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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.

Want to spend a year living knowledgeably?

Posted on November 10, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

The proof of the proof is checked and is ready to be turned into a book – “A Year of Living Knowledgeably: 12 KM Projects for Law Firms” is off to the printers! When I wrote “KM Handbook” for the … Continue reading →

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Knowledge Network UK – join the gang

Posted on October 20, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

“Conversation is a meeting of minds with different memories and habits. “When minds meet, they don’t just exchange facts: they transform them, reshape them, draw different implications from them, and engage in new trains of thought. “Conversation doesn’t just reshuffle … Continue reading →

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Even my 7 year old knows how to “game” the system

Posted on October 19, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

My daughter, who is 7, is encouraged by her school to read *a lot*. She has a yellow reading record book where she records all the occasions that she reads, at school and at home, and each Friday her teacher … Continue reading →

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KNW – a survey about the future

Posted on October 8, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

I run KNW, a knowledge-sharing and networking group for KMers in Bristol UK. I wonder if you’d take a minute to complete a survey about how to improve the group for the future? This is the survey for people who … Continue reading →

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Take social media away from marketing…

Posted on October 7, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

I’ve just read this interesting article about how social media is simply not giving a good enough return as a marketing tool. Brands are dull and social is the wrong place for advertising/push messages. He’s right – social media is … Continue reading →

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Change Management training in Bristol

Posted on September 20, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

We are delighted to have Graham Mitchell, of t2i, coming along to our next Bristol KNW training lunch on 30th Sept to help us all understand how we can improve our KM and law firm projects and ensure they embed … Continue reading →

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A podcast …

Posted on August 5, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

You can hear my podcast with LawyerFair here, where I discuss: KM for mid-sized law firms, the importance of conversation as part of your KM strategy, AI and the results of my KM survey, and my new textbook, due to … Continue reading →

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Bite-sized learning for the summer

Posted on July 9, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

With a lot of people starting to leave on holiday now, demands on time can slacken off a tad, so the Summer is a great time to catch up on all the reading, watching and learning that we wish we … Continue reading →

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A (social media) blast from the past

Posted on July 1, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

I wrote two articles for Solicitors Journal about twitter for lawyers 6 years ago (you can read Part 2 here (£) – sadly I can’t find Part 1 any more!). I remember there was only one comment underneath, which, in … Continue reading →

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Knowledge maps – a practical project for PSLs

Posted on June 4, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

  Knowledge mapping = a visual architecture of knowledge which enables and faciliates knowledge users to more easily and quickly access relevant knowledge and knowledge owners (Gomez et al 2000).   It sounds great to me – a visual, intuitive … Continue reading →

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