Category Archives: Strategy

Do you know your AI from your elbow?

Posted on April 18, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

There is *so* much going on in KM technology at the moment and so many articles about AI and other technologies that it can be difficult to find the time to analyse it all and decide what you should be … Continue reading →

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Foundation course in Legal KM

Posted on January 8, 2016 by knowledge4lawyers

I’m running my popular (“7/7” “practical and useful”) foundation course in legal sector KM again on 28th January 2016 in London. Do you know any… new-ish PSLs, Information professionals looking to add skills, Partners with responsibility for Knowledge issues, Leaders … Continue reading →

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Mentoring for knowledge retention and transfer

Posted on November 20, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

You want to improve knowledge retention and transfer within your law firm. You may have a strong supervision programme for junior members of staff, but do you need to do more? Would a mentoring programme help? Firstly, do you really … Continue reading →

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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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Knowledge maps – a practical project for PSLs

Posted on June 4, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

  Knowledge mapping = a visual architecture of knowledge which enables and faciliates knowledge users to more easily and quickly access relevant knowledge and knowledge owners (Gomez et al 2000).   It sounds great to me – a visual, intuitive … Continue reading →

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“Knowledge in technologies of freedom” (that’s mobile to you & me)

Posted on June 2, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

Are you wondering how the sprint towards mobile tech will affect your clients and lawyers expectations for knowledge on-the-go? It seems to me that too many people are simply making their usual solutions available on mobile devices. We need to … Continue reading →

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What are your competitors doing in KM?

Posted on June 1, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

The 2015/2016 annual Knowledge Network West survey into UK law firms’ KM plans is now *live*. Please complete the survey and share your thoughts about the future of KM in UK firms. If you are employed at a UK law … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on influencing

Posted on March 3, 2015 by knowledge4lawyers

I’ve just read this interesting post from the research whisperer. Although the focus is on influencing policy makers through academic research, I think it has a lot to say to us KMers trying to influence at different levels within our … Continue reading →

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Embed yourself?

Posted on November 3, 2014 by knowledge4lawyers

I still follow a blog by the “research whisperer” from my MBA days. He has written recently about his experience rotating around, working in all the different faculties within his Uni (you can read this here). His comments about the … 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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