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Agility innovation and learning

With the changes to the legal market place, firms can no longer sit still or follow the crowd. The ability to be agile and innovative, un-learn, learn and adapt, is becoming more important than ever, so I thought it’d be … Continue reading

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3 practical techniques to improve your creativity.

“Creativity” is not just about art and crafts. The law can be an incredibly creative and innovative profession. As part of my series on learning and knowledge creation (to help you with the new CPD/continuing competence regime) I’m looking at … Continue reading

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How do we learn?

Learning seems to be on everyone’s agenda at the moment, as many law firms are wondering what to do about the new continuing competence regime, now that the legal profession is swapping from hours-based CPD to needs-based learning. I thought, … Continue reading

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New open training

I’ve just added “KM Measurement” to my programme of open training in London. The next one will be in October. Let me know if you are interested in coming along. In the meantime, why not read my Managing Partner article … Continue reading

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Amnesty’s revolution against FGM and child marriage

Not exactly a “KM in a law firm” topic, but  … Because I feel strongly about this campaign, I’ll be donating £50 for each TKB in-house training event booked until 18th July, whether you book a whole day or a … Continue reading

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Up-coming training

A quick round-up of up-coming training events: Wednesday 8th June, 12.30-2.30, Bristol – “Who is leading who?“ a workshop on leadership and influencing by Carol Skolimowski, CAPCC Tuesday 14th June, 12.30-2.30, Birmingham – “Avoid lethal writing” a training lunch on … Continue reading

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It’s world book day!

It was World Book Day yesterday and book week at my kids’ school. Today is their dressing-up day so I’ve sent them to school, one dressed as Geraint Thomas (autobiographies count I’m sure) and the other in pyjamas as a … Continue reading

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Continuing competence (Part 2)

In the last post I looked at where you should start with the new continuing competence regime in UK law firms: what the regime is and how you can investigate what your current knowledge needs are. This time, I look … Continue reading

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Continuing competence? Getting started… (1)

It’s crept up on us, but law firms must now move away from the traditional strict CPD structure based on time spent and towards a new era of needs-based learning. The old system won’t officially cease until November 2016, but … Continue reading

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Knowledge Network UK – join the gang

“Conversation is a meeting of minds with different memories and habits. “When minds meet, they don’t just exchange facts: they transform them, reshape them, draw different implications from them, and engage in new trains of thought. “Conversation doesn’t just reshuffle … Continue reading

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