Chapter 6: How to build relationships with experts?
Found the right expert? Great! But real success comes when you don’t just consult one-time, but build long-term relationships with the expert. Building a network of contacts through a knowledge system is an approach in which each new contact and expert is integrated into your personal knowledge base so that you can find the right people and turn to their expertise exactly when it is really necessary. This approach allows you to organically connect experts to new ideas or projects, gradually...
Chapter 5: How to choose who to learn from, and whose opinions are truly valuable?
Imagine: you are standing at a bookshelf in a huge bookstore, your eyes wide open from the abundance of books. Which one to choose? Now imagine that each book is a potential teacher, an expert in their field. How to choose someone who can really teach you something?Or imagine another situation: you want to learn how to play the guitar. You enter a query into a search engine and get a million results. How to choose who to learn from? By the beauty of the Instagram profile cover? By the number of...
Chapter 4: Why do you need experts and contacts?
Imagine that you are putting together a puzzle. You have your own pieces - knowledge, experience, ideas. But there are always a few key pieces missing, and that's where experts and contacts come in. These are people who have the knowledge and experience that you can't master quickly or in full. No, you don't have to be able to do everything in the world, experts are your quick access to someone else's experience and intelligence, which you can "borrow" when you need it.Example: How not to f...
Сhapter 3: How networking helps build a knowledge base (and why it's important not to be afraid of people's business cards)
Imagine your knowledge base as a giant spider spinning a web of facts, ideas, and people. And that's where networking comes into play. It's as if you were that spider, but not some humble grey spider, but a real superhero who knows who to ask, what to read, and how to get the most out of communication.Example: "Who Was That?" or Why Networking Matters- Let's imagine. You're at a conference, and someone shares a brilliant idea about how to use AI to automate routine tasks. You take a few not...
Сhapter 2: Why is it important to have your own knowledge base in the modern world? (and what happens if you don’t have one)
Imagine that you are in a supermarket of ideas. There are millions of thoughts, articles, smart books and words that you once heard or read, but at the right moment you can’t remember a single one. It’s like trying to remember why you came to the store while standing at the cookie shelf. This is where a personal knowledge base comes to the rescue - your personal GPS in the supermarket of information.Example: The brain as a forgetful bartenderOur brain can be compared to a bartender who has...
Сhapter 1: What is a personal knowledge base? (and why do you need this mess)
I'm thinking of writing a book about "Networking and Experts: How to Create a Personal Knowledge Base". I'd like to present my first chapter for review. And if you like this format, I'll post the rest of the chapters here too.Chapter 1: What is a personal knowledge base? (and why do you need this mess)Imagine that your brain is an intangible closet with a million shelves, on which notes, ideas, conversations with friends and all those facts that you once learned but never used are scattered...
People are the main source of knowledge: How well-cultivated contacts help career and project development
In today's world, where knowledge is becoming the most important resource, people are the key carriers of this resource. And although technology and artificial intelligence play a significant role in processing and storing data, it is people who create and interpret knowledge, make important discoveries and make decisions. The better you know who in your circle has valuable knowledge in certain areas, the faster and more productively you can develop your career or implement projects.The Importan...
Finding People Through Their Knowledge
Finding people on social media is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Millions of profiles, many groups and communities - finding the right person with the right knowledge and experience can be extremely difficult.- Information noise: There is a huge amount of information on social media, and finding really useful knowledge and experts among it can be difficult.- Implicit expertise: Often, a person's expertise is not immediately obvious from their profile. Additional tools are needed to ass...
Connecting notes and people: finding experts through a knowledge system
One of the key goals of any knowledge management system is not only to structure information, but also to create connections between knowledge elements. In the Conoted application, this process is divided into three important steps: structuring, linking, and most importantly, building a network of experts. It is the third step that makes the system truly unique and effective, because it is not limited to just links between notes. It is linking with the entire knowledge system, which are experts....
Conoted: A Knowledge Management Tool for All Users, Not Just Companies
Knowledge Management (KM) is critical in today’s information-driven world. Conoted serves as a platform that leverages a Recommender System and facilitates a collaborative intelligence approach to improve KM practices. This article explores the capabilities of Conoted and demonstrates how it aligns with established KM principles to facilitate the effective capture, organization, and use of knowledge.Introduction:The ability to effectively manage knowledge is of paramount importance for both indi...
New Ideas Using Knowledge Management in Conoted
Knowledge management concepts concern the systematization, storage, distribution and use of information in an organization or individual practice. Let's consider the main approaches and their authors that can be useful for implementation in the Conoted application.1. Nonaka and Takeuchi SECI ModelAuthors: Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka TakeuchiDescription:This is one of the most well-known knowledge management models, describing the process of knowledge transformation in four phases:- Socialization...
Knowledge Management Concepts and Use in Conoted
There are many interesting concepts in knowledge management, each of which contributes to our understanding of how organizations create, use, and transfer knowledge.Concepts and Authors- Nonaka and Takeuchi's Knowledge Spiral: Japanese researchers Ikujiro Nonaka and Hideo Takeuchi proposed a "knowledge spiral" model that describes the process of transforming tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge and back. They identified four stages: socialization, externalization, combination, and internaliza...
Knowledge Management through People using the Zettelkasten Methodology
In the modern world of knowledge management, there is an idea that knowledge is best created and shared within communities of people who have common interests and solve similar problems. This concept is actively used in the corporate environment, where employees know who to turn to for specific questions related to their professional activities. However, this model is rarely used in real life outside the workplace. But what if we transfer this system of interaction to the everyday world, combini...
Critical Thinking and Zettelkasten Methodology in US Universities
In US universities where the emphasis is on critical thinking and learning through case studies and projects, Zettelkasten methodology can be a great addition to the educational process. It will help students analyze information more deeply, structure their ideas, and work effectively with large amounts of data. Below are a few universities where this approach to teaching is already actively used and where Zettelkasten methodology could be implemented.1. Harvard University- Emphasis on critical...
Case Studies and Critical Thinking: Experience of American Universities
Modern US universities are increasingly paying attention to developing critical thinking in students. One of the key tools in this process has become the study and analysis of practical cases. During lectures, teachers encourage students to ask many questions, analyze the data received and develop their own conclusions. In this context, the Zettelkasten methodology becomes an indispensable tool that helps to structure thoughts, form new ideas and systematize knowledge.Practical Cases and Critica...
Critical Thinking and the Importance of Writing Down Your Own Ideas in Notes
In the age of information overload and quick access to data, critical thinking is becoming one of the most important skills. But critical thinking is not only the ability to analyze information, but also the art of forming your own ideas and conclusions. It is in this context that it is especially important to emphasize writing down your own thoughts and ideas in notes, rather than simply quoting other authors.What is critical thinking?Critical thinking is the process of actively and consciously...
Critical Thinking is the Foundation of Zettelkasten
The Zettelkasten methodology, developed by sociologist Niklas Luhmann, was initially aimed at creating an external thinking tool capable of organizing and structuring knowledge. However, over time it became clear that Zettelkasten does much more: it develops critical thinking, one of the most important skills of a modern person.What is critical thinking?Critical thinking is the ability to objectively analyze information, draw conclusions and make informed decisions. It is the ability to ask the...
What are indexes in the Zettelkasten methodology and how they were transformed into groups
In the Zettelkasten methodology, the concept of an index plays an important role - it helps to create projects and navigate between notes, providing a structure for working with large amounts of information. However, when we talk about creating a project, a book or any other large work, it may be necessary to store all related notes in one group. This simplifies working with the material, without excluding the ability to link notes between different groups.Index in Zettelkasten: navigation and c...
Create a single group for a project with notes organized according to the idea compass principle
In the Zettelkasten methodology, where each note is connected to others according to the idea compass principle (North, West, South, East), you can organize your work in the Conoted app in a simpler and more intuitive way. Instead of creating separate groups for each direction, you can create one main group that will act as a project, and within this group, you can structure your notes according to the four directions. This approach allows you to maintain flexibility and structure, while simplif...
Finding meaningful connections. The Idea Compass
The Zettelkasten methodology, developed by German sociologist Niklas Luhmann, allows you to structure and connect notes, creating a kind of network of ideas. One of the interesting methods used in this system is the "Idea Compass". This method allows you to more deeply understand how different notes are connected to each other and helps to identify the interrelations between ideas.What is the "Idea Compass"?The "Idea Compass" is a way of organizing notes, where each note can be connected to othe...
