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Challenge - Knowledge Innovation: The Role of Information Professionals

Debra M. Amidon challenges us: Are we ready to innovate our future together!

Below we capture what others in the information profession said during the web seminar about their role in moving organizations toward knowledge innovation.

Then contribute your own views (you do not have to consider yourself an information professional) to win a complimentary Emerald subscription to KnowMap.

Here are the questions asked during the Special Libraries Association virtual seminar September 25, 2002
Knowledge Innovation® The True Competitive Intelligence

There were 141 people at 30 sites that participated in the live virtual seminar.

1. Which one of the following best describes where you currently work?

  • Industry
  • Academia
  • Government
  • Consulting
  • Other

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Figure 1: Integral Role
Insert Figure 1: Integral Role

2. Do you see your role as information professionals as integral to the enterprise innovation system?

  • Highly likely
  • Somewhat likely
  • Somewhat unlikely
  • Very unlikely
  • Unsure

Figure 1 shows that the majority responded highly likely followed by somewhat likely. Some were unsure.

3. Do you feel you have the necessary research, training, professional direction and/or internal credibility to be a full functioning part of the innovation team?

  • Highly likely
  • Somewhat likely
  • Somewhat unlikely
  • Very unlikely
  • Unsure

Figure 2: Necessary Background
Figure 2: Necessary Background

Figure 2 indicates that the majority said they were somewhat likely to have the necessary background followed by highly likely. A few responded that it was somewhat unlikely and the rest were split between very unlikely and unsure.

4. Do you have evidence that the role of modern information professional is shaping each of the 7C's of Knowledge Leadership?

  • Highly likely
  • Somewhat likely
  • Somewhat unlikely
  • Very unlikely
  • Unsure

Figure 3 demonstrates that the majority felt they were somewhat likely to have evidence of their roles shaping the 7C's. The remaining choices were divided with a slight edge of those in the highly likely and then somewhat likely. Very unlikely and unsure were tied for the last choices.

Figure 3: Shaping 7C's
Figure 3: Shaping 7C's

The 7C's of Knowledge Leadership are described at www.entovation.com/whatsnew/leadership-7cs.htm and you can complete the confidential litmus test for your organization by following the link on that page.

Also watch for the half-day course: The Role of Information Professionals in Knowledge Management to be offered at Special Libraries Association Conference June 2003 in New York.

Review the outline of the full day course and, if interested, request a booking for your organization or profession.

If you wish to purchase the full presentation, see V-Pak advertisement on the KM Markets page.

Don't forget to return to this page to answer the following questions to enter the KnowMap's Knowledge Innovation: The Role of Information Professionals Challenge

If your responses are used, you will be given a complimentary Emerald (three issue/6 months) subscription to KnowMap.

Answer the following questions to enter our challenge:

1. Which one of the following best describes where you currently work?

Industry
Academia
Government
Consulting
Other

2. Which of the following best describes your current role in your primary place of employment?

Information Profession (library/records/related
Information Technology
Human Resources
Executive
Management
Other: please specify

3. Do you see your role as integral to the enterprise innovation system?

Highly likely
Somewhat likely
Somewaht unlikely
Very unlikely
Unsure

4. Do you feel you have the necessary research, training, professional direction and/or internal credibility to be a full functioning part of the innovation team?

Highly likely
Somewhat likely
Somewaht unlikely
Very unlikely
Unsure

5. Do you have evidence that your role is shaping each of the 7C's of Knowledge Leadership?

Highly likely
Somewhat likely
Somewaht unlikely
Very unlikely
Unsure

6. How well do you see the role of the information professional (library, records, related) as particularly suited to functioning as part of the innovation team?

Highly likely
Somewhat likely
Somewaht unlikely
Very unlikely
Unsure

7. What group(s) do you feel are most suited to functioning as part of the innovation team?

a.
b.
c.

8. Comments:

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