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Favorite New development in PHP 7 simplifies higher-order logical comparisons — called “PHP Spaceship”, here’s how to use it https://halfelf.org/2017/php-spaceship/ (RSS generated with FetchRss)
10 things best-in-class KM companies have in common
Favorite There are many things that the world leaders in KM have in common. Here are 10 of them. Free image from Max Pixel A focus on know-how, and providing know-how to the decision makers at all levels. The leaders in KM know that the end goal of KM is
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Shared by Nick Milton November 3, 2017
What does a Director of Knowledge Management for a legal firm do?
Favorite This month there were two “Director of KM” jobs advertised on linked-in. Let’s see what this job entails. Word cloud from the responsibilities list “Knowledge Management” is a poorly defined term, and Knowledge Management jobs can range from low level data-entry clerks to high level strategic posts, and anything
Read More Shared by Nick Milton November 2, 2017
10 steps of lesson learning – from review to embedded change
Favorite A lesson, or a piece of knowledge, goes through ten generic steps in its life cycle. Free image from Max Pixel That’s partly why lesson learning is not easy – the lifecycle of a lesson contains several steps if the lesson is to lead to embedded change. These ten
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What’s the "white space" occupied by KM?
Favorite One of the issues involved in developing the ISO standard for Knowledge Management has been the definition of the “White Space” KM occupies. After all, if Knowledge management is to add any value as a discipline, it must cover areas not already covered by other disciplines. This was the
Read More Shared by Nick Milton October 31, 2017
8 arguments for having a KM Policy
Favorite What’s the point of having a KM Policy? Here are 8 arguments in favour. There comes a time when a KM strategy has done its job, and that’s when you need a KM policy. Your Knowledge Management strategy is a strategy for change – a strategy for introducing the
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Is your knowledge base more like a sock drawer or a supermarket?
Favorite There are three models for a knowledge base – which one is most like yours? Your online Knowledge base is where you store your documented knowledge, It is a repository – but more than that, it is a knowledge resource for others. Someone looking for documented knowledge comes to the knowledge
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4 KM implementation lessons from Hoffman-LaRoche
Favorite Here are some useful lessons on KM implementation. Taken from this article, here’s some lessons on KM implementation from the Hoffman-LaRoche experience. I quote “First, managers hoping to make a difference through better knowledge management should start by focusing on the right problem. Patricia Seemann chose a spot that
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The link between lesson learning maturity and effectiveness.
Favorite What is the best type of storage system for lessons learned? Our survey data compares the options. We conducted a big survey of Knowledge Management this year, following on from a previous survey in 2014. Both surveys contained an optional section on lesson learning, and across both surveys we
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