The document discusses the need for individuals to develop a personal strategy for learning, technology, and knowledge. It notes that knowledge workers will be the most valuable asset for 21st century institutions. The strategy involves organizing one's knowledge into "containers" and "stuff" using various tools, tagging and metadata, narrating one's work, and maintaining networks both within and outside one's organization. The goal is to contextualize information and find patterns to continuously learn and innovate.

1. Personal Strategy for Learning, Technology, and Knowledge:Why you need oneHow to craft one Jim McGeeNew Shoreham Consulting www.newshorehamconsulting.com www.mcgeesmusings.net jim.mcgee@newshorehamconsulting.com 847.867.1086

2. The most valuable asset of a 21st century institution will be its knowledge workers and their productivity Peter Drucker(1909-2005)

4. Autonomy of knowledge workers

5. Continuous innovation as part of the work

6. Continuous learning and teaching

7. Quality precedes quantity

8. Knowledge worker as asset not costSource: Peter Drucker. “Knowledge worker productivity: The biggest challenge.” CA Mgmt Review, Winter 1999

9. Permanent Whitewater

10. Concept Cacophony Cloud computing SOA SaaS RSS Blogs Wikis Twitter LinkedIn Facebook FourSquare Android Yammer YouTube Flickr Hadoop EC2 Salesforce.com TLA Digg Stumble Upon Delicious Instant Messenger Skype ICQ BI Sharepoint Groupwise Lotus Notes IBIS Compendium ERP SAP Peoplesoft Oracle CRM ETLA Google Bing iPad Google Earth NoSQL Microsoft Live Business Objects Hyperion Wolfram Alpha Basecamp iPhone GTD Wordpress Moveable Type Object-oriented LISPAI TSA Expert Systems XML HTML RDF Semantic Web USB Spam Virus Malware Identity theft Phishing eBay PayPal MP3 Blackberry Emacs Linux JPEG

13. Book “Containers” File Directory Database Intranet Wiki Notebook Shared Drive RSS Feed Blog “Stuff” Conversation Contract Social Story Instant message Spreadsheet Email Calendar Whiteboard diagram CAD drawing Napkin sketch Mindmap Individual Structure

14. Knowledge “Containers” File Directory Blackberry Book Database eBook File Folder Intranet Thumbdrive Wiki DVD Daytimer Data Warehouse Shared Drive RSS Feed Blog Binder Notebook Knowledge “Stuff” Conversation Org chart Term sheet Catalog Contract Phone directory Social Course Proposal Story Library Encyclopedia Group Calendar RSS feed Speech Annual Report Press release Instant message Performance review Work plan Syllabus Blueprint Dialog map YouTube video Webpage Phone call Book Spreadsheet Interview notes Search results Tweet Regression model Business card Outline Case study Bookmark Voice mail PowerPoint presentation Database query Graph Napkin sketch Calendar Resume Block diagram CAD drawing Whiteboard diagram Blog post Concept map Blog Email Equation Mindmap Rolodex Individual Note Structure

15. Point of view is worth 80 IQ points Alan Kay

16. Tools perspective Mindmaps Blogs Web browser PowerPoint Excel Knowledge “Containers” File Directory Blackberry Book Database eBook File Folder Intranet Thumbdrive Wiki DVD Daytimer Data Warehouse Shared Drive RSS Feed Blog Binder Notebook Knowledge “Stuff” Conversation Org chart Term sheet Catalog Contract Phone directory Social Course Proposal Story Library Group Calendar Encyclopedia RSS feed Speech Annual Report Press release Instant message Performance review Work plan Syllabus Blueprint Dialog map YouTube video Webpage Phone call Book Spreadsheet Interview notes Search results Tweet Regression model Business card Outline Case study Bookmark PowerPoint presentation Voice mail Database query Graph Napkin sketch Calendar Resume Block diagram CAD drawing Whiteboard diagram Blog post Concept map Blog Email Equation Mindmap Rolodex Individual Note Structure

17. Knowledge “Containers” File Directory Blackberry Book Database eBook File Folder Intranet Thumbdrive Wiki DVD Daytimer Data Warehouse Shared Drive RSS Feed Blog Binder Notebook Knowledge “Stuff” Conversation Org chart Term sheet Catalog Contract Phone directory Social Course Proposal Story Ideas & Notions Library Group Calendar Encyclopedia RSS feed Speech Working Papers Annual Report Press release Instant message Performance review Work plan Syllabus Blueprint Dialog map Deliverables YouTube video Webpage Phone call Book Spreadsheet Interview notes Search results Tweet Regression model Business card Outline Case study Bookmark PowerPoint presentation Voice mail Database query Graph Napkin sketch Calendar Resume Block diagram CAD drawing Whiteboard diagram Blog post Concept map Blog Email Equation Mindmap Rolodex Individual Note Structure

18. Strategy Components Hygiene Contextualizing Solving for Pattern Tagging/Metadata File names Timestamps Standard Metadata Version Control Trip Reports/Diary/ Blog Narrating Work Digital Portfolios Timelines/Chronology After Action Reviews Narrating Work Digital Portfolios Issue/Opportunity Threads User generated tagging Controlled vocabularies Directories Social Networks – Internal Social Networks – External Knowledge “Containers” File Directory Blackberry Book Database eBook File Folder Intranet Thumbdrive Wiki DVD Daytimer Data Warehouse Shared Drive RSS Feed Blog Binder Notebook Knowledge “Stuff” Conversation Org chart Term sheet Catalog Contract Phone directory Social Course Proposal Story Library Group Calendar Encyclopedia RSS feed Speech Annual Report Press release Instant message Performance review Work plan Syllabus Blueprint Dialog map YouTube video Webpage Phone call Book Spreadsheet Interview notes Search results Tweet Regression model Business card Outline Case study Bookmark PowerPoint presentation Voice mail Database query Graph Napkin sketch Calendar Resume Block diagram CAD drawing Whiteboard diagram Blog post Concept map Blog Email Equation Mindmap Rolodex Individual Note Structure