Incrementalism will not work as a way to introduce Knowledge Management. KM is a mindshift – a giant leap – not a series of small steps. One giant leap by Vivobarefoot on Flickr Incrementalism is a method of working or changing by using many small incremental changes instead of one
As my last blog post this year, please find below a presentation I gave last month to CIEDO in Barcelona. Many thanks to CIEDO for inviting me to the conference, which was extremely interesting. I was honoured to be invited. In the video I am talking on the topic of
The risk of loss of the status quo can be a powerful disincentive for change, and can be a powerful factor working against knowledge management implementation. There is a very apt quote from Machiavelli (The Prince, 1532), which applies to Knowledge Management as it does to any change initiative: “There
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 and
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 concept.
Implementing Knowledge Management involves identifying opportunities where KM can help the business. But how do you spot these opportunities? My Name is Opportunity, by One Way Stock, on Flickr Implementing KM is not just a case of top-down roll-out of a Knowledge Management framework, but should involve looking for opportunities
Knowledge Management plans exist at many scales. Here are 4 of them. KM planning session Implementing KM is a project, and a prject needs a plan. However KM can be implemented at many scales, and many variants of KM plan may be needed. In this post we describe 4 of
There is a concept in lean manufacturing known as the “minimum viable product”. This is a very valuable concept to bear in mind when introducing Knowledge Management to an organisation Image from blog.fastmonkeys.com The concept of the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is generally taken as being the simplest and easiest
We currently know very well the power of a virus, and the way that it infects and spreads. But is this “viral introduction” a good model for introducing KM? Image by Kat Masback on Flickr The world is in thrall to a virus at the moment. We are acutely aware
A knowledge management strategy is not set in stone. It is not a fixed, immutable 5-year roadmap – it needs to change as the business landscape change. But who should steer these changes? Who is in the driving seat? Image by Ivan Radic on Flickr Does the KM team drive