Encyclopedia of the New Economy
Here's a gem of a definition for "knowledge worker" from Wired Magazine's Encyclopedia of the New Economy: Someone paid to think. At the beginning of this century two-thirds of working US citizens earned their livings by making things; today two-thirds earn theirs by making decisions. This change has brought prosperity and standards of living our grandparents could only dream of. But it has also made the world a less certain place: A knowledge worker, today's bosses say only half in jest, is someone who can never quite manage to define their own job. Decisionmakers are harder to manage than manual workers - telling them what and how to decide defeats the purpose. Worse, the best decisionmakers know things their bosses don't - one reason being in charge just isn't what it used to be. There are more like the above for innovation, intellectual capital, knowledge management, just-in-time learning, etc.innovation Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, April 14, 2004
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