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A Knowledge Management Conference that Actually Used KM Principles

Conversation Matters

Like many organizations, the US Army holds a Knowledge Management Conference each year. The speaker format is also typical - three or four speakers in a row with a few minutes of Q & A at the end of each speaker’s time and then on to the next speaker. We heard, “The small groups were the best part of the conference.”

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

Conversation Matters

At one point GM had 138 best practice teams and 33 centers of expertise working with identified subject matter experts. In 2008 KM was alive and well at GM. 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.

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Knowledge Management: Where We've Been and Where We're Going - Part Two

Conversation Matters

In this series I‘ve classified the evolving landscape of knowledge management into three categories. The first category is leveraging explicit knowledge and is about capturing documented knowledge and building it into a collection - connecting people to content.

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Assessing Values in Online Technology Part 4

HR Examiner

Today, in part three of our series we’ll look at the types of assessment, trends and observations, tips for buyers, and tips for sellers. In part three we looked at the types of assessments, trends and observations, tips for buyers, and tips for sellers. Knowledge Management. Recruiting (ATS). 1,001-5,000.

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A Surefire Way to Build Widespread Collaboration Across Your Organization

Conversation Matters

I'm at nancydixon@commonknowledge.org. *Al- Al- Ani, Marczak, Prikladnicki, & Redmiles, 2013; Henttonen & Blomqvist, 2005; Jimenez et al., I love doing demos, so let me know if you want to get a small group of people together to try a CoachingOurselves module over Zoom. 2017. ** Nilsson and Mattes,2015.

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Transferring Expertise: The Best Way to Move Tacit Knowledge

Conversation Matters

The Bank ended up with an impressive video library, which unfortunately, very few people ever bothered to look at. Ashby’s* law of requisite variety at work! Orr explains that the repair technicians, in a given geographic area, often meet at the same restaurant for lunch. 1993) Knowledge for Action. Argyris, Chris.

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Whatever happened to.?

Knowledge Musings

The article in question is ' Knowledge Management: The Role of Technology'. Notes (or at least Domino) is apparently very much alive, now on version 8, and IBM claims more people using it than ever before. One 2005 article described it as "a program used by 120 million people, of whom about 119m hate it."