A Look at Blending Knowledge Management with Workplace Learning, Human Capital, and Talent Management

Listen to Podcast interview with Tom Davenport:  http://www.babson.edu/podcast/2009-4-17TDavenport.mp3

The Working Knowledge Research Center at Babson Executive Education (BEE) will hold its annual Conference May 4-5, 2009 to explore how the discipline of Knowledge Management may evolve and fully integrate with Workplace Learning, Human Capital Management, and Talent Management. The Conference will also look at the use of human performance technologies to support the union of these disciplines.

Babson Professor Tom Davenport, who holds the President's Chair in the Information Technology Management Division and Brook Manville, co-directors of BEE’s Working Knowledge Research Center, will lead the discussions. The Keynote speaker is Babson College President Len Schlesinger who will Webcast his address, Human Capital for Entrepreneurial Thought & Action.

Other experts in the field and from sponsoring organizations include:

Joseph Raelin, Asa S. Knowles Chair of Practice-Oriented Education, Northeastern University. Professor Raelin’s work is currently focused in two areas; work-based learning and the development of a new paradigm for leadership he calls “leaderful practice.”

The State of Work-Based Learning (Webcast)

David Smith, Accenture, leads Accenture's Talent & Organization Performance service line in North America.  Smith specializes in designing and developing human performance strategies and solutions for technology and media companies.

The State of Human Performance Technology (Webcast)

At BEE’s Working Knowledge Research Center, organizations access the latest trends and best practice tools for managing and integrating knowledge within their organizations. The member companies of this research consortium also learn practical ways to develop, manage, and improve the efforts of knowledge workers as individuals and groups.

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For more information and to register, contact Mary Siegel at msiegel@babson.edu  or 781-239-6288.