KM: kissing the frog in storytelling

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Oh yes, I love storytelling.

Oh no, I hate storytelling.

Today I had a workshop with a great change manager. She invested time in reviewing a book of mine.

And one of the topics we discussed was storytelling.

When I write, I'm not on this world. My PC and I are connected. Most of the time helped in trance by fantastic music, and the words appear automatically on screen on the waves of my thoughts.

And after doing that for a day of five, being 150 pages later I feel drained.
I'm satisfied and empty at the same time.

Satisfied, because all the knowledge in my head was transferred. Out of my mind.

Empty, because it feels like a whole load of thoughts made my head less full.

And that feeling, is great.

But that, is only the content.

It's only the frog I created.

Then I need to rework things. Towards the audience.

To make a complete nice, coherent story with this audience in mind.

And focussing that despite complex and numerous matter, the story that I tell is a great story.

And those last things are the most energy consuming.

Unfortunately, I need to kiss a frog right now.

I challenge you: Are you the KM manager this is written for?

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It's a pitty.
It really is.
It's a misted opportunity!
It's a shame!

And still, it happens.
In SME's.
In multinationals.

All over the world.

They lie!
And they don't know it!

They have it!
But they don't use it!

Yes, they have the box.
Yes, they have the function!

Yes, there is one with on his business card: knowledge manager.

Yes, they are convinced they are doing it right!

But,

It's only on paper.
They got the title because they were already information manager.
They got the title because they are convinced it's a simple add on.
They got the title because they have to leave the company in a few years, and a demotional promotion had to be created

Yes they perform knowledge management.

But it's:

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Can't help it.

It makes me angry.

It makes me go to the fitness and thinking about how to handle this organisation.

Because I need to think.
Because helping a company with such knowlege management installed is much more diffictult to help than a company without an official knowledge management role yet. 

Except,

when it's realised:

Ok, I have this role of KM in this company,

but I want to unleash the knowledge and imagination.

And a question comes from that person:

Realising they are far from unleashing the knowledge mwithin the company.

After the insight and conscience knowledge management is indeed a specialisation where you need a lot of knowledge and insights.

Then the question comes:

I want to fill this box with the treasure of a knowledge strategy. 

How to I cope?

And then,

after taken action

I can fly home

with a biiiiiig smile on my face.

Is this article written for you?

I told myself it's ok to tease from time to time in a blog

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Geert Willems

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