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The Biggest Mistakes About KM Adoption
While designing and implementing KM solutions can be tricky, the hardest part is getting people to actually use them. People are busy, and most are not thrilled by change. And unlike transitioning to a new ERP system, for example, KM adoption is often voluntary. This leaves KM teams in the…
How KM Can Take Advantage of the Shift to Virtual Work
Many of us who were lucky enough to remain employed over the last two years received a crash course in working from home. Remote work offers obvious benefits, especially for those with long commutes or disruptive cubemates. But some activities are more complicated when virtual. For instance, it can…
What Is a Job Handoff Document?
A job handoff document is exactly what it sounds like: It’s a record you create for someone who is taking over your job, either temporarily or permanently, to help them get up to speed. A handoff document cannot transfer in-depth expertise from years in a position, but it is a quick-and-dirty way…
Top KM Threats & Opportunities for 2021 & 2022
The world is rethinking where and how people work—and how technology can best support that work. This transformation affects both what knowledge management is capable of and what organizations need from a good KM program. Recognizing that things are changing quickly, APQC launched new KM Trends…
What Is a Community of Practice Charter?
A community charter outlines the purpose, objectives, and scope of a community of practice. It also articulates operational aspects such as who will manage the community, what resources it will need, and how success will be measured. Many organizations claim to have communities of practice…
3 Knowledge Management Trends to Watch
“The pandemic accelerated trends already underway” may be the signature phrase of 2021. As worn out as the sentiment is, it’s hard to get away from. COVID-19 forced people and organizations to shift gears faster than ever before, but it primarily mainstreamed changes that had been gathering force…
5 Biggest Benchmark Problems and How To Fix Them
As you may have heard from us a few times, benchmarking is a top tool used by leadership teams to support decision making. So, to dig into that topic, APQC surveyed over 200 professionals—across functional boundaries—to understand their benchmarking challenges. Benchmarking plays a vital…
What Drives KM Success Inside an Organization
Good KM leaders always want their programs to be better. Even if KM is delivering phenomenal results, they seek out opportunities to hone the strategy, become more efficient, improve the user experience, or boost the value delivered back to the business. The drive for continuous…
Better Measurement: The Knowledge Worker Pickle
APQC’s founder, Jack Grayson, believed that true productivity encompasses both effectiveness and efficiency: “Efficiency measures if you are doing things right. Effectiveness concerns itself with whether you are doing the right things.” We have spent decades focusing on one half of the…
Answer These Questions Now for a Post-pandemic Productivity Boost
The pandemic made heroes out of KM programs that had the three “P”s in place before the shutdown: Processes to manage content, share knowledge, and collaborate People embedded in the business to rally and support remote work Platforms to enable content management, search, and…