disruption – The Wayward Celt

Learning Social Business from KM failures

October 17, 2013October 17, 2013 by Jason O'Donnell

Jason O'Donnell

KM is knowledge management; a term most people who don't work in KM likely don't understand, and even those who do work in the field may only have a tenuous grasp of as it is broad in scope and esoteric in meaning. In effect, knowledge management is about the creation,…

Culture change, innovation, and the necessity of disruption

May 30, 2013May 30, 2013 by Jason O'Donnell

Jason O'Donnell

I was challenged this week to use the word "errant" in something I wrote. This challenge, not surprisingly, came from a friend's off-handed comment about an errant pickle on my sandwich, meant to poke fun at my own strict sense of what a Cuban sandwich should be and how it…

Fear of failure and disruption; on stifling innovation.

May 2, 2013 by Jason O'Donnell

Jason O'Donnell

I'm sure you've all heard it before, but what does it really mean to not be afraid to fail? I know a lot of us may say we're not, but when it comes down to it, do our actions prove that to be true? In my experience and observations, no,…