Opps.. the title seems intriguing indeed. Yes, I've been missing for so long... Since I returned from studies it has been a rough ride back to work. Especially when some people my organisation deemed us who went to further our studies as "going on a honeymoon", makes it harder to fit in back. Ah well, though I'm no chameleon, I think I did well so far. Yes, I'm down but that doesn't mean that I'm defeated. Yes, it's a war zone here.

The state of KM in my organisation is also resembles the subject of this writing piece. It's down but I don't really think that it's dead. Not yet. The KM unit in my organisation is really short of staff. 2 lower management is full time on projects and much of the unit's administration and reporting job are under their direct responsibility. A couple of executives like myself is torn apart into multiple projects and ad-hoc assignments with little support and guidance from our supervisors.As a result, many task we done blindly without guidance and support from the lower management causing us to get "shot" when the middle management were to review our progress. It may get worst when our own supervisors also to took the opportunity to "gun" us down too in front of the middle managers.

My own reflection here is that, for the practice of KM to flourish, there should be consistent support from the top and middle management to foster teamwork, collaboration, continuous improvement and etc. The path of punishing and downgrading oneself should not happen at all. If it does happen then this may be one of the first signal of a sick organisation.