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Ten Big Ideas of Knowledge Management

Conversation Matters

Knowledge is created when diverse perspectives are brought together in conversation - when people are able to build on each other’s ideas. Whether it is through an email or in person, asking is a little risky; we are often fearful that others will think we are less competent or will be offended.

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HR Leadership: A Fresh Perspective on Shaping Organisational Success

EmployeeConnect

Against the backdrop of rapidly evolving work dynamics, marked by diverse management styles, business automation, and intricate organisational behaviours, HR finds itself grappling to assert influence within the leadership team. Transform into a Mentor: Adopting a coaching mindset positions HR as an invaluable advisor.

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7 Ways to Make the Shift From HR Pro to HR Leader

EmployeeConnect

HR must anticipate the demand for new, specialised competencies and jobs that are a result of the world’s digitisation. This involves accompanying employees and managers through appropriate training so they know what’s coming next. These competencies are required to promote a HR’s business value, career and ideas.

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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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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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Improving Knowledge Worker Productivity

Conversation Matters

As Knowledge Management professionals our job is the help organizations leverage their knowledge. Our attention is focused on the knowledge worker and our major task is to devise ways for those knowledge workers to share the knowledge they have gained with their peers. Knowledge Management Professionals.

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When is Help Helpful?: The Capacity to Make Use of Help

Conversation Matters

Particularly in today’s context, we are often too overloaded or lack the requisite competences to absorb or metabolize the help. At the most elemental level, this prior knowledge includes basic skills or even a shared language but may also include knowledge of the most recent scientific or technological developments in a given field.”.