KM implementation – knowing when to stop

Favorite Knowing when to stop KM implementation – to “declare victory” and stand down the implementation team – is as big a decision as starting KM in the first place.  Image from wikimedia commons I am a proponent of viewing KM implementation as a project, and projects have start dates

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Shared by Nick Milton November 10, 2020

8 demand-side principles for Knowledge Management

Favorite In 2008 David Snowden published a landmark article on 7 KM principle, mainly focusing on the supply side of knowledge management. The post below, upcycled from 2012, aims to present similar principles from the demand side.  Principles by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images David’s 2008 post is currently (Nov

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Shared by Nick Milton November 9, 2020

Quantified KM value story number 142; 7-figure increase in sales revenue from simple knowledge sharing meetings

Favorite  HBR have published a case study showing the impact of simple structured knowledge sharing meetings.  Although the article is entitled “how virtual teams can better share knowledge”, the study was held using face to face knowledge transfer meetings, pre-Covid. The study attempted to test whether incentives or structure were

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Shared by Nick Milton November 5, 2020

The organisation after the KM makeover

Favorite What does an organisation look like, when it is fully engaged with Knowledge Management? What will the After shot of the KM make-over look like? House Makeover, from wikimedia commons Introducing KM is an organisational makeover. The “After” shot will not resemble the “Before” shot. If KM is to

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Shared by Nick Milton November 4, 2020

When "easier to share" means "harder to learn"

Favorite Easier to share can mean harder to learn Image from wikimedia commons A common mistake companies often make when it comes to setting up knowledge sharing systems is to make it as easy as possible for people to share. I know that doesn’t sound like a mistake, but let

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Shared by Nick Milton November 2, 2020

You never stop learning, but you should start teaching

Favorite In a learning organisation we are all learners, but over time each individual moves towards being a teacher as well When an employee is very new to an organisation or to a topic, they are usually quite quiet in KM activities; in lesson capture meetings for example, or on

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Shared by Nick Milton October 29, 2020

KM – simple but not easy

Favorite My assertion is that Knowledge Management is actually really quite simple, but simple does not equate to easy. For all the tools and all the strategies and all the nuances and all the things that we to do complicate knowledge management, at it’s heart it is a very simple

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Shared by Nick Milton October 28, 2020

Exciting new KM vacancy in the Netherlands

Favorite A vacancy has just been announced for a Knowledge Management Engineer in the central KM team at the European Space Agency, based in the Amsterdam/Leiden area More details here https://www.space-careers.com/jobsearch/view_32964.html This is a permanent post, and would be a really interesting job for the right person! View Original Source

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Shared by Nick Milton October 27, 2020

4 roles for the KM team

Favorite I presented this Boston Square last week to talk about 4 styles of knowledge transfer. Here’s how the KM team can help with each.  The Boston Square looks at four modes of knowledge transfer within KM, differentiated by Push and Pull, and Documented/Undocumented knowledge.  Any balanced KM program will

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Shared by Nick Milton October 26, 2020