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4 ways in which communities of practice can be embedded

Favorite Here is a really interesting article about the ways in which Communities of Practice can be embedded in an organisation The article is  about the management of Networks of Practice  in the development sector, and how to draw the balance between managing them too much, or too little. The authors (Marlous

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Shared by Nick Milton December 14, 2017

What’s the reporting line for KM in the organisation?

Favorite When you are setting up a KM function, where should it report?  Here are some statistics about the most common reporting set-ups. The statistics are drawn from all respondents to our 2014 and 2017 global KM surveys. Any any multiple responses from the same company have been removed from

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Shared by Nick Milton December 13, 2017

An unmoderated community is its own worst enemy

Favorite Here is a very interesting talk, by Clay Shirky, the writer on Internet Technologies and Society In the talk, he points out that over the history of online collaborative groups using social software, there is a predictable pattern which emerges time after time in open unmoderated groups, namely that

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Shared by Nick Milton December 12, 2017

Head of KM – example job description

Favorite Another example role description for you, this time for the Global head of KM for Herbert Smith freehills, the massive multinational law firm (found on LinkedIn). It’s a really nice job description, with a good focus on the overall objective of the role (bullet point 1) and on change

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Shared by Nick Milton December 11, 2017

50 shades of knowledge management reprieved

Favorite To mark the return of this blog after a short hiatus, here is another popular post from the past, first published 5 years ago.   The knowledge management world is large and complex, with many different understandings of what the term means, and what it encompasses. Here is a

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Shared by Nick Milton December 8, 2017

The ISO KM draft standard is now available

Favorite After a couple of years of development, the ISO KM standard (ISO 30401) is now open for discussion of the first committee draft. You can buy a copy of the draft standard from the ISO site for 58 swiss francs, or your own national standards body may allow you to

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Shared by Nick Milton November 30, 2017

KM job vacancy in Stockholm

Favorite Knowledge Management Manager, Stockolm, Sweden Here’s a great opportunity at Electrolux in Stockholm for someone who is familiar with knowledge management in the customer service context https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6334402671272873985 View Original Source (nickmilton.com) Here.

Apologies for blog silence

Favorite This blog is temporarily suspended for personal reasons. I hope to resume normal service before too long. View Original Source (nickmilton.com) Here.