A recent query at the LinkedIn KM Edge Group asked about how we get KM – as an operational function – started in the workplace. It was James Mamabolo in South Africa who posed the question: If you were given the task of starting KM in your organization, how would you begin? It’s almost an ideal scenario for knowledge workers, isn’t it? Just imagine, being asked what we want to do, to move KM forward in our organization. Here’s my version for “getting started.” I call it my “strategic road map” because I like the phrase. I first heard it from a recent…
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There are those who assert that KM is “the new librarianship.” Might it be? When we transition KM from a stand-alone management function to knowledge services, certainly there are attributes that support that assertion. When we think, for example, about the convergence that takes place with knowledge services, the coming together of information management, knowledge management, and strategic learning to reach a common knowledge development/knowledge sharing goal, the link between librarianship and knowledge services becomes very clear. Here’s a valuable case study: In the latest SMR e-Profile, Marcie Stone writes about Betty Mayfield. Stone’s description of Mayfield’s career - Evolving Connections:…
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It’s been a few years since I came into contact with the Heath brothers, but I was impressed when I heard Dan (or was it Chip?) speak a few years ago. He was on an author tour, promoting Make it Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (and, yes, I bought the book). For colleagues working with strategic knowledge, Dan and Chip’s August post, a quick (appropriately!) comment on how to do an elevator speech comes in handy. You remember elevator speeches, don’t you? Those quick-and-to-the-point moments we use to tell someone what we do? Here’s how-to advice on elevator…
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