Favorite This story describes how AFCONS Infrastructure saved 100 days in a big construction project Chenab bridge, an AFCONS projectImage from wikimedia commonsBy bhisham pratap padha from Jammu, India – IMG_7770b, CC BY-SA 2.0, AFCONS Infrastructure is an infrastructure company, we work on large public infrastructure projects like ports, metros,
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
Favorite In the embedded video below you can find 10 case studes which illustrate the value delivered by health librarians, who are a main component in the KM systems used in the UK National Health Service. The video is entitled “Health Librarians and Knowledge Specialists Impact Case Study Vignettes” and
Favorite Knowledge management delivers maximum value when applied to high value knowledge, to support high value decisions, and in areas where that knowledge is otherwise at risk of being lost. A typical high value area where major decisions will be made is Mergers and Acquisitions. Image from wikimedia commons,Merger of
Favorite 2 years ago I posted an article where I suggested that a KM strategy based on “finding better knowledge” was more valuable than a strategy based on “better ability to find knowledge”. Now we have a figure for how much more valuable. In the 2018 post I suggested that
Favorite If you want someone to buy something, they need to be convinced that it is worth the investment. If your product is a good one, then you can convince people by letting them try before they buy. That’s why Apple allows you to play with all its products in
Favorite Mentoring is a valuable component of KM when it comes to onboarding new staff. A recent article tells us just how valuable it is. Image from wikimedia commons The article is entitled “The secrets of leveling up junior employees“, is written by Miriam Kharbat, and it deals with the
Favorite Yesterday I started a set of blog posts likening KM implementation to a business start-up. Here is number 2 in the series. Picture by Tumisu (pixabay.com) on Needpix In many ways, the initial implementation of Knowledge Management within an organisation is like the launch of a new product into
Favorite Knowledge has to lead to action in order to add value. call to action by Sean MacEntee on Flickr As the blogger Bill Wilson says (in the context of root cause analysis) “Learning without action is mere mental trickery, while action without learning is simply useless physical exercise”. If knowledge management is
Favorite In organisational safety management, they identify a “near miss” as evidence that safety practices need to be improved. We can do the same in knowledge management. Image from safety.af.mil I have often used Safety Management as a useful analogue for KM, and here’s another good crossover idea. In safety
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