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Three Books Every KM Professional Should Read

Conversation Matters

Following are summaries of three such, highly acclaimed, books that have recently been published. They are: Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy , 2012, by Amy Edmondson, a Harvard Professor of Organizational Learning. Dorothy Leonard is Professor Emeritus at Harvard Business School.

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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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Three Books Every KM Professional Should Read

Conversation Matters

Following are summaries of three such, highly acclaimed, books that have recently been published. They are: Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy , 2012, by Amy Edmondson, a Harvard Professor of Organizational Learning. Dorothy Leonard is Professor Emeritus at Harvard Business School.

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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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Where Knowledge Management Has Been and Where It Is Going- Part One

Conversation Matters

In this post I will tackle not only the first category but also paint a brief picture of how organizational knowledge was conceptualized before the rise of KM – the precursors of knowledge management. Knowledge Management Precursors. The First Category of Knowledge Management - Leveraging Explicit Knowledge.

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Why HR Needs To Ground Talent Decisions In Solid Business Impact

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Prior to that, he spent eight years leading consulting and best-practice research on knowledge management, human capital management, and process improvement. I went in-house with a former client at Baker Hughes, a global oilfield services company. Guille was my client for several years at APQC.

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Help Employees Do Their Best Every Day

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is an excerpt from the book, “ It’s All About Bob(bie) – Strategies for Winning With Your Employees ” of which I am one of the contributors. It’s the third book in a thought leadership trilogy aimed at developing and retaining a competitive and engaged workforce published by The Workforce Institute at Kronos.

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