Favorite Here are a couple of reprised blog posts from 5 years ago, covering the topic of lesson learning, and presenting 3 potential levels of maturity for a learning system. Most organisations are stuck at level 1. There are three levels of rigour, or levels of maturity, regarding how Lesson-learning is
Favorite The goal of Knowledge Management is to embed an effecting Knowledge Management Framework, that enables a thriving KM culture and impacts organisational outcomes. But sometimes one Framework is not enough. I have blogged before about the different sorts of Knowledge which need to be managed, and suggested that Knowledge
Favorite Here’s another characteristic of Knowledge workers – they supply as well as consume knowledge. I blogged recently about what makes a Knowledge Worker, and suggested that a Knowledge Worker is someone who knows more about their job that their boss or client, and so is hired for what they
Favorite Risk management and knowledge management both deal with the issues of unknowns, and are therefore closely linked. In this blog post, Don McAlister reflects upon risk management in projects, and concludes that “If the Project Plan represents the knowledge that must be applied to achieve the project objectives…and if
Favorite There is a lot written about KM culture and how to implement it, but most organisations already know how to build and sustain a culture. Introducing a Knowledge Management culture is not easy and many people are looking for the secret of how to do this, but my view
Favorite Is that really Tacit Knowledge in your head, or is it just the Stories you like to tell yourself? IMAGINATION by archanN on wikimedia commons All Knowledge Managers know about the difference between tacit knowledge and explicit knowledge, and the difference between the undocumented knowledge you hold in your
Favorite Introducing KM into an organisation is not just a case of new technology or new processes – it involves organisational redesign as well. You can look at Knowledge Management Implementation through many lenses. The most common are the cultural and technological lenses, which ask “What culture do we need
Favorite Peter Drucker introduced the term “Knowledge Worker” – but what exactly IS a Knowledge Worker? Image from Wikimedia Commons When Drucker introduced the term in 1959, in his book “Landmarks of Tomorrow”, he was primarily writing about people working in IT – the programmers, systems analysts, academics and researchers.
Favorite Peer Assist is one of the most effective KM processes, when applied well. But what is the key to a good Peer Assist? Peer Assist in China Peer Assist is one of the most popular, simplest and most effective of the KM processes, the closest we have in KM
Favorite What do you do when people are too busy to implement time-saving activities such as KM? Picture from Alan O’Rourke, on Flickr We know that good KM saves time. But how do you make the time to save the time? This was a conversation I was involved in recently