Okay, I’m done with my ranting. No more angry words, no more profanity, at least until the next stupid move that gets under my skin. I’ll play nice. I promise.
So it dawned on me that I’ve been in theater for three weeks now, and in the job for over two weeks. And I still haven’t really talked about what I do here for 12-14 hours each day. I am the chief of the Knowledge Management Cell, an element within the Information Dominance Center at ISAF Joint Command.
What is Knowledge Management, you ask? Time for Geek-Speak, a language I seldom if ever delve into. The evolving field of Knowledge Management aims at the proper alignment of people, processes and technologies to ensure that current and future IT systems allow information to be highly available and discoverable. What does that mean? It means that if the person who needs information can’t find it, it’s worthless, no matter how much time the collector or analyst put into preparing a report. When all necessary information can be understood and applied to decision making, it becomes knowledge. I came over here a neophyte in the field, and am working my way up a very steep learning curve, all the while trying to keep myself out of hot water with the bosses.
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