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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.

Tiny bit of help…

Posted on March 17, 2020 by knowledge4lawyers

… to keep you connected in difficult times. Strange to think that in my last newsletter in February I was sharing ideas for helping the elderly tackle loneliness by connecting more and how we could learn from this to improve … Continue reading →

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Working from home in difficult times

Posted on March 16, 2020 by knowledge4lawyers

In these difficult times, a lot of people who don’t usually work from home will be having to give it a go or manage teams trying it out for the first time. My colleague in the Law Consultancy Network, Katherine … Continue reading →

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It’s what you learn ….

Posted on February 10, 2020 by knowledge4lawyers
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Life after life

Posted on February 6, 2020 by knowledge4lawyers

My bookclub (my fiction club, not my knowledge & learning club) is reading “Life After Life” by Kate Atkinson. If you don’t mind some spoilers, there is a great discussion on the BBC World Book Club here. And last night … Continue reading →

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Happy to chat benches

Posted on February 4, 2020 by knowledge4lawyers

I’m always encouraging firms to build some serendipity into their networks. It helps to widen knowledge sharing, build trust and improve cross-selling – happier, more knowledgeable workforce, better sales – what’s not to like? I saw this article last year … Continue reading →

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We can re-build it …

Posted on January 22, 2020 by knowledge4lawyers

If you are a person of a certain age, you’ll remember the 6 million dollar man. Goodness I loved that programme when I was a kid. I found myself saying “We must rebuild it” the other day (meaning the whole … Continue reading →

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Another year gone?!

Posted on January 15, 2020 by knowledge4lawyers

With a *snap* another year is gone! I just can’t believe how quickly it all goes. We had our last book club discussion for the 2019 group today. I know it’s no longer 2019, but we decided finishing a book … Continue reading →

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KNUK is open for 2020! And now global!!!

Posted on December 10, 2019 by knowledge4lawyers

(I think that deserved a few “!!”) I’ve been running some learning, knowledge sharing and networking groups for KMers in UK now for about 5 years. It was important to me to offer these as in-person experiences, with quality training … Continue reading →

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What does knowledge sharing look like?

Posted on November 14, 2019 by knowledge4lawyers

If I asked you to draw “knowledge sharing”, “knowledge management” or “knowledge mobilisation”, what would you draw? I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. It’s so easy to say what knowledge and knowledge sharing isn’t, and which logos look … Continue reading →

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RCT 101 (huh?)

Posted on November 12, 2019 by knowledge4lawyers

I’ve written before about RCTs, but a couple of people have asked about them recently, so time for a recap! RCT – What does it stand for? “RCT” stands for “Random Coffee Trial”. It’s a play on words and relates … Continue reading →

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