Anyone who knows me knows how I would answer that question. I tend to take a very optimistic view about most things (almost embarrassingly, according to some of my friends and colleagues). So I was impressed with a recent post from Tristan Louis (Optimized Optimism). In his essay, Tristan defines optimized optimism by asserting that the most efficient way to handle a problem is to “hang on” to the belief that the problem can be solved. It’s a useful point of view for knowledge strategists. Our working environment – like that of folks involved in start-ups – is more often…
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Always rewarding to hear what leaders have to say about managing knowledge services. I’m continually on the look-out for stimulating (and useful) direction for strengthening performance in managing information, knowledge, and strategic learning, so it was good to read that AIIM President John Mancini has devised “The Six Imperatives Facing Information Professionals.” Mancini writes about his six imperatives at his own blog (Digital Landfill) and now kmworld has published them for us in kmworld’s April 2012 issue. Here they are, with my own “take” on how knowledge strategists can benefit from thinking about John’s imperatives: Make everything mobile. “Redefine…
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Maximizing strategic learning value for program participants, long-time training partners SLA (Special Libraries Association) and SMR (St. Clair Management Resources) continue their relationship with a revised version of their popular KM/Knowledge Services Premium Program. Offered through SLA’s Click U, the program now matches SLA’s new emphasis, moving from last year’s theme of “Future Ready” to this year’s “Future Now,” providing strategic knowledge professionals with critical skills for moving their careers forward. Offered since 2008, the SLA-SMR KMKS Premium Program has been re-designed to connect participants with the now-established role of knowledge management, knowledge services, and knowledge strategy in the…
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