What have I spotted/ been reading/ found interesting this week?
5th March 2021
- 10 questions for work that matters
- Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System, thought women shouldn’t be librarians because the mental effort would make them ill.
The Friday round-up was a bit of a covid- casualty, so there is a bit of a gap …
25th October 2019
10th October 2019
- libraries can stop you falling ill and save NHS ££
- Terrifying spider’s web-inar
- Any PSLs wanting to relocate to Bristol? I know someone looking…
3rd October 2019
- learning more from success and failure by Nick Milton
- faulty inferencing – the reason intelligent people are often anxious
- It’s dyslexia awareness week next week, so I’d love to hear from any dyslexic lawyers out there how they manage their challenges.
27th September 2019
- 5 traits of an innovative culture
- Are your performance measures driving the right culture
- The two chambers of the KM heart
20th August 2019
- Knowledge Mobilisers are open for contributions
- A “Spark” Board
- 3 types of knowledge and how to manage them
13th August
- Win or lose you should always learn
- For the benefits of AI, think boring
- Silent book clubs
- And don’t forget my London KM training next Thursday
12th July
- 10 ways knowledge is like electricity
- Pose your mission statement as a question
- Register for APQC webinar on improving knowledge sharing
5th July
21st June
Want more round-ups? Follow the blog or go for the approximately monthly summary here.
- What are the elements of organisational culture which support innovation? Stan Garfield
- How corporate innovation labs prevent innovation
- Should KM be self-funding?
7th June
- Joyful June action calendar
- How to give a conversational talk/ presentation
- Protecting your KM programme from internal reorganisation
- John Noakes cleaning Nelson’s column – terrifying
24th May 2019
- Evidence-based KM practice
- The rise of the dynamic knowledge map (rather than a literature review)
- Danny Daycare – a bit of cycling fun
17th May
(been a bit of a break over the Easter Hols)
- 3 habits to improve your critical thinking (HBR)
- brainstorming-type ideas for introverts
- Vulnerable leadership helps innovation
12th April
- Creativity & life-long learning are in-demand skills
- Curious and fractal
- The Dutch get free train-travel on national book day by showing a book rather than a ticket
29th March
- The human bias behind group-think
- Twitter moment from the UK KMbF conference last week
- Why you procrastinate
- When knowledge sharing becomes collaboration
15th March
- 3 steps to using gamification in e-learning
- We need bootcamps for social skills, not coding
- What basic competence does a KMer need?
8th March
- Informally written emails get more attention – time to change your updates?
- Knowledge has an expiry date
- Ways to assess knowledge and skills
- What was the (American) best selling book in the year you were born?
1st March
- Knowledge sharing in the virtual world
- The 3 dimensions of conversational leadership
- 6 reasons you are a bad listener and what to do about it
- The surprising power of simply asking co-workers how they are doing
22nd February
- Sheffield Hallam Uni sets up its own law firm
- Evaluating the value of KM
- Can entrepreneurship training help businesses?
15th February
- Knowledge maps can be magical, from APQC
- KM in SMEs – the role of the owner/manager
- How to think like a genius
8th February
- it was a snow-day last Friday – in honour of that, Russian snowy works of art
- Make the most of your knowledge activists!
- Research into solicitor well-being
Want more round-ups? Follow the blog or go for the approximately monthly summary here.
25th January 2019
- Should lawyers use AI? One US costs judge says yes.
- 14 tasks for a knowledge manager, from Nick Milton.
- The updating of Finnish libraries to meet modern needs.
18th January
- The programme for KMbF UK conference is out!
- Reasons to collaborate
- Trying to decide how much money/effort to put into a KM project? Thoughts from Nick Milton.
11th January
- How managers can improve creativity in teams
- 4 step guide to knowledge mapping
- Resources on info/knowledge role redesign
- Museums are trolling each other about ducks
Want more round-ups? Follow the blog or go for the approximately monthly summary here.
Friday 14th December 2018
- Get tickets for KMb Forum conference next year
- Informal emails work best for marketing (I wonder if this is true for current awareness and internal knowledge-sharing emails too)
Friday 7th December
- Advent free KM stuff from NHS Library Servs
- Bringing a KM strategy to life
- Crushed – the common problem of unbearable workplaces in the legal sector
Friday 30th November
- The act of drawing has a massive benefit for memory. I’m always telling my course attendees to doodle.
- Why do employees hoard their knowledge? And what can be done about it?
- When innovation goes wrong, we shouldn’t blame technology, but ourselves.
Friday 23rd October
- reasons people don’t ask questions – I’m keener on conversations than Q&As, but these are interesting
- does classroom-style learning work in the workplace?
- the robots are coming … for the worst parts of your job
- SharePoint can’t learn
- 12 ways to get smarter in one chart
Friday 21st September
- I don’t normally share pet videos or funny animals, but this really made me smile this week
- I’m running a second wave of RCTs for law firm knowledge peeps. If you’d like to join in (it’s free) and speak to a random person from anywhere in the world who does a similar job to you and learn from them, message me.
- And do you fancy a book club next year? Join & get 4 books a year (and some other lovely stuff), an online group and 4 video conferences a year in which to discuss the book and share ideas. Interested? Message me.
Want more round-ups? Follow the blog or go for the approximately monthly summary here.
14th September
- Webinar on the new KM standard coming up
- How compensation plans are wrecking law firms
- Why self-assessment of KM maturity doesn’t work – overconfidence through ignorance – a common issue.
- When generalists are better than specialists – a longer read, but interesting
- Digital activitists – technological innovation is not all about fintech, it can be about services to poor people too.
Well, there’s been a bit of a lull, as I’ve been in delightful Switzerland enjoying the mountain air, but 3 recent things of interest are:
- Imagination and human origins (YouTube video of lecture from CARTA)
- Those who can’t teach
- What is your Ikigai? I mentioned Ikigai at Lexpo in April and now it seems to be everywhere! This is a nice diagram/explanation.
Want more round-ups? Follow the blog or go for the approximately monthly summary here.
10th August 2018
- Is it possible for an organisation to learn?
- Lessons from a former life – storytelling
- Busted! KM myths.
20th July
- Win £5,000 for your school library
- When & how much to invest in KM technology
- Quick guide to deep learning and AI
13th July
- A survey about content pain-points
- Dad creates parenting scenes out of lego
- How long does it take to embed KM?
- Don’t take notes with a laptop
6th July
- Why we forget most of the books that we read
- We discovered 3 poisonous books in our library
- Knowledge visits – think like a spy not a tourist
15th June
- 2 factors to increase knowledge sharing – some research
- The billable hour makes no sense in an AI world – report from a recent ABA conference panel
- Improve your adverts to improve diversity Some adverts put women off (and I’m sure the same applies to other groups).
8th June
- using blue ocean strategy to move your career on
- I love language, so I couldn’t resist “How to tell if you’ve got ennui, angst or weltschmerz”
- Learning = experience + reflection
25th May
- How bullet points kill knowledge – Knoco stories
- Introverts can network too – podcast from Marketing School
- How to survive in an open office – they’re great for collaboration and knowledge sharing, not so good for deep concentration – a guide to getting along
17th May
- Thinking differently about legal AI, Law21
- Search or browse – Knoco stories
- Designing attention points – LSE Impact Blog – it’s about academic work and a bit long, but lots of useful thoughts.
10th May
- The difference between organisational learning and KM
- Conversations that change the world
- The power of doodling
3rd May
April 26th
It’s been a while. Lots of teaching and speaking. What have I found interesting since 30th March?
March 30th
- Why you can’t have AI without KM
- How personality affects knowledge sharing
- Are critical thinking skills useful?
March 23rd
- Blue Ocean shift in a law firm
- 3 cognitive theories to help learning
- Ditching performance reviews for authentic conversations
- 16 KM myths debunked
March 16th
- Japanese wisdom for KMb-ers
- Why is conversation so easy?
- Knowledge Management matters – free download
- What Paddington 2 looks like without the bear
March 9th 2018
- Key issues for law firms – research by Law Consultancy Network
- Factors affecting KM in SMEs – Real KM – perhaps no surprises, but always nice to see a big list which fits with one’s experiences.
- 25 best ice-breakers – for meetings and training events
February 23rd
- The curse of knowledge – Steven Pinker
- Yes we can do it at that price, what do you want me to leave out? Unbundling legal services and professional obligations.
- Video conversation with David Gurteen on conversational leadership.
- Agile working & reasons for resistance.
February 16th
- The difference between organisational learning and knowledge management.
- Knowledge mobilisation forum – mix it up and get out of your bubble with a different conference.
- And a quotation: “The hard part isn’t coming up with a new idea. The hard part is falling out of love with the old idea.” – Seth Godin
- The Haiku periodic table. What an interesting way to present material and make it memorable.
- 6 ways to acquire new knowledge.
- The wisdom of saying “I don’t know”.
- How can you persuade experts to contribute their knowledge to a know-how database? A collection of articles by Stan Garfield
- Improve internal communications with storytelling. Why does everyone complain about culture, but no one participates in improving it? “HR is the new marketing”
- Non-verbal signals play a role in communication but they are not more important than the words. bit.ly/2zRAK4Z
- Knowledge brokers – their use in health, environmental management and international development
- Pick a fight – You can’t do it all, so pick some fights for 2018
- Knowledge retention ideas
- Using knowledge cafes to identify risks at NASA
- Knowledge Advent – peer assist (although they’re all good)
- Knowledge sharing canvas
- Amicable by design – disruption is not just about the tech
- How can libraries stay relevant? Blue Ocean Shift.
- Before action reviews
- The ideal group size for conversation is …
- Ditching performance reviews for authentic conversation
- When is a Knowledge Manager not a Knowledge Manager? When she/he’s not involved in learning.
- The case for KM Standards (all about the new draft ISO KM Standard)
- Laptops are terrible for students at lectures. How can we improve learning and knowledge creation?
- What happens during “supervision”? The article is about supervising social workers, but I think it is interesting for anyone who supervises. What is the purpose of the supervision? Is that the right purpose? Is it fulfilled?
- The beautiful Tianjin library
- The world as 100 people
- The operation was a success but the patient died
- Above and Beyond’s “Leadership Matters”
- APQC “Capitalising on Curiosity”
- Stan Garfield “Articles about Culture”
- Lawyer Challenge result AI beats lawyers
- Avinish Mistra’s “Do I want a career in KM?”
- Stan Garfield’s “A baker’s dozen insights on KM”
- Patrick DiDomenico “Innovation in law firms: it’s not just tech”
Want more Friday round-ups? Follow the blog or go for the monthly summary here.
Knowledge for Lawyers 