Back to blogging…

I never was very disciplined about journal writing…..so much for my good intentions to use the blog as a virtual space to collect and store ideas and reflections for integrating web 2.0 and the world of work and learning…..its been a year since I was introduced to all these possibilities in my participation in the informal learning unworkshop with Jay Cross.  I look forward to  connecting in person with Jay when in San Jose next week for KM world  – appreciate being included in the ”bloggers’ beer bash” as a “not quite there yet blogger”…..more in thought than in action….. maybe a few beers is what I need to get me started…..

Networking HR & IT

HR & IT have much in common – both are striving to be strategic partners while struggling with the challenges of providing service to the organization at individual, team and organizational levels.  IT has leveraged Project Management – using the role of the business analyst to articulate the business of the organization at a detailed process level…a bottom up approach.  HR has focused on a top down – faciltiating the articulation of the vision, mission and mandate and attempting to address impacts of culture and norms of behaviour.  They need to find a way to work more collaboratively in the shared space between the detailed process and the macro organizational design and development issues.