Gene A Wright
Business Strategy, Marketing, Innovation, Technology, New Product Management



Knowledge Management — Case Studies Ba Based Companies

Jan 18th, 2010 | By Gene A. Wright | Category: Feature, Innovation, Knowledge Management, New Product Management

From KM Edge

Referred by Evelyn of MSOE Rader School of Business MG-750

KM Edge (blog) from APQC presents a wonderful PPT which looks at three Ba Based Knowledge Management approaches in Japanese Companies.  As we study Knowledge Management, we learn more of the concept of Ba.  This presentation gives us some insight into the power of Ba.

Ba Based Knowledge Management Approaches

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  1. dbw January 19th, 2010 8:37 am :

    Gene – you were ahead of your time at Brady with KM initiatives – including the physical layout of the NOTES Team area, which probably leveraged collaboration the best.

    Just tried some similar KM initiatives in a product development project at Enercon with great success. Completely redesigned our induction cap sealer, in record time (about 1/2 typical project length) and met our (self-imposed) deadlines to display the new product at PACK Expo in Las Vegas. Co-located all engineers, utilized a diverse team makeup (Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, I.T. and Engineering). Our team met weekly to check on goals, progress and most importantly – MAKE DECISIONS! Using the same techniques to make the journey from prototype to commercialized product and that seems to be working well too!

  2. craigwsnyder March 25th, 2010 8:19 pm :

    While I found nothing to disagree with in this presentation, I would consider these more approaches to improving project management than knowledge management. Correctly closing and documenting a project is key to a project, as is having the ability to use lessons learned from other projects. And these opportunities are strengthened with a good knowledge management system.

    But the article speaks specifically to improving communication (key knowledge area of Project Management) and how to make better use of meetings. Again, I agree with the entire article and see how the concepts improved productivity and success. I especially like the empasis on social networking within and outside of their projects. This idea can only potentially increase a knowledge management database, as well as the information available to a given project, increasing its odds of success.

    Good article, good information, poorly named in my opinion.

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