A few weeks ago, I published a list of 26 essential knowledge management sites (which ended up growing to 35) — which has gotten a few thousand visits since then. So I wanted to update my list with some more sites that were suggested to me by visitors (as well as some new sites I’ve visited since then).
Check out the updated list and let me know if you know of a site that should be added to this list. All the feedback I got on the last list is what has allowed me to add so many more to it!
1. Aa..ha! - This blog is an eclectic mix of thinking about the human condition as well as knowledge management. There’s a good mix of knowledge management, wisdom and just general stuff about life.
2. ActKM - I have to give Keith De La Rue credit for pointing this one out to me (as per his comment below). A great site for finding out what’s happening in the KM world.
3. The American Productivity & Quality Center’s Knowledge Management Blog - Thoughts and discussions on knowledge management by Jim Lee from the APQC.
4. Anecdote - Anecdote is a consulting firm that specializes in organizational change, leadership and storytelling. While not a strictly KM site, the blog on the front page includes many thoughts and links related to communities of practice and other KM-related areas (thanks Vincent).
5. Association of Knowledgework - At the Association of Knowledgework, people from every specialty cross professional, geographic, cultural, economic and hierarchical barriers to learn together.
6. Boxes and Arrows - While this site doesn’t focus exclusively on knowledge management, it does have a great deal of content in peripheral areas like content management and design.
7. BRINT - Developing leading edge thinking and practice on contemporary business, technology, and knowledge management issues to facilitate organizational and individual performance, success, and fulfillment.
8. ChiefTech - While this blog is mostly about information technology, there is some very interesting stuff there about the web and social networking. This site also talked (very kindly I might add) about this blog.
9. Chris Collison’s blog - This is an excellent resource for collaboration-related knowledge management stuff. Chris is a fantastic resource on anything collaborative (and has even been kind enough to leave an insightful comment here).
10. Cindy Gordon - Focuses upon knowledge management, human capital and innovation.
11. CIO’s Knowledge Management section - The magazine about business, technology and leadership has a specific section on their website devoted to KM. The other sections are also interesting and definitely worth checking out as well.
12. Cognitive Edge - Dave Snowden’s Cognitive Edge talks about all aspects of knowledge management, and is updated quite frequently.
13. Collaborative Thinking - Mike Gotta’s blog on collaboration, social software, social networking and knowledge management trends, including community-building methods and practices.
14. Column Two - News and opinion articles by James Robertson on the general topics of knowledge management and content management. Features archives and RSS/XML syndication.
15. A Compound of Alchymie - John Curran’s viewpoints on knowledge management, intellectual capital, social networking and related topics.
16. Creative Chaos: Dina Mehta’s blog - An eclectic mix of posts about knowledge, blogs, marketing and more.
17. Dissident - Dissident is the blog of Stephen Dale — who talks mainly about 3rd-generation knowledge management and social media tools. He was also kind enough to mention me and this list, so I thought I would point to his site — lots of interesting content.
18. Dove Lane - Kaye Vivian’s blog addressing knowledge management and communities.
19. Dr. Dan’s Daily Dose - Critical review, evaluation, and discussion of all things knowledge management.
20. Eclectic Bill - Focus is on knowledge management, change management, learning organizations, mental models, and Theory of Constraints as applied to government, non-profits, and higher education.
21. Elsua - A blog about knowledge management, knowledge, online communities, social networking and work-life balance. Available RSS/Atom feeds.
22. Full Circle Online Interaction - Nancy White blog focusing on distributed Communities of Practice (CoPs), communities, online interaction, and distance learning.
23. Government of Canada’s Information Management Portal - While obviously focusing more on information management, there are some knowledge management links and resources on here worth checking out.
24. Green Chameleon - Lots of great stuff here — including knowledge management, Web 2.0 and personal knowledge management (something I’m very interested in).
25. Gurteen Knowledge - David Gurteen’s personal site that supports the Gurteen Knowledge Community. Lots of interesting stuff.
26. How to Save the World - Dave Pollard’s blog with archive articles and papers on knowledge work and business innovation. Includes a table of contents and resources.
27. InsideKnowledge Magazine - News and articles and content, information and knowledge management.
28. Intelligent Agent - Lots of great topics here, including memes, librarianship, knowledge management and social networking.
29. KM4DEV - KM4Dev describes itself as “a community of international development practitioners who are interested in knowledge management and knowledge sharing issues and approaches”.
30. KM Institute (International Knowledge Management Institute) - The International Knowledge Management Institute is the place to go to become a Certified Knowledge Manager. They also have a newsletter.
31. KM Talk - A Malaysian knowledge management site (thanks Naguib!). There’s also quite a bit on here that would appeal to a non-Malaysian audience as well.
32. KM Wiki - Provides links, sites and resources on all aspects of knowledge management.
33. KM World - KM World provides news and articles about knowledge management.
34. The KNOW Network - A global community of knowledge-driven organizations dedicated to networking, benchmarking and sharing best practices leading to superior performance.
35. Knowing Knowledge - While it’s not updated that frequently, Knowing Knowledge has some interesting stuff from the book Knowing Knowledge. Worth taking a look at.
36. KnowledgeBoard - KnowledgeBoard is a European Commission-funded Special Support Action. It’s mainly a discussion board relating to knowledge management.
37. Knowledge Connections - David Skyrme’s website that describes itself as “the place to gain insights into the networked knowledge economy and help in creating successful knowledge management and Internet commerce strategies.”
38. Knowledge Jolt with Jack - Jack Vinson writes about knowledge management, personal effectiveness, theory of constraints and other related disciplines. Available RSS/XML feeds for both the blog headlines and comments.
39. Knowledgeline - Tom Baldwin writes about knowledge management, but also about other related technologies (there seems to be quite a bit of information on search and Microsoft SharePoint on his blog).
40. The Knowledge Management Advantage - A self-described “dynamic and comprehensive knowledge management information resource for organizations striving to achieve competitive advantage and world-class recognition”.
41. Leveraging Organizational Knowledge - Peter-Anthony Glick’s blog about getting the most out of organizational knowledge.
42. Mathemagenic: Learning and KM Insights - This klog (knowledge blog) is used as a learning diary that documents journey of Lilia Efimova in the land of knowledge workers’ networks, learning, creativity and knowledge sharing.
43. Musings of a Social Architect - Amy Jo Kim’s blog focusing on community architecture, social systems design and knowledge management.
44. Networks, Complexity and Relatedness - A very interesting blog about social networks and network analysis.
45. Portals and KM - Bill Ives’ blog discussing practical applications of portals, blogs, and knowledge management.
46. Reflexions - Another interesting blog that talks mostly about decision-making and innovation.
47. Seth Earley’s Not Otherwise Categorized - I’ve been on a few calls where Seth Earley was speaking about taxonomy - he’s a very animated and engaging speaker. This is his blog (mostly taxonomy-related stuff).
48. Stan Garfield’s Weekly Knowledge Management Blog - A weekly entry including books, blogs, web sites, and answers to questions on knowledge management. Topics include knowledge sharing and reuse; collaboration and communities of practice; and people, process, and technology elements of successful KM programs.
49. Talking Knowledge Management - A blog that was created to talk about how knowledge management is being applied in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service.
50. Trends in the Living Networks - Ross Dawson’s Trends in the Living Networks blog offers high-level commentary on developments in our intensely networked world, and how it is coming to life. The blog is primarily intended for a general business audience, in identifying critical technology, social, and business trends and their implications.
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April 10th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
I’ve been compiling a similarly long list of freelancing resources lately and it has given me new appreciation for how much work it actually takes to compile that many resources, good job!!
April 10th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
I have been following your compilation and built a custom google search to search this collection of sites.
KM Sites Search
April 10th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
It interesting that you’ve included Ross Dawson’s blog as he doesn’t consider himself part of the KM scene
“knowledge management, a movement I was associated with back in the 1990s before I endeavored to distance myself from it”
http://www.rossdawsonblog.com/weblog/archives/2007/03/post_12.html
also see http://www.ahtgroup.com/futurekm.htm
PS Thanks for dropping by my blog!
April 11th, 2007 at 9:10 am
Thanks Collis — it certainly is quite a bit of work to put these together. It’s not so much difficult as it is just plain old time consuming!
That’s great Doug! Google Custom Search is really useful — it’s certainly a great way to surface the information found on these sites.
April 12th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Sorry James — your comment got caught in the Akismet spam filter, so it just got posted now. I think I’ve pretty much included anything in this list that I thought would be of interest to a KM audience — I’m personally not that attached to ‘KM’ as a label either (as I’ve said many times, I always prefer ‘knowledge sharing’ to ‘knowledge management’).
As for dropping by your blog, my pleasure — you’ve got some very interesting stuff and have really built up a great body of content.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Holy smokes, thanks.
Bookmarked!
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April 13th, 2007 at 10:20 am
WOW! great compilation of resources. Thank you for taking the time to put this together.
April 14th, 2007 at 5:22 am
Del.icio.us!
Thanks
April 14th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Thanks a lot Lucas for including my site.
I just discovered yours now and like it too.
Where are you based in Canada?
Peter
April 15th, 2007 at 9:31 am
My pleasure Peter — I’m always trying to list great new resources I come across. I’m actually based in Toronto (I’ve lived here for about 2 years now after moving here from Montreal). Thanks for stopping by!
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April 18th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
The International Knowledge Management Insttitute (KM Institute) is the world’s leading, international provider of KM training and certification and developer of the KM Body of Knowledge.
April 18th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Extremely useful collation of Knowledge Management content on internet today. I have been coming across some of these sites on usual stroll through the internet but having all these put up at one single place is a real treat for a knowledge seeker.
Thanks a lot Lukas for this !
April 19th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Thanks, Douglas. I’ve added the the KM Institute to the list. I’m not currently a member, so I can’t speak to what’s in the KM Body of Knowledge, but thanks for dropping by to suggest the link.
Vijeesh — thanks for the compliment, I’m glad you found the list useful.
April 21st, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Have you seen http://www.babsonknowledge.org?
April 22nd, 2007 at 4:25 am
I see that you have not listed General Knowledge Base by http://www.baltsoft.com . This is a fantastic knowledge management tool and should not be withheld from your readership. Thank you.
April 24th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Christian — I have seen http://www.babsonknowledge.org, and it was actually in this list. I took it out however because the content appears to no longer be updated (it’s a shame because there was certainly some good stuff on there).
Vincent — while I’m sure General Knowledge Base is a great product, the sites I have listed here provide information and discussion about knowledge management, as opposed to just presenting product information. Thanks for your suggestion however.
April 30th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Wow, what a cool and useful list. I’m honored to find Reflexions included (guess I’d better get busy blogging again!). I’ll also have a lot of my old magazine articles on KM up again soon at http://www.reflectedknowledge.com.
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May 9th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
My pleasure to include you in the list Steve. Glad to hear that it provides people with incentive to blog as well!
May 18th, 2007 at 4:03 am
Anyone got any useful sites for KM in on-line distance learning.?
June 4th, 2007 at 4:01 am
HIi Lucas,
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Puneet
June 4th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Thanks Puneet!
June 7th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Lucas,
Great list you’ve put together…. thanks!!
Cheers,
Arjun Thomas
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July 12th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Lucas -
Good list. I think that most of my blogroll appears here! Another site that you may like to include is actKM - one of the most active KM forums around. See it at: http://www.actkm.org/.
- Keith De La Rue
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July 18th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Thanks Keith. ActKM is now in the list, with credit going to you of course!
July 18th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Thanks Lucas! No problem…
August 1st, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Hi,
Nice posting.
May be you would like to add our site - http://www.kmtalk.net
- its a Malaysian KM site.
We also have a KM community blog from Malaysia:
http://www.kmtalk.net/blog
Thanks.
Naguib
August 4th, 2007 at 8:04 am
Great site Naguib! I’ve added this into the list.
August 21st, 2007 at 7:33 am
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August 22nd, 2007 at 4:05 am
Lucas,
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Cheers,
Arjun.
August 28th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Thanks for the comment Arjun. I’ll be sure to drop by your site and leave a comment or two!
October 6th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Excellent list of KM resources. Thanks for the effort. Extremely good post.
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November 8th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
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March 9th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Thanks Neal, thanks Paul. Boxes and Arrows is certainly an amazing site.
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