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A Knowledge Management Strategy for Non-Profits Working in Developing Countries

Conversation Matters

I recently conducted a study of eleven non-profits to find out how knowledge management (KM) was being implemented in developing countries. In this article I have 1) outlined the findings from that study, and 2) developed a knowledge management strategy based on the findings. Staffing KM Positions. No KM Role.

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Why Knowledge Management Didn’t Save General Motors: Addressing Complex Issues By Convening Conversation

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GM was brought down by a flawed strategy, but an organization’s strategy is clearly a product of the knowledge that exists within its walls. The knowledge existed within GM to develop a more competitive strategy. The knowledge management task is to bring together the collective knowledge of the organization to bear on complex issues.

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The Hybrid Workplace: What it is, why it matters, and how to implement it in your workplace

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The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic were a strange and chaotic time for workplaces around the world. . It could be the same employees mandated to be onsite, or it could include a staggering of different people present on different days or times. What do employees want? Communicate your plan.

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The Power of Action Learning: A Process for Building a Collaborative Culture

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It is not a new process, but one that was used both in Europe and the US, long before the term “Knowledge Management” was first heard in organizations. A system for learning reflectively – sets, which are small groups that meet regularly over several months. The set holds a daylong meeting every two weeks. •

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Evaluation in Healthcare Improvement

Conversation Matters

The topic of the seminar I will be attending with leaders from USAID, World Health Organization , ISQua, NIHR , IHI , and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is ‘ How do we learn about improving healthcare, so that we can make our improvement efforts more rigorous, attributable, generalizable and replicable ?”

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Collective Sensemaking: How One Organization uses the Oscillation Principle

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K&S Days are a day of conversation held in several configurations, as a whole, in small groups, and in one-to-one meetings. The day provides time for necessary coordination and joint decision-making but also for sharing client work, exchanging professional development ideas, and working on projects. Circles connect.

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Conversational Patterns That Support Telling Truth to Power

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Zeke Wolfberg, the Director of the Knowledge Lab and I, as the knowledge management consultant to the Knowledge Lab, recently published an article about how we addressed that problem at DIA. The article appeared in Reflections, the SOL Journal on Knowledge, Learning and Change (Vol.