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Ten Big Ideas of Knowledge Management

Conversation Matters

So we start meetings with “small talk,” that is, getting to know more about one another, not just the weather, but what is important in their work right now, or what they have done recently that they are most proud of. Circles Connect (applicable when the virus is over and we are again able to meet in person). Circles represent unity.

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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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Qualities of a Good Manager: 10 Skills You Need

Engagedly

However, there are data-backed characteristics of a successful manager that may assist you in making the best judgments. What qualities make a manager competent and successful? Previously, experience and technical abilities were essential qualities of a good manager. Linking Industry Knowledge to Knowledge Management.

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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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Transferring Expertise: The Best Way to Move Tacit Knowledge

Conversation Matters

What differentiates an expert from someone who is simply competent is both the number of experiences he has had and the range of those experiences - so that when he begins his search for relevant “Lego pieces” he has more and more varied pieces to choose from. Let’s turn to a real life example. Bibliography. An Introduction to Cybernetics.

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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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Using Data & Designing For Performance with Alice Collier-Niblett

Looop.co

It’s about feeling equipped and competent to have those conversations because I believe that you’ll be more impactful if you think about it that way.” ” Monzo’s First Fully Remote Onboarding. Alice and the team pulled it together in a week and worked with a project team to do that.

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