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2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,700 times in 2015. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading
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Want to spend a year living knowledgeably?
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
Posted in KM, Measurement, Personal Knowledge Management, Process, Professional Support Lawyers, Strategy, Training and learning, Uncategorized
Tagged books, KM, knowledge management, knowledge-sharing, law firm, learning, practical, practical guide, projects, reading, Strategy, templates, textbook, top tips
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KNW – a survey about the future
I run KNW, a knowledge-sharing and networking group for KMers in Bristol UK. I wonder if you’d take a minute to complete a survey about how to improve the group for the future? This is the survey for people who … Continue reading
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Take social media away from marketing…
I’ve just read this interesting article about how social media is simply not giving a good enough return as a marketing tool. Brands are dull and social is the wrong place for advertising/push messages. He’s right – social media is … Continue reading
A podcast …
You can hear my podcast with LawyerFair here, where I discuss: KM for mid-sized law firms, the importance of conversation as part of your KM strategy, AI and the results of my KM survey, and my new textbook, due to … Continue reading
Thoughts on influencing
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
RCTs – serendipity + conversation – what’s not to like?
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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Tagged connecting, conversation, KM, knowledge-sharing, learning, networking, serendipity
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Knowledge Network West programme of events for 2015 released!
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
Embed yourself?
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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Tagged collaboration, conversation, culture, KM, knowledge-sharing, learning, management
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Randomised coffee trials
I’m a fan of conversation to faciliate knowledge-sharing and build trusting networks. I’m also a fan of injecting a bit of serendipity into knowledge management generally. As a result I’m a big fan of RCTs, which are … serendipitous conversations! … Continue reading
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Tagged conversation, KM, knowledge management, knowledge-sharing, RCT, serendipity
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Knowledge for Lawyers 