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Category Archives: skills
Learning from the past
Should all knowledge workers and leaders learn poker? I recently listened to “Future You”, part of this series about thinking by Prof Steven Pinker, expecting something useful for my New Year’s resolutions. In fact, it was primarily about future discounting … Continue reading
Posted in influencing, Training and learning
Tagged decision making, description experience gap, knowledge sharing, Kournikova, learning, Pinker, podcast, poker, risk
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Motivations
Often those of us who work in Knowledge and Learning have to ask people to go beyond their core role: we ask lawyers to supervise junior members of staff; we ask them to write articles about complex areas of law … Continue reading
Fearlessness
Where innovation can make the difference between success and failure, it is not enough to hire smart, motivated people. Knowledgeable, skilled and well-meaning people cannot always contribute what they know at that critical moment on the job when it is … Continue reading
Practice what you preach
“Practice what you preach”. I’m sure we all know this saying. It’s an important one for getting people onside and building trust. If you can’t practice something yourself, you shouldn’t be preaching it to others. But what about preaching what … Continue reading
Posted in influencing, leadership
Tagged best practice, KNUK, marketing, Rachael Wheatley, value, visibility
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Layer cakes and legal content writing
A guest article from Sue Bramall of Berners Marketing. A sponge cake is a cake, but it is not quite the same as a Victoria sandwich (with its cream filling), or a Sachertorte with its rich chocolate coating, or a … Continue reading
On sharing knowledge …
If you are interested in knowledge sharing, click here to visit my website where my articles for Managing Partner on knowledge sharing in law firms are available. And if you are looking for UK Knowledge Management training ….
Posted in leadership, quotes
Tagged knowledge-sharing, leadership, quotations, team work
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Ready steady … write!
I know this is slightly off KM topic, but one of the things that I do is write textbooks. And I find it *hard*. I’m not the kind of person who can dash something off. It has to be practical, … Continue reading
The 3 minute KM plan
I still follow The Thesis Whisperer blog from my days doing my MBA and recently they hosted a guest blog from Mary Woessner who described her involvement in the “three minute thesis” competition (3MT). In the 3MT competition, PhD candidates … Continue reading
Posted in influencing, KM, Strategy
Tagged plan, Strategy, summary, three minute thesis, vision
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When you are finished changing …
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