The importance of "rules of thumb" in Knowledge Management

Favorite Heuristics, or “rules of thumb” are how many decisions get made. Here’s how KM can support this. N44 rule of thumb by Timothy Valentine on Flickr In the seminal book “Working Knowledge”, Larry Prusak and Tom Davenport take a wise and insightful overview of the whole topic of Knowledge

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Shared by Nick Milton May 27, 2020

First preliminary results from the Knoco 2020 survey

Favorite The Knoco 2020 Survey of KM is about half way through its open period for accepting contributions. We have some early findings, and your own contribution is still very welcome. The Knoco 2020 survey of knowledge management is the third in a triennial series of surveys of the global

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Shared by Nick Milton April 21, 2020

20 incentives to "swing the KM balance"

Favorite People will engage with KM if the benefit to them outweighs the cost. Here are 20 ways to tip the scales in favour of Benefit.  Balance scale, by winnifredxoxo on Flickr At a purely individual level, people will decide how to spend their time and energy based on an

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Shared by Nick Milton March 27, 2020

The 3 main types of KM roles

Favorite There are three main types of KM roles in an organition; the business roles with a KM focus, the KM roles with a business focus, and the central roles  .  The business roles are focused on the business outcome which KM supports, while the KM roles focus on the

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Shared by Nick Milton March 26, 2020

What measurable benefits can you get from Knowledge Management?

Favorite What are the business metrics where Knowledge Management has delivered value? This is one of the questions we addressed in our recent survey of Knowledge Management, and the results are very interesting.  527 of our respondents (Knowledge Managers from a wide range of industries, company sizes and geographies) answered

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Shared by Nick Milton March 24, 2020