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Favorite Here is another couple of ways to characterise the KM paradigm shift. Image from wikimedia commons When I looked at this topic in 2009, I saw the KM paradigm shift as a shift from seeing knowledge as personal and individual property, to seeing it as collective. I presented the
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Shared by Nick Milton August 9, 2018
Favorite Can organisations learn, or can only people learn? Some thoughts on the subject. from creative commons images We often hear about “organisational learning” but is learning something that organisations actually can do? Or is learning the province of people and animals? (Let’s put machine learning aside for the moment
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Favorite Very few CEOs have written about KM, and even fewer have spoken about in on video. Here is one example, which helps us to understand the CEOs view of the topic. This video of Bob Buckman, CEO of Buckman Labs, was recorded in Greenwich University in 2006, and in
Read More Shared by Nick Milton August 7, 2018
Favorite The link below is to an excellent and high-quality multimedia description of the Knowledge Management Awards 2007 at ConocPhillips, introduced by the Executive Vice President of Exploration and Production, John Lowe It provides a glimpse into how a mature KM program maintains visibility, and recognises the good KM performers.
Read More Shared by Nick Milton August 6, 2018
Favorite The Knowledge Retention process consists of 6 generic steps. Missing pieces, by OnePoint services, on Flickr In many organisations crucial knowledge is held in the heads of a few ageing experts, and when they retire, that knowledge is lost. In some Western organisations, with large baby-boomer populations, up to
Read More Shared by Nick Milton August 3, 2018
Favorite This post is an elaboration of a Linked-In comment, and is based on a diagram from a paper I co-authored called Implementing a Framework for Knowledge Management There are four key enablers for Knowledge Management – the 4 legs on the KM table. Roles and Accountabilities Processes Technology Governance The
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Favorite Why search for what’s new? Why not search for what we know works? Image from wikimedia commons Rolf Dobelli in his book “The Art of Thinking Clearly“, and Nassim Nicolas Taleb in “Antifragile“, refer to the term Neomania. Taleb defines Neomania as follows “The “love of the modern for
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Favorite This video from the University of Bath, UK, shows Joseph Borders describing a varation of the Critical Decision Method. This is a method used to elicit knowledge from an expert, in the context of an unusual even they were involved in, through an analysis of their decision making process.
Read More Shared by Nick Milton July 31, 2018
Favorite Here is another post from the archives – an uplifting story of the recognition of the Value of Knowledge from the Great Man himself – Nelson Mandela Image from wikimedia commons The text below is taken from the excellent book “playing the enemy”, by John Carlin – a book
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Favorite KM and Training are different but complementary. Here’s how. Knowledge management and Training both are concerned with learning, but both are different. Training is focused on learning at an individual level, and KM is focused on learning at team, project, community or organisational scale. Training is learning in preparation
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