Knowledge Management of Local / Indigenous Traditions for a Globalized World

The books in the above slide, and following resources may give some sources for reflection on what works and where it works:

Seeking Future Alaska Native PhDs!
by Ray Barnhardt and Oscar Kawagley

Compensating forest-dwelling communities for drug the work of the Healing Forest Conservancy, by K. Moran

Infancy of Tools in the Identification of Native Knowledge, by
Dr. Lalitha Aswath & Rupesh Kumar A.
full article

Resources - Links: Local or Indigenous Knowledge @ Profit From The Application Of New Knowledge Pattern Recognition Research To Your Business: The Kaieteur Institute For Knowledge Management.

Focal Area: Status of Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices

Knowledge Management and Indigenous Knowledge: MS Word file Information and Communication Technologies, Knowledge Management and Indigenous Knowledge: Implications to Livelihood of Communities in Ethiopia, by Lishan Adam, PhD, ICT in Development Researcher, Lishan@ictfd.net

Indigenous knowledge, the library and information service sector, and protocols. Publication Date: 01-JUN-05, Australian Academic & Research Libraries,
Author: Nakata, Martin ; Byrne, Alex ; Nakata, Vicky ; Gardiner, Gabrielle

AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND LIBRARIES PDF file

See on the same shelf:

Vertical and tacit: Multifaith and Knowledge Management in Perspective

Knowledge Management Applications in Multifaith & / or Multicultural Transactions Revisited

The 18 commandments of Knowledge-conscious managers

By Martin Dugage

"I like the idea that Knowledge Management is really about Knowledge Conscious Management, or to put it differently, Managing in the Knowledge Age as Professor Klaus North puts it. Incidentally, this explains why it is so difficult to introduce in 20th century organizations, which do not recognize mastery of knowledge flows as a source of competitive advantage.

The HR department of my company asked me to write a short memo and call it "the ten commandments of knowledge management". I thought it was a good idea -KM is a faith with its manifesto (e.g Cluetrain)-, but couldn't find enough time to reduce everything to ten commandments, and I have eighteen!

Let me know your thoughts...

1. Don't always challenge. Welcome one another's thoughts and opinions.
Rehabiliate casual conversations and information sharing as a normal business practice that should take at least half of your time. Don't expect to learn a lot just by challenging your staff.

2. Experiment constantly. Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects
You can, and must, plan ahead to know where you want to go, but then put the plan aside and focus on the first steps. Regularly stop to reflect on the action and repeat the process. click here to continue reading all the Eighteen Commandments ...

Body-Mind-Soul - KM initiatives

See also:

KM and Internal Communications based on Nirmala Palaniappan's @ Aa..ha! [Thinking Inside The Blog!]

Knowledge Management @ Multifaith Information Gateway