Remembering Melissie

Today should have been Melissie Rumizen’s birthday.

One of the things that she used to say was: “The golden rule of networking is to give.”

Late last year, we had a brief memorial at KMWorld, led by friends Verna Allee, Dave Snowden and myself.

Melissie understood everything you need to know about knowledge management—and then showed you how it’s done: That leadership is about setting examples rather than about executive titles; That learning begins with listening, rather than with opinions; That relationships are the way things get done.

Below are some of the tributes we received