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Introducing the Agile KM Manifesto
For KM practitioners, Agile frameworks have long been important for optimizing stakeholder value and satisfaction in KM initiatives. Over 20 years ago, a group of software developers revolutionized their field by introducing the Agile Manifesto to guide their industry in … Continue reading
The Importance of Agility During The Great Resignation (Part II: Attracting Talent)
Introduction In Part I we discussed how to leverage Agile values to retain employees during the Great Resignation. Now let’s talk about turning the Great Resignation into an advantage. With 44% of the workforce looking for new opportunities, this is … Continue reading
The 2022 Agile KM Manifesto
In November of 2022, we introduced the first iteration of the Agile KM Manifesto at the KM World Conference in Washington D.C. Our ‘ask’ of the audience, and now of our fellow KM practitioners at large, is to review this … Continue reading
The Importance of Agility During The Great Resignation (Part I: Retention)
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How to Explain Ontologies to Any Audience
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Agility in the Time of COVID-19
Six months ago millions of technology workers across the globe were abruptly pulled from our offices where we enjoyed regular and productive interactions with our colleagues, clients, and friends. We were thrust into distributed teams without a plan or the … Continue reading
Read My Mind – Fostering Effective Communication
I was recently reading an article from Psychology Today entitled, “Why Didn’t You Hear What I Meant to Say?” by Leon F Seltzer, Ph.D., where the author illustrates how people trick themselves into thinking that they’ve adequately communicated with others. … Continue reading
Developing Good KM Habits to Make KM Stick
Clients often ask me how to make Knowledge Management (KM) a seamless part of their workforce’s day-to-day operations. They want to know how to shift people’s perceptions from KM as “another thing I have to do in addition to my … Continue reading
Complement Your Change Management Efforts with Gamification
Despite being a relatively new concept in the KM field, gamification is already an overused term that gets thrown around in virtually any initiative. Defined as an organization’s use of design and insights from video games to increase participant engagement … Continue reading