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Have you ever intended to do something – really, honestly meant to – not done it, and then had to live with the consequences that haunted you?
Organizations are no different. You know what it is that really sets you apart. And you know enough about creating value to have a rich supply of good intentions. […]

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 By Ron Young
 
Naguib Chowdhury contacted me a few days ago and said, ‘Ron, what do you think is happening with Knowledge Management today, as there is much going on with KM in Development?’
That was a good and timely question to ask me as I was reading a report I had recently finished for the United […]

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Your staff stop to complain, they come in and go back on time. They are very quiete in meeting. They do not critique ideas. They just say yes and stay out of trouble.
Your staff stop to complain, they come in late and go back early. They want to be somewhere else. They drive Honda Accord […]

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Social Media, Outsourcing, Downsizing, Lack of trust on tangible deliverables etc etc is making KM more vulnerable as a discipline. Though there is a common understanding among organizations that wider collaboration is crucial for survival, but the role of KM department is getting faded, to my observation. I know of at least 2 big organizations, […]

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KM is such a difficult discipline to depend on in moving up to a career ladder. I have been working in this field for the past 6 years (in 3 different industries) and I found this field has a huge potential to rise or fall.  High chances that it will fall as it is evident […]

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LinkedIn became a lot popular since the financial crisis started – new people registering in the site everyday, current ones are updating their profiles, network etc. This week I have received 3 invitations to add. Visiting the site, I feel it looks like a nice job hunting site and a real challenger of Jobstreet,  Jobsdb, […]

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How secure our ideas are in terms of protecting it from our prospective employers?
Few days back, an incident happened that made me start thinking how can we ensure that employers don’t steal our ideas during the recruitment process? You might find some interview approach where the employer would ask you to write a strategy plan, […]

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Are KM people worth more during this time of world crisis? Some people say that it is the time when we are needed the most to tap tacit knowledge of those people leaving organizations as a result of retrenchment & downsizing. But then question arised, are those people who are retrenched willing to share their […]

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Recently we have embarked upon a HR project on writing role profiles of our staff. I was dragged into the team as there wasn’t enough manpower to handle interviewing and writing Job Descriptions (JD) of 200 staff.  We hired consultants to lead the whole project. A technical team of 15 staff was formed who will […]

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Many organizations face this dilemma- should we hire consultants to develop our KM programs or let the KM team to develop the programs, roadmap as people in the organization know better than the external consultants. Some organizations will employ consultants to do the initial study, strategy while others might engage them as partners to run […]

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