Readers will recall a series of posts last spring, responding to a query posted at one of the LinkedIn Groups. Starting KM in Your Organization: Here’s Your Strategic Road Map was published in eleven posts at the SMR site. We’ve had requests to put the posts together into one document. For a quick read, here are the “stops” on that road map: Define what you want to do Define your terms Don’t go it alone Think big and lead the change Identify what’s been done already Identify resources Conduct the knowledge audit Develop a corporate knowledge strategy Strategic planning…
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Knowledge Centers Positioned Across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda Sometimes those of us working with knowledge strategy are accused of being too “theoretical,” of focusing on KM, knowledge services, and knowledge strategy too much as a discipline, without giving attention to practical applications. Have you heard any of that recently? If you have, grab the nay-sayers and sit them down in front of this short film. It’s pretty special. l can’t think of many times in the last few years when I’ve been so proud of the work knowledge workers do. Take a look at this: The film describes the…
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In the August 29th SMR post we gave attention to knowledge workers, a first “category” for people working in the knowledge domain. Another category is that of strategic knowledge professionals. These are knowledge development/knowledge sharing (KD/KS) employees often thought of as a company’s “information professionals,” “content professionals,” “IT specialists,” “information managers,” or any of the myriad new titles coming into the knowledge lexicon these days. As KM and knowledge services continue their move toward enterprise-wide acceptance (including acceptance and – to some extent – enthusiasm in the management community at large), we see the valuable role of the strategic knowledge professional extending…
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