Monthly Archives: March 2016

Heads of Knowledge Q&A (1) – Henrik Fagerholt

Posted on March 28, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

I’ve been interested in the people behind the Head of Knowledge role in law firms for a while now. It is often a role with a wide remit, encompassing difficult issues of organisational psychology with information technology. What kind of … Continue reading →

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Knowledge is like …

Posted on March 21, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers
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Writing in plain English (Part 4 of 4)

Posted on March 17, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

  Yesterday Sarah gave us a really useful acronym – write – to improve the process of our writing. Today, in our last discussion, I asked her to drill down some more on how to write clearly and what to … Continue reading →

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Writing in plain English (Part 3)

Posted on March 16, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

In this series of posts I’ve asked Sarah Fox, 500 word lawyer, all about her thoughts on how lawyers and others can write more clearly, whether that is for legal documents, emails to clients or marketing materials. Previously I’ve asked … Continue reading →

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Writing in plain English (Part 2)

Posted on March 15, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

Yesterday I asked Sarah Fox, the 500 word lawyer and advocate for plain English in legal writing, about whether there truly was a problem with clarity in the legal profession. Today I ask Sarah about the benefits of writing clearly. … Continue reading →

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International Projects and Management

Posted on March 14, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

Sometimes we get the opportunity in Knowledge Network UK to hear from a speaker who is from a different background to our professional services and knowledge management background, and it is always interesting and thought-provoking. Today we heard from Dr … Continue reading →

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Writing in plain English – a question a day

Posted on March 14, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

I am really excited to have Sarah Fox, the 500 word lawyer, speaking at my first Manchester KN-UK event next Tuesday (22nd March) and again in Birmingham on Tuesday 14th June. Knowing Sarah, it’s going to be a very interesting, … Continue reading →

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Is your knowledge deep enough?

Posted on March 8, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

    “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t know it well enough.” Einstein.   Often I think I understand something something new, but when I try to explain what I’ve just learned, it slips from my grasp. I … Continue reading →

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1 week to go – Dr Gaggiotti’s talk on International Management

Posted on March 7, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

I’m getting quite excited about our first Bristol KN-UK session next Monday (14th March). Dr Hugo Gaggiotti from UWE is coming to talk about his specialist field of research – international management – and to give us some top tips … Continue reading →

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It’s world book day!

Posted on March 4, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

It was World Book Day yesterday and book week at my kids’ school. Today is their dressing-up day so I’ve sent them to school, one dressed as Geraint Thomas (autobiographies count I’m sure) and the other in pyjamas as a … Continue reading →

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