KM and Me

I am a Knowledge Manager with an IT services company. 

Here is the story of how I became one...

One day I read about an internal job opportunity and applied for it. My intuition told me that it was an interesting role just what I wanted to move into but had no clue about Knowledge Management. A name on the mailer sounded like a familiar name so I shot a mail back thinking it was my friend, " So you have now become the GM for KM! Let me know when we can talk".

Thank God! the person across my current boss was sane and understood this was a case of mistaken identity. However he spent a good one hour in explaining to me about KM when we spoke for the first time. I said at the end of the call, but this is what I have been doing as part of all my previous roles. 

I loved the fact KM was all about evangelization, marketing new ideas, being the change agent, a knowledge broker. Being an influence is what appealed to me.

I was doing well in my then role as Quality Co-ordinator so my seniors were not ready to let me go. They wanted me to do KM for the team but continue with them. They held on to me for a good six months and when they realized they could not brainwash me any further they let me be a Knowledge Manager but I would like to call my self a Knowledge Broker. 

A Knowledge Broker because you don't possess it but make trade offs between the seeker and the needy.

Welcome here to read about my journey and experiences with handling an Organization's Knowledge.