The 10 principles behind successful KM strategies

Favorite I blogged last week about the 5 basic principles behind successful Knowledge Management. Let’s take that one step further, into the principles behind a KM Strategy. Strategy by Kathryn Decker on Flickr When Stephanie Barnes and I wrote our book “Designing a successful KM Strategy” we included a chapter

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Shared by Nick Milton June 25, 2020

3 ways to estimate the value of lessons learned

Favorite Many organisations attempt to assign value to lessons in a lessons management system, and there are three ways you can do this.  A screen sub-panel from the lessons management hubshowing value assigned to lessons Assigning value to lesson-learning has three main advantages; It reassures the people using the system

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Shared by Nick Milton June 24, 2020

Which are the most commonly-used elements of KM governance?

Favorite As part of our three global surveys of Knowledge Management professionals in 2014, 2017 and 2020, we asked the participants to select from a list the Knowledge Management governance elements that had in place in their organisation.  The results are shown here.   Most of the survey respondents reported at least one

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Shared by Nick Milton June 23, 2020

5 universal principles for Knowledge Management

Favorite There is no universal solution for Knowledge Management in an Organisation, but there is a set of universal principles. A Management Framework for KM is bespoke – not off-the-peg. Each organisation must find its own solution , and must design its own Framework. There is no template, no universal

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Shared by Nick Milton June 19, 2020

5 universal principles for Knowledge Management

Favorite There is no universal solution for Knowledge Management in an Organisation, but there is a set of universal principles. A Management Framework for KM is bespoke – not off-the-peg. Each organisation must find its own solution , and must design its own Framework. There is no template, no universal

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Shared by Nick Milton June 19, 2020

KM implementation case study – Texas instruments

Favorite This is a Knowledge Management story from the early days – about 20 years ago – but is interesting because although it was an old-style approach, it worked and delivered huge value. Texas instruments calculator, image from wikimedia commons In 1994, the CEO of Texas Instruments, Jerry Junkins, gave

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Shared by Nick Milton June 18, 2020

KM implementation case history – the BBC

Favorite Here are 9 lessons from a KM implementation at the BBC. Image from wikimedia commons A great case history of Knowledge Management Implementation at the British Broadcasting Corporation can be found in Tom Young’s book “Knowledge Management for Services, Operations and Manufacturing“.  The case history is written by Claire

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Shared by Nick Milton June 17, 2020

An influencing strategy for introducing KM

Favorite Introducing Knowledge Management into an organisation is largely a process of influencing, advocating and selling. Here is some guidance on which influencing tools to use as your program progresses.  I wrote a blog post just before lockdown, listing 9 influencing tactics you can use when introducing Knowledge Management.   The

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Shared by Nick Milton June 16, 2020

What is a Knowledge Asset?

Favorite I have been having some interesting discussions recently about Knowledge Assets. What are they, and what do they look like? Image from Geograph.com “Knowledge Asset” is a loosely defined term, which means many things to many people.  One viewpoint is that a Knowledge Asset is an area of valuable

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Shared by Nick Milton June 15, 2020