It’s nearly Halloween and I’ve been musing on might keep your fee earners/users up in the night. KM is all about helping people and, as a bonus, those you help often turn into great KM Champions.
So what worries adults about their work? Often people fear making mistakes.
How can KM help them?
I think there are three main ways KM can help…
Three ways to help people with their fear of mistakes
- We can help them with the kind of dumb but critical mistakes that everyone is afraid of, by developing checklists with them.
- We can help them appreciate their mistakes as learning opportunities.
- We can make sure they have access to great, up-to-date knowledge and networks they can tap into for answers to tricky questions.
Checklists
If you want to learn more about the value of checklists and how to create them, read “The Checklist Manifesto” by Dr Gawande, published in 2009.
Mistakes for learning
I’ve written a number of times about how we must value our mistakes. You can read those posts here:
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