A Technology Broker and Management Company Specializing in KM Systems
Favorite In another post from the archives (with some updates) let’s look at the common phrase “knowledge transfer” and discuss whether this is the wrong concept. Knowledge transfer, when illustrated graphically, often looks like the picture below – knowledge leaving one head and entering another. THIS MODEL IS WRONGimage from
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Shared by Nick Milton October 18, 2018
Favorite If you want people to think outside the box, give them a problem that’s outside the box. Image by nicubunu on Public Domain Clipart There is a game I often play with a class, when we are on an innovation retreat such as a Business Driven Action Learning exercise.
Read More Shared by Nick Milton October 17, 2018
Favorite The video below, from JD Careers Out There includes a legal knowledge manager talking about his role and career. View Original Source (nickmilton.com) Here.
Favorite We hear a lot about trust in Knowledge Management, but what sort of trust do we mean? Image from wikimedia commons It can’t mean personal trust in the other people involved, at least not in a large organisation where it is impossible to know everyone, and indeed impossible to
Read More Shared by Nick Milton October 15, 2018
Favorite Please find copied below a communication from BSI about the webinar earlier this week where we introduced ISO Management Systems standard 30401 – Knowledge Management, with a request to pass it on to other interested parties. You can find below links to the slides that were presented, and to
Read More Shared by Nick Milton October 12, 2018
Favorite Very often we hear people talking about the failure of KM as a discipline, and asking “Why hasn’t it caught on after all these years?” It’s an interesting question, but it’s the wrong question. It’s an interesting question, but it’s the wrong question. People asking the question are often
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Favorite In this video, Ed Hoffman – ex-CKO of NASA talks about the role of the CKO, and the role of KM in major projects. This is an audio interview – the pictures on the video are a loop of screenshots of the major projects knowledge hub – so you
Read More Shared by Nick Milton October 11, 2018
Favorite Sometimes learning after an event should be instantaneous, as in the “Tailboard AARs” used by fire crews. The Tailboard AAR is a term used by the Fire Service to describe a short Knowledge-sharing session (an After Action Review) that should happen immediately after activity, around the Tailboard of a fire
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Favorite Knowledge in an organisation often comes in 3 levels of authority – Must, Should and Could Copyright Knoco 2018 I am often asked “Does knowledge management have to be top-down, command and control? Should the company be telling people what to do and how to do it? Why can’t
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Favorite Just a reminder that the British Standards institute is holding an open webinar today at 2pm UK time to launch the new ISO KM standard. I am co-hosting the webinar, together with Ron Young and Judy Payne, and Julie Lataweic and Paul Lambert from BSI. We will cover Introdocution
Read More Shared by Nick Milton October 8, 2018