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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.

Continuing competence (Part 2)

Posted on February 22, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

In the last post I looked at where you should start with the new continuing competence regime in UK law firms: what the regime is and how you can investigate what your current knowledge needs are. This time, I look … Continue reading →

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Love Learning

Posted on February 16, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

If you love learning (of any sort) and live in the West Country of UK, have a look at this website about Bristol’s Learning City and see if there is a way for you or your organisation to get involved. … Continue reading →

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3 steps to more knowledge sharing in your law firm?

Posted on February 4, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

A PSL friend of mine says she most enjoys the practical posts that I write, so here is a practical 3-step guide to improving the knowledge sharing in your firm (without breaking the bank). ___ Does this sound familiar? You … Continue reading →

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Birmingham Knowledge Network dates released!

Posted on January 29, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

I’m delighted to announce our finalised programme of events for Birmingham: 17th March, Graham Mitchell, Organisational Psychologist talks about change management and change readiness in law firms and gives top tips for embedding your new KM projects 10th May, Duncan … Continue reading →

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Knowledge Network UK – Bristol event dates released!

Posted on January 19, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

It’s our year of understanding and influencing at Knowledge Network UK and I’m delighted to announce our (very nearly!) finalised programme of Bristol events: 14th March, Dr Hugo Gaggiotti, Course Director of MBA at UWE talks about understanding issues in … Continue reading →

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Continuing competence? Getting started… (1)

Posted on January 13, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

It’s crept up on us, but law firms must now move away from the traditional strict CPD structure based on time spent and towards a new era of needs-based learning. The old system won’t officially cease until November 2016, but … Continue reading →

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Foundation course in Legal KM

Posted on January 8, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

I’m running my popular (“7/7” “practical and useful”) foundation course in legal sector KM again on 28th January 2016 in London. Do you know any… new-ish PSLs, Information professionals looking to add skills, Partners with responsibility for Knowledge issues, Leaders … Continue reading →

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2015 in review

Posted on January 5, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,700 times in 2015. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading →

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Fail – first attempt in learning

Posted on December 7, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

So I didn’t finish my KM Strategies book during NaNoWriMo *sigh*. Just too many other balls in the air. Still, thanks to my failed attempt, I already have half a book, which just needs finishing. That sounds much easier than … Continue reading →

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Mentoring for knowledge retention and transfer

Posted on November 20, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

You want to improve knowledge retention and transfer within your law firm. You may have a strong supervision programme for junior members of staff, but do you need to do more? Would a mentoring programme help? Firstly, do you really … Continue reading →

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