Category Archives: KM

Help! I’ve been put in charge of “Knowledge”!

If you’ve just been put in charge of Knowledge at your law firm and you are wondering where on earth to begin, take a deep breath and start here…     What is “Knowledge” and “Knowledge Management”? Before you understand how … Continue reading

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Mistakes happen …

I’ve just read an excellent post by Gordon Exall on his Civil Litigation Brief blog. You can read it here. You should read it – but in a minute, after you’ve finished mine 🙂 It talks about what can happen “when it … Continue reading

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Learning in 2017

What are your new year resolutions? I try not to have the traditional “Get more exercise” type of resolution because they usually bring me down at a time of year when it is gloomy enough (in UK anyway). Last year … Continue reading

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Learning KM in 2017

If you plan to improve your learning and networking in 2017, I’ve got the following events coming up which will interest you:   January 25th – KM: The Works – London A day-long foundation course in professional services sector KM. … Continue reading

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Boo! Scary!

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 … Continue reading

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Passion-based KM

My son has just started secondary school and I was at his school last night to learn about their “skills” lessons. It sounds fantastic. More than one parent asked if they could come along. In addition to learning how to … Continue reading

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You can’t manage knowledge!

Knowledge is different to information and data. It is contained in people’s brains. Accessing it can often be difficult and rather idiosyncratic. How can we manage what is in people’s brains? Surely there is no such thing as “Knowledge Management”? … Continue reading

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Improving KM maturity levels

Do you know where your organisation sits in relation to others and their level of KM maturity? The amount of time you have been “doing” KM doesn’t always correlate to a higher maturity, so how can you improve your organisation’s … Continue reading

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5 most popular posts ever. They may surprise you.

I started this blog back in 2010 and thought it’d be interesting to see which of my blog posts are the most read *ever*. Process design and mapping 101 Do something  … do anything Continuous competence (Part 1) Knowledge maps … Continue reading

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KM Foundations

I’m running the next of my popular day-long training courses in law firm KM next month KM: The Works – Thurs 15th Sept 10am-4pm in London Previous attendees say “7/7” “practical and useful” “well paced” All the info is here … Continue reading

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