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KM newsletter – the 6 types of KM Audit – which one is right for you?
Favorite For those of you not on our newsletter distribution list, here is a copy of the Knoco April 2017 newsletter which was sent out yesterday. April 2017 A users guide to Knowledge Management audits In This Issue The 6 types of audit Audit of the KM Framework Audit of the
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Shared by Nick Milton April 7, 2017
Invitation to take part in the Global 2017 KM survey
Favorite Take part in the 2017 global KM survey and we will give you a free copy of the 2014 results, as well as a copy of the 2017 results when they are available. The survey is a re-run, 3 years later, of a major survey we did in 2014 which
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How much knowledge can one person have?
Favorite What are the limits to one person’s knowledge? Other than being “one personbyte”? Books in a stack by Evan Bench on Flickr The April 1, 2017 edition of New Scientist magazine has the theme of Knowledge, and contains a set of Knowledge-related articles, one of which deals with the issue
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Knowledge, Justified True Belief, and David Brent’s dance
Favorite If Knowledge is Justified True Belief, then what does “Justification” entail? A recent New Scientist article, and a BBC charity video, give us some pointers. BBC Comic Relief charity video including Ricky Gervais’ character “David Brent” The April 1, 2017 edition of New Scientist magazine has the theme of
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Describing and measuring the KM culture
Favorite To manage something, you need to be able to measure it. But measuring culture is a very difficult task. Culture is a key issue in Knowledge Management, but culture itself is hard to define and hard to describe (my favourite definition of culture is “how we behave when nobody
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Formal KM v informal – Connect v Collect
Favorite People are often instinctively drawn towards one component of Knowledge Management. Here’s a way of looking at those components. Choices about the approach to KM are often made implicitly, emotionally, or through assumption, so it’s worth taking time out to analyse these approaches intellectually, before starting work on your
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Pride as a KM disincentive/incentive
Favorite Pride is an interesting motivator in Knowledge Management. In some cases it acts as a real dis-incentive, but if harnessed well it can be a powerful driver for KM behaviours. Proud Lion from Public Domain Pictures I was reflecting on this recently while running one of our powerful Bird Island
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The leaders who grew up with KM
Favorite Knowledge Management is now, in some industries, old enough that that leaders “grew up” with KM as a resource. What difference does this make? Average length of time different industries havebeen doing KM. Data from the 2014 Knoco KM survey. We are many of us familiar with organisations where
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The lesson-learning workflow at Continental Automotive
Favorite Here is a link to a description of lesson-learning at Continental Automotive, including a well-developed lessons workflow. It is a good example of Level 2 lesson learning as described yesterday. Image reproduced from here The Lesson-learning workflow operates as follows: A user creates a draft lesson and submits it to the
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