Tag: knowledge management

  • Algorithm Arrogance at Facebook

    Algorithm Arrogance at Facebook

    Facebook tweaks its timeline algorithm. Is this Algorithm Arrogance? Probably.

  • Reviewing Peer Review

    Reviewing Peer Review

    Knowlengr reviews the state of Peer Review. The gold standard that’s somewhere between Gold and Fool’s Gold.

  • Why Computers (and Doctors) Need Narratology

    Why Computers (and Doctors) Need Narratology

    The analysis by Peter Kramer @PeterDKramer in the New York Times story “Why Doctors Need Stories” points, in part, to the challenge faced by clinical decision support systems (CDSS) — and the use of artificial intelligence in health care more generally. While CDSS adoption lags far behind its apparent value, it is true that CDSS is weak…

  • Use (Corporate Knowledge) or Lose It

    When a firm decides to shutter operations, the loss of knowledge capital in the form of talent should appear somewhere in the risk assessment. While significant short term savings may be achieved by closing a division (in the case of Microsoft, perhaps to save $$$ to purchase Skype?), one side effect can be a brain…