Why roles are important in Knowledge Management

Favorite  Knowledge Management roles and accountabilities are one of the four legs on the KM table, but receive comparatively little attention. They seem to be a bit of a “blind spot”.  In our consulting work, we find that Knowledge Management roles often do not get the same level of attention

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Shared by Nick Milton February 12, 2021

Zooming in to knowledge

Favorite You know how quickly you can zoom into your house on Google Earth? Can you zoom into your organisational knowledge just as easily? You can browse to your house very quickly on Google Earth. First you find your country,  then your city,  then your suburb or village then your

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Shared by Nick Milton February 5, 2021

The power of stories in Knowledge Management

Favorite Here are 4 reasons why stories can be a very powerful way to share knowledge. I often use the US Wildland fire lessons center as a great example of knowledge sharing. Their portal contains lessons, advice, a blog, summaries of incidents, and links to videos hosted on their youtube

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Shared by Nick Milton January 29, 2021

Why incrementalism doesn’t work for KM change

Favorite Incrementalism will not work as a way to introduce Knowledge Management. KM is a mindshift – a giant leap – not a series of small steps. One giant leap by Vivobarefoot on Flickr Incrementalism is a method of working or changing by using many small incremental changes instead of

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Shared by Nick Milton January 22, 2021

The concept of the Knowledge Supermarket, and how to apply it

Favorite Your knowledge store should support people who browse as well as people who search. It should be like a shopper-friendly supermarket. Image from wikimedia commons Some shoppers know exactly what they want. They walk into the relevant store, ask an assistant where to find the item, and buy it.

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Shared by Nick Milton January 14, 2021

The importance of Conversation Management in KM

Favorite Why do we hear so much about Content Management in Knowledge Management, and so little about Conversation Management? Image from wikimedia commonsCC licenceAttribution Dean Calma, IAEA Happy New Year to all readers of this blog. I have been blogging about Knowledge Management topics on an almost daily basis since

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Shared by Nick Milton January 8, 2021

KM accountabilities for the knowledge domain owners and SMEs

Favorite  I blogged earlier this week about the KM accountabilities for project managers. Here is the counterpart – the KM accountability for the knowledge domain owners. There are two dimensions to KM within a project based organisation. These are KM within individual projects, and KM across and between the projects.

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Shared by Nick Milton December 18, 2020

KM accountabilities within projects and programmes.

Favorite  In a project based organisation, project managers bear much of the accountability for KM within the projects.  There are two dimensions to KM within a project based organisation. These are KM within individual projects, and KM across and between the projects. Any project based organisation needs to consider both

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Shared by Nick Milton December 15, 2020