Category Archives: Personal Knowledge Management

To whom do you owe your knowledge?

Posted on April 3, 2017 by knowledge4lawyers

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Goals and priorities

Posted on March 9, 2017 by knowledge4lawyers

How often do you have a strategy for the year and a plan for the day, but end up helping everyone else reach their goals and fulfil their strategies, rather than achieve your own? It’s a really common problem with … Continue reading →

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Learning KM in 2017

Posted on January 10, 2017 by knowledge4lawyers

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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Trust yourself …

Posted on June 6, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers
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3 common mistakes that waste your time

Posted on May 9, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

Most PSLs and KMers that I meet struggle with the demands of their teams and their role. This made me wonder – what are the 3 most common time-wasting mistakes that I made when a PSL?   Failing to be … Continue reading →

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KM competencies

Posted on April 20, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

I came across this article on Monday about a model of KM competencies, which was developed as part of someone’s PhD. It’s quite a nice summary of what corporate KMers can do (which can sometimes be hard to explain) and … Continue reading →

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It’s world book day!

Posted on March 4, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

It was World Book Day yesterday and book week at my kids’ school. Today is their dressing-up day so I’ve sent them to school, one dressed as Geraint Thomas (autobiographies count I’m sure) and the other in pyjamas as a … Continue reading →

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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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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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