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Assessing Values in Online Technology Part 4

HR Examiner

We’re finishing up the series today in part four with the data from the 90-day study where we racked up 450+ hours watching demos, asking questions, and working to understand the business model and technical approach of 110 companies. Survey data was collected in Euroope (22%) and the US (78%). Talent Management.

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

Conversation Matters

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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3 Reasons Conversational Technology Should Be on Your Radar

HRExecutive

McKinsey research in 2012 estimated that knowledge workers spend as much as 1.8 While there have been numerous advances in enterprise knowledge management since 2001 that make that 1.8 hours each day searching for the information they need to do their jobs. and workflow or process-completion support (i.e.,

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Three Books Every KM Professional Should Read

Conversation Matters

They are: Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy , 2012, by Amy Edmondson, a Harvard Professor of Organizational Learning. Critical Knowledge Transfer: Tools for Managing Your Company’s Deep Smarts, 2015, by Dorothy Leonard, Walter Swat, and Gavin Barton.

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What collaboration really means

ThoughtFarmer

When done correctly, intranets should make it easy to collaborate around fielded data, allowing for flexibility in the process and conversation around the best ways to achieve a task. The other type of structured collaboration revolves around a topic, like idea management and Q&A forums.

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Three Books Every KM Professional Should Read

Conversation Matters

They are: Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy , 2012, by Amy Edmondson, a Harvard Professor of Organizational Learning. Critical Knowledge Transfer: Tools for Managing Your Company’s Deep Smarts, 2015, by Dorothy Leonard, Walter Swat, and Gavin Barton.

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4 Great Ways to Conduct Peer Assists: Transferring Knowledge Effectively

Conversation Matters

The team has spent several months collecting and analyzing a great deal of data about the possible well site off the coast of Norway. Then Helen introduces Knut, the geologist, who begins to talk through the data on the wall charts, offering his interpretation of it. Before long everyone is up looking more closely at the wall data.