KIN is a membership based community linking business practitioners from industry leading organisations, world-class researchers and some of the world's leading experts in knowledge management and innovation. KIN is linked to the IKON group at Warwick Business School and is focussed on the strategic, organisational and behavioural aspects of knowledge management and innovation.
KIN members are world and industry leading organisations including Oracle (Technology), Orange (Telecoms), Schlumberger (Oil & Gas), Mars (Food & Beverage), PwC (Professional Services), Baker & McKenzie (Legal) and many more. We only involve one member from each industry to promote open knowledge sharing and collaboration free from competitors and vendors. We are currently looking to involve organisations from Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals, Media & Publishing, Engineering, Automotive and Bio-Technology.
Collaboration and knowledge sharing takes place through our Special Interest Groups (SIG's): Communities of Practice, Virtual Teams, Learning from Practice, Social Network Analysis, Knowledge Retention and Gaining Buy-In to KM. each SIG has a Facilitator and an Associate who is a world leading expert in the field e.g. Richard McDermott (CoP's), Rob Cross (SNA).
For more information about upcoming events or to learn more about the benefits of membership visit their website http://www.ki-network.org. Alternatively contact Douglas Archibald [email protected] or Gary Colet [email protected] to find out more.
Video: Gurteen Knowledge Cafe, NAB, Melbourne, October 2010
This is a short video of a Gurteen Knowledge Cafe that I facilitated for Peter Houlihan at the National Australia Bank in Melbourne in October 2010.
The session was captured on a flip cam without the use of a roving mic, so the sound is not clear and has had some extensive editing to fit into a short learning piece, but it gives a good idea of what the Cafe is all about.
The question posed to the group as the "conversational seed" was "What if true leadership involves embracing complexity by widening the circle of involvement rather than restricting it?
If you are interested in Knowledge Management, the
Knowledge Café
or the role of conversation in organizational life then you my be interested in this online book I am writing on
Conversational Leadership
The Gurteen Knowledge Community is a global learning community
of over 21,000 people in 160 countries across the world.
The community is for people who are committed to making a difference:
people who wish to share and learn from each other and who strive to see
the world differently, think differently and act differently.
Membership of the Gurteen Knowledge Community is free.
. Alternatively contact Douglas Archibald 
[email protected] or Gary Colet 
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