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This paper demonstrates regional (Russian) specificity of knowledge management, describes development trends for digital society in the Russian Federation and their effect on the general level of preparedness and capacity for knowledge management at the level of companies and at the personal (individual) level. Trends and current performance of digital transformation of Russian economy are explored. On this ground, the analysis is performed of the potential for development of knowledge management in the Russian Federation in digital economy environment. As a result of the measures taken by the Russian Government, substantial shift in labor market has been recently observed (including emergence of new professions and change in forms of employment and in relations between employers and employees). At the same time at the state level, active and broad-scale deployment of information technologies in socially significant spheres (education, medicine, state services) is taking place. Consequences of these changes have radical implications for preparedness of companies and individuals for positive perception of processes and tools of knowledge management. Of particular significance to this effect is the growth of prevalence in Russia of mobile devices with Internet access, which causes deeper "submersion" of individuals and companies into various Internet-environments of social networks. Conclusion is drawn from this academic research that Russia's transition to a higher level of digitalization of society allows companies to extend their range of sources of knowledge and make further arrangements for exchange of knowledge with the most numerous category - citizens, clients, users. Recommendations are provided for assessment of preparedness of companies, their employees and consumers for more extensive application of KM tools in their activities, and for raising the level of preparedness to dissemination of knowledge among ordinary citizens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While being confronted with a hypercomplex, unpredictable, and disruptive world and economy, we are still applying relatively traditional and past-driven approaches to innovation as to how to tackle these new challenges of dealing with a highly uncertain future. One of the main assumptions of these approaches is that (social) collaboration and working together is key in such innovation processes. This conceptual paper will not challenge this assumption, but we will show that this notion of "together" (understood as social collaboration) is far to narrow. Rather, it is suggested to go beyond this understanding and investigate alternative and wider concepts of "together". Three forms of "together"/"co-" will be developed: (i) Being/working together and collaborating with others (socio-epistemic dimension), (ii) being together, interacting and corresponding with the material/world (co-becoming dimension), and (iii) being together with the future as "learning from the future as it emerges". These concepts will be discussed on an conceptual level and we will develop implications concerning new skills and mindsets on an individual and organizational level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In organisations marked by very high levels of mobility of resources and tools, the implementation of a mobile knowledge management (MKM) system might generate significant benefits in otherwise challenging knowledge-sharing environments. To explore potentialities and constraints of an MKM system based on tablets and smartphones in highly distributed workspaces, an applied research cooperation was carried out between the Swiss Federal Railways SBB and two Swiss Universities. The mobile app allows train maintenance workers to access prior solutions and to consult specialists when they face more challenges. In addition, they can also use the multimedia features of their smartphones to document problems and new solutions and make them accessible to a wider circle of colleagues. This paper reports on the findings from an interview study which explores the additional affordances offered by the new mobile knowledge management system (n = 11) vis-à-vis the challenges of the pre-established information system - as perceived by the maintenance workers. The interviews were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic content analysis. The initial findings underscore the value of a MKM system in overcoming spatial and temporal constraints in highly distributed workspaces, and, at the same time, allowing for the substantiation of multimodal information (images, videos) by the maintenance workers in workspaces characterised by more complex, visual, topological and procedural knowledge. Beyond the perceived potentialities regarding knowledge creation and exchange, the defragmentation of human and material resources and the development of a wider, and more collective, knowledge system triggered tensions relating to power, rewards and politics, which need to be proactively addressed in the ongoing development of the system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]