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Personal Knowledge Management Maturity Model

Personal Knowledge Management Maturity Model

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Knowledge management is often based on the notion that knowledge is socially constructed. Consequently, organisational knowledge management (OKM) programmes tend to focus on techniques and approaches such as peer assists, after-action reviews, project retrospectives, knowledge retention, communities of practice, storytelling, and innovation jams – all of which involve multiple people…But there’s a snag… Since these KM techniques first came into being, something happened: Employees got busier than ever. Organisations now do a lot more with much less – and modern…

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Working in the new Covid era

Working in the new Covid era

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To quote from a recent article by Lee Bryant,  “What and where is the fabric of your organisation? How would you describe it? When the buildings are empty and the conference rooms are silent, what actually *is* the organisation? Some might argue it is the sum of conversations, or processes, value chains or organisational structures. But where is it and how is it manifested?”. He goes on to say:-  “In the digital era, the digital workplace should be that fabric. But it isn’t….

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The Future of Mental Health Care

The Future of Mental Health Care

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Technological and Application Advances in the Mobile Era If you are worried that your job may be taken by a robot, you are not alone. And you may not be too far off base in that worry. After all, so many things are becoming automated nowadays that we have actually put some jobs out of business, so to speak. For example, newspapers are almost completely a thing of the past, libraries are closing all over the country, and you can…

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Simple Ways to Revitalise Your Small Business Through Technology

Simple Ways to Revitalise Your Small Business Through Technology

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It’s understandable why some small business owners are reluctant to incorporate technology in their business operations. For one, it sometimes costs money upfront. For another, teams sometimes have to change parts of their operations in order to accommodate the new tech. Then there’s learning how to actually implement the tech so that it makes your operations more efficient and allows your company to meet customer demands. While there are challenges that come with embracing tech for your small business, it…

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Intelligent Automation: getting past the hype.

Intelligent Automation: getting past the hype.

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I’m in the process of researching the topic of ‘Intelligent Automation’ for Warwick Business School’s Innovation Network, with a view to organising a member’s workshop for sometime in the second quarter of 2019. As with most emergent technologies, the real challenge is getting beyond the marketing hype and snake-oil salesmen and finding real evidence of innovation and value creation. This is no easy task, not least navigating through a new and rapidly changing lexicon, that embraces (but is not limited…

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