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Valerie Christopherson: “Enjoy what you do, you only get to do it once”

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Prior to founding GRC in 2005, Valerie held key positions at QUALCOMM, Porter Novelli Convergence Group, and other niche agencies in the mobile, telecom, and technology sectors. GRC was founded in 2005 so there are many interesting stories. Can you share the most interesting story that happened to you since you began at your company?

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The Three Eras of Knowledge Management - Summary

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Etienne Wenger’s book Communities of Practice , that named and explained this phenomena, came out in 2000. By 2005 nearly every Fortune 500 Company had established Communities of Practice, acknowledging the growing understanding that knowledge is largely a property of groups of people. This new perspective held that: 1.

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Angie Morgan of Lead Star: “Keep Making Decisions”

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Following her time in uniform, Angie pursued a career in sales with both Merck and Pfizer before launching her own consulting firm, Lead Star, and writing her two books, Leading from the Front and the New York Times best-selling SPARK. This wasright around 2005. Our book SPARK is all about helping professionals?—?at

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“Allow people to socialize virtually” With Fotis Georgiadis & Karen Hough

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Virtual work is exhausting, and tacking on virtual happy hours or book clubs when individuals might really need to get away from the screen isn’t helpful. I bought out my partners and incorporated in 2005. I remember being invited to speak at a conference after I published my first book with Berrett-Koehler. Guess what?

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The Workplace Events Calendar: Office Events for Every Part of the Year

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Encourage your staff to trade dollar-store Valentine’s Day cards, or pack your conference table with craft supplies and offer a prize for the most creative valentine. Read a Book Day – Ask your office to bring in copies of their favorite books to share with the team on September 6th.

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Boston University Questrom School of Business Dean Susan Fournier: “Here Are 5 Things We Need To Do To Close The Gender Wage Gap”

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She joined the faculty at Questrom in 2005 as an Associate Professor of Marketing and Dean’s Research Fellow. My office is now in the center of the building, with a wide glass wall open to the entire floor, an en-suite conference room, and a standing desk. Lot’s goes on in here, and it is all visible to everyone.

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

Conversation Matters

Cognitive diversity. • How to obtain cognitive diversity. J ohnson and Johnson , researchers at the University of Minnesota, who study collaboration, say that the synthesis of diverse perspectives comes from being able to hold both one’s own and another’s’ perspective in mind at the same time. 1- Convening. How to convene.