A conversation with Jim Botkin, President of InterClass
| Published date | 01 September 2000 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/14691930010377928 |
| Pages | 273-286 |
| Date | 01 September 2000 |
| Author | Jay Chatzkel |
| Subject Matter | Accounting & finance,HR & organizational behaviour,Information & knowledge management |
A conversation
with Jim Botkin
273
Journal of Intellectual Capital,
Vol. 1 No. 3, 2000, pp. 273-286.
#MCB University Press, 1469-1930
A conversation with
Jim Botkin, President of
InterClass
Jay Chatzkel
Progressive Practices, Vienna, Virginia, USA
Keywords Intellectual capital, Knowledge management, Internet, Communities of practice
Abstract Conversations create the wealth of knowledge organizations. This conversation with
Jim Botkin explores a variety of issues on how knowledge is changing how organizations create
value as knowledge-based enterprises. Jim Botkin argues that the knowledge framework is
actually the larger context for organizations and that e-business is actually a subset of its
operations. Botkin also shares how knowledge has come to be a new factor of production in
organizations. This is true for both ``new economy'' organizations and ``old economy'' legacy
organizations. Even so, the acceptance of the knowledge movement is still tentative. The very
name ``knowledge management'' still often implies information technology ``applications'' to key
organizational visionaries and is not always well received. The controversies over nurturing
knowledge communities within the framework of knowledge initiatives are also examined in the
dialogue.
Conversations create the wealth of knowledge organizations. This conversation
with Jim Botkin explores a variety of issues on how knowledge is changing
how organizations create value as knowledge-based enterprises. Jim Botkin
argues that the knowledge framework is actually the larger context for
organizations and that e-business is actually a subset of its operations. Botkin
also shares how knowledge has come to be a new factor of production in
organizations. This is true for both ``new economy'' organizations and ``old
economy'' legacy organizations.
Even so, the acceptance of the knowledge movement is still tentative. The
very name ``knowledge management'' still often implies information
technology ``applications'' to key organizational visionaries and is not always
well received. The controversies over nurturing knowledge communities
within the framework of knowledge initiatives are also examined in the
dialogue.
Jim Botkin has an excellent perspective for delving into these issues as
cofounder and president of InterClass, the International Corporate Learning
Association. InterClass is a knowledge community of Fortune 500 companies
seeking to improve its members' organizational learning and enhance their
knowledge assets. For the last decade Botkin has led InterClass as it has
grappled with the future of work, organizational learning, intellectual capital,
This dialogue is part of a series of conversations with key practitioners and thought leaders in
the intellectual capital and knowledge management arena. This full series will be offered as a
book in the near future.
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