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3 Huge Problems With Your Enterprise Wiki (It’s not What You Think)
Want to get a content management geek fired up? Start talking about wiki software. The wiki can be a place to store definitions for our corporate acronyms and jargon, a spot to post reports and meeting minutes, and a space to store information about past projects. But what makes wikis so exciting…
Knowledge Management Spotlight: How Gamification Can Identify Unwritten Rules in KM Program
Lisa Austin, Manager, Knowledge & Information Management, and Georgette Suggs, Document Management Specialist -- KM, from Williams and Bush Brothers & Company talk about unwritten rules that will make or break your KM program, how leaders create unwritten rules, and how KM Gamification can…
Knowledge Management Spotlight: Accenture Shows Why KM Taxonomy Is Critical
Sue Baktis, Senior Manager with Accenture, talks about how vocabulary, standardization and buy in from key stakeholders are the keys to building the right knowledge management taxonomy. She also explains how to create good taxonomy that will help boost business goals.
Oil and Gas Leaders Say Finding STEM Talent Top Priority (Infographic)
Job growth is booming in the oil and gas industry. The Hays Oil & Gas 2014 Global Job Index showed an increase in available oil and gas jobs in the first quarter, and strong growth is expected throughout 2014. But oil and gas still faces a significant shortage of skilled talent. Industry job…
Don’t Fear Hackers: Leveraging STEM Experts and Creating New Knowledge at Houston Open Innovation Hackathon
Many industries contend with shortages of scientific, technical, engineering, and math (STEM) experts. Especially here in Houston, we hear a lot about public and private efforts to promote STEM education to bring future experts into the pipeline. But APQC’s recent research, How Smart Leaders…
Knowledge Management Spotlight: How Israel Aerospace Preserved Critical Knowledge
Avi Kedem, Chief Knowledge officer with Israel Aerospace Industries, talks about knowledge continuity and how Israel Aerospace created a structured process to preserve critical knowledge from retiring workers. If you would like to see more conference highlights, you can go to our 2014 Knowledge…
Knowledge Management Conversation on STEM Talent
In April, knowledge management (KM) leaders and practitioners from around the globe joined together for APQC’s 19th Annual Knowledge Management Conference. One word in particular kept buzzing around this meeting of over 350 attendees: “conversation.” APQC CEO Carla O’Dell kicked off the event with…