assets at the enterprise’s disposal. This raises the likelihood that innovative ideas will be discovered, and innovation helps the enterprise remain competitive.

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3 Responses to “Enterprise Knowledge Market Article”

  1. Vincent McBurney Says:
    October 8th, 2007 at 2:57 pm

    That’s an interesting article. Just last week Business Objects (or should that be SAP Business Objects) launched a new app into the Business Objects Labs called Content Rating where BI users rate different documents and reports to indicate usefulness. This will no doubt drive competitive urges and a pride in our work - though it can act as a demotivator if you get poor feedback on your work.

    I remember a discussion with another BI vendor about the latest browser based version:
    “So anyone can create reports?”
    “Yes.”
    “So can you tag reports with keywords?”
    “No”.
    “Can you keep track of new reports with RSS feeds?”
    “No”.
    “Can you rank reports on popularity?”
    “No”.

    It’s no use having a great BI platform if the best reports aren’t easily findable or sharable.

  2. Jeremy Thomas Says:
    October 8th, 2007 at 6:48 pm

    Vincent - you make an excellent point. I think there’s a lot of value with their “Web 2.0″ apps, and I think Business objects is introducing RSS feeds and tagging.

    The same concepts would add value to SOA registries as well, where users rank the usefulness of services, comment on them, classify them with tagging etc.

  3. Mike Macgirvin Says:
    October 9th, 2007 at 12:07 am

    Ah yes, participation fueled by competition. Knowledge workers compete for visibility and recognition.

    Reward for knowledge contribution. It’s not a new concept. I’ve seen it tried since the early 80’s with mixed success. The hard part is finding the reward that motivates. Visibility and recognition aren’t particularly strong motivators in the general population. Money and sex work pretty good, but it’s difficult to keep a supply of those around.

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