How KM is migrating from Big Companies to SMEs

Favorite So far, Knowledge Management has largely been a Big Company game, but this is changing. This is another conclusion from the Knoco Knowledge Management survey, and is neatly illustrated in the bar chart shown here. The survey was conducted in 2 waves – 204 and 2017, and received submissions

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Shared by Nick Milton July 1, 2019

Bigger communities of practice are more effective, data shows

Favorite The bigger a community of practice is, the more value it delivers. At least according to our KM surveys.  Knoco conducted two major surveys of knowledge management programs in 2014 and 2017, collecting in total more than 700 results. As part of the survey, participants were asked whether Communities

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Shared by Nick Milton June 28, 2019

Why receptivity is so important to innovation

Favorite Innovation happens only when inspiration hits the receptive mind. You can’t manage inspiration, but you can manage receptivity. Image by Ronda Del Boccio, on Flickr All knowledge creation activities are based around approaches to helping people to move outside their boxes, and open their minds; on helping them to

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Shared by Nick Milton June 25, 2019

How collecting knowledge supports connecting people

Favorite The two Knowledge Management strategies of Socialisation and Codification (sometimes called Connecting and Collecting) are often seen as polar opposites. They aren’t.  Image from wikimedia commons Connecting and collecting are often cited as alternative KM strategies – as if they were distinct and separate. They are more like Yin

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Shared by Nick Milton June 24, 2019