Knowledge Management Day Singapore

Managing Knowledge has journeyed since the 90s when we had the First generation KM, then the focus was IT-driven, remember the emphasis on having your organisations first Intranets, the focus was on Information gathering and availability, even our KM Society was called the Information and Knowledge management society.

In the 2000s taking the words of Nonaka “in order to drive KM success we need to focus on people rather than IT” and creating processes based on Nonaka´s SECI model, we experienced the Second generation where KM was primarily people focused, we focused on people, digitalisation and transformation.

From then till 2019, we grappled with the third generation where KM became a backbencher, organisations we busy pushing ahead instead of reinvesting into the lessons learned obtained from many decades of work, third generation KM struggled to find its place.

How about today, in the endemic state?

How do organizations move forward? In the budget 2023 statement on the 14th of Feb 23, DPM mentioned a budget that leverages on building our capabilities and seizing new opportunities in a new era of global development. The forward Singapore imitative which was where critical studies across Singapore conversations drew data, Singaporeans acknowledged that we are living in a time of change and must relook our current way of doing things. We are emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic into a more uncertain world, our aspirations are evolving, and all this places more stress on our society and our people.

So the question lies in how are we managing our Knowledge Economy within our organisation?

Knowledge day Singapore builds on the 6 pillars of Forward Singapore, (i)Empowering and (ii) equipping our people, (iii) building resilient communities, (iv) ensuring diversity and inclusivity and (v) being the stewards of managing knowledge as we (vi) unite and learn from our peers and as a leader of knowledge managementSingaporean organisations are not one that makes loud proclamations, instead putting our learning hats on, we have silently pursued being the best we can be, with our only resource being our people.

On the 22 of March, KM Society Singapore invites you to come share and hear our leading KM organizations, SMRT, The community Justice Centre , Narrative and the Singapore’s KRO Winner National Council of Social Service as well as Global KRO Winner Cognizant share their winning strategies in managing knowledge.