Category Archives: Personal Knowledge Management

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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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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LinkedIn – 6 handy resources

Posted on May 1, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

I’ve been updating my LinkedIn training resources for a new client. Nothing beats setting aside an hour or two just to wander around LinkedIn and look at the different groups, different profiles and company pages and see what people are … Continue reading →

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RCTs – serendipity + conversation – what’s not to like?

Posted on February 9, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

I’ve written before about RCTs.  They combine two things I feel often go missing in formalised KM systems – conversation and serendipity.  If you are interested in trying them out in your organisation, but are in need of a little … Continue reading →

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Knowledge Network West programme of events for 2015 released!

Posted on February 4, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

KNW has undergone a bit of a revamp this year and it looks fabulous to me! Our new programme is available here. With 4 knowledge sharing/training/networking events based on membership surveys of their needs and white papers/surveys/discussion groups, it is … Continue reading →

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Monday round-up – What I’ve been reading.

Posted on May 6, 2014 by knowledge4lawyers

I follow a writing group’s blog which draws together a weekly list of what people are reading.  I always find it interesting, so I thought I’d steal honour their idea by replicating it. I’m not sure if there’ll always be … Continue reading →

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Friday fun: AAL for families

Posted on January 17, 2014 by knowledge4lawyers

I’ve been thinking about After Action Learning (AAL) for a while and will be looking into it more deeply for a Managing Partner article next month, but in the meantime, this caught my eye on Pinterest. Meg Freeman blogged recently … Continue reading →

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How are your New Year resolutions going?

Posted on January 17, 2013 by knowledge4lawyers

It’s been a couple of weeks now since 2013 began.  Are you still keeping your resolutions?  If not, why do you think they have fallen by the wayside?  I’m not going to jinx my resolutions by discussing them here, but … Continue reading →

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Personal After Action Learning …

Posted on November 29, 2012 by knowledge4lawyers

After Action Learning (AAL) is a great way of learning, but many law firms struggle to implement these systems, which often degenerate into a form-filling/box-ticking exercise, with little reflection or learning and even less high level analysis and dissemination. There … Continue reading →

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Social media for PSLs

Posted on September 29, 2012 by knowledge4lawyers

I spoke at last Thursday’s Butterworths conference on Knowledge Management on the topic of using social media within knowledge teams in law firms, particularly to enable them to share knowledge on knowledge management and how to do their jobs better. … Continue reading →

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