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Evaluation in Healthcare Improvement

Conversation Matters

The topic of the seminar I will be attending with leaders from USAID, World Health Organization , ISQua, NIHR , IHI , and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is ‘ How do we learn about improving healthcare, so that we can make our improvement efforts more rigorous, attributable, generalizable and replicable ?” I think it is.

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Collective Sensemaking: How One Organization uses the Oscillation Principle

Conversation Matters

The consultants work on client projects in small ad hoc groups formed around topics of joint interest, for example, knowledge productivity or sustainable business. They founded K&S on the simple principle that a hierarchical environment is not challenging for knowledge workers and the necessary related principle of self-responsibility.

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How to Hold a Retreat or Meeting Where New Thinking Emerges

Conversation Matters

I attended a meeting a number of years ago that has remained in my mind as the ideal meeting where new thinking can emerge. The invitees were twenty-five recognized thought leaders in the field of knowledge management, both academics and practitioners. And so it went, with time out for snacks and meals.

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