British Newscaster speaking style now available in Amazon Polly

Favorite Amazon Polly turns text into lifelike speech, allowing you to create applications that talk and build entirely new categories of speech-enabled products. We’re thrilled to announce the launch of a brand-new, British Newscaster speaking style voice: Amy. The speaking style mimics a formal and authoritative British newsreader. This Newscaster

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Shared by AWS Machine Learning November 11, 2020

How escalating lessons can help burst knowledge bubbles

Favorite Any lesson learning system requires a method for escalating lessons. However escalated lessons may need to break through “knowledge bubbles”. How do we reconcile these two issues? Rainbow bubble by Lena on Flickr As we have often argued on this blog, the purpose of lesson learning is to drive

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Shared by Nick Milton November 11, 2020

KM implementation – knowing when to stop

Favorite 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

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Shared by Nick Milton November 10, 2020

8 demand-side principles for Knowledge Management

Favorite In 2008 David Snowden published a landmark article on 7 KM principle, mainly focusing on the supply side of knowledge management. The post below, upcycled from 2012, aims to present similar principles from the demand side.  Principles by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images David’s 2008 post is currently (Nov

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Shared by Nick Milton November 9, 2020