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About knowledge4lawyers

I am a lawyer and a Knowledge Management expert. Through The Knowledge Business I help law firms improve their efficiency and profitability through knowledge services - consultancy, training and implementation help.

Knowledge must circulate …

Read more about my research into knowledge sharing antecedents here and learn how to your law firm could improve the amount of knowledge sharing which occurs. Join a training event in London, Bristol or Birmingham or contact me about an … Continue reading

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Free learning in Bristol

It’s national learning at work week next week. Are you doing anything special? Bristol’s got some free events as part of its Learning City programme, which are worth a look. Bristol’s learning at work week free sessions Although most of the … Continue reading

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What are your problems?

I’m sitting here drinking tea and wondering what to write next. What blog posts would be useful for you? What e-books and downloads should I create next? Can you help me? I’ve created a little 4 question survey. Would you take 2 … Continue reading

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KM Strategy

Before the Easter break, we had our Birmingham Knowledge Network session on KM Strategy with Duncan Ogilvy of 3Kites. Duncan is a well known and popular speaker at KN-UK, having done various fantastic sessions for us in the past in … Continue reading

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In teaching others …

Learn more about KM on open courses in London, Bristol and Birmingham or contact me about an in-house bespoke session. Sign up for the busy person’s monthly summary, or follow  the blog at the top right.

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Your Knowledge Vision

I was helping a law firm with their KM strategy recently and one thing they found thought-provoking was having a “Knowledge Vision”.   What is it? A “Knowledge Vision” captures the essence of your knowledge strategy and is aspirational in … Continue reading

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Knowledge and information

Snippet tip Information = blah blah Knowledge = bleh bleh Why bother? Because the *effective* tools and techniques for the creation, storage, access and sharing of information and knowledge are different. Don’t waste your money trying to manage knowledge in the … Continue reading

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Becoming a go-to expert

I am taking an online business course at the moment, run by the authors of “The go-to expert”, Heather Townsend and Jon Baker. It’s only just started (although I knew of the book a while ago) so I can’t really … Continue reading

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Process Management for law firms

Last Tuesday we at KN-UK met to hear from Duncan Ogilvy of 3Kites and talk about process and project management in law firms. Having been a Head of Knowledge, Managing Partner, teacher on the Nottingham MBA and now Consultant at … Continue reading

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To whom do you owe your knowledge?

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