Entovation's Practicums - Introductory Practicum

ENTOVATION^Ž's Practicums
Introductory Practicum

Audience	Senior functional or business unit executives interested in learning about the opportunities afforded the knowledge economy
Focus	Basic introduction to the rationale, language and concepts of the knowledge movement and its related practices.
Benefits	Understand the fundamentals of a hyper-competitive environment. Explore the variety of facets and fundamentals of modern management. Learn the importance of management architectures. Understand the implications for day-to-day business strategy. Know the importance of managing your organization intellectual assets. Gauge your organization practice against generation management. Identify new avenues for stakeholder interaction.
Content	Context
	Knowledge management: fad or fundamental? What is the new knowledge value proposition? What is the community of knowledge practice? What generation of management represents your enterprise?
	Competition
	How do you deal with hypercompetition? How do you compete through collaboration?
	Company
	Do you have an explicit innovation process? How might you manage and measure the process? How do you engage leaders across the organization?
	Customer
	What is your current mix of interaction with customers? How has increased consumer demand effected your business?
	Conclusions
	How do you capitalize upon the opportunities of a knowledge economy? Where is the knowledge movement headed?
Tools	Sigmoid Curve Litmus Test
Deliverable	Common Language
Resources	Global Knowledge Primer "Momentum of Knowledge Management" "Challenges of 5th Generation" "Community of Knowledge Practice" "Decade of Perspective"

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