OK. Perhaps the title is a little dramatic, but if you take a look at today’s blog post from Dr. John D. Halamka you’ll have a quick lesson in the basics (and the rewards) of KD/KS, that knowledge development/knowledge sharing we speak about so much. A Japanese Starbucks Model for Healthcare Quality describes the simplest …
Talking the Talk: The Language We Use When We Speak about Knowledge Sharing
As we move deeper into the new year, let’s review some of the terms we use when we speak about knowledge sharing. In the corporate environment these days, we’re all pretty much agreed that organizational effectiveness is largely dependent on the quality of knowledge sharing practiced throughout the organization, with the ideal being some level …
Collaboration + Knowledge Sharing = Knowledge Services
Collaboration is too important to neglect. Whether managers create a collaborative environment where collaboration “just happens,” or if strategic efforts are made to ensure that people collaborate, it’s now clear that the successful organization is one in which collaboration is a critical building block. Some years ago, Edward M. Marshall – who might have been …
KM/Knowledge Services, Strategic Learning, and HR: Making the Critical Connection
We’re all agreed that a key element in the success of any KM/knowledge services strategy is strategic learning. Indeed, strategic learning is one of the three “legs” (as we often say) of knowledge services, converging with information management and knowledge management to establish corporate knowledge-sharing success. One of management’s biggest challenges, though, is coordinating these …
