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5 Reasons Why COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Has Struggled
Back in early December 2020, I published a blog post praising Operation Warp Speed (OWS) for the speed and coordination of the Covid-19 vaccine development process. I identified three valuable lessons that any organization can adopt to enhance processes and productivity. I was uneasy…
Future Proofing Your KM Program
There is an AI/automation arms race underway between the big players—IBM, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Facebook – and knowledge management is the beneficiary. Turns out, KM tasks such as content management, tagging, search, and expertise location are good targets for AI and might really…
How to Get People to REALLY Share Knowledge in Groups
One of the biggest problems in organizations is that people are afraid to speak up. This fear leads to bad decisions, bad feelings, lost opportunities, and disengaged employees. It’s an epidemic. It is especially poignant for those of us who are so passionately committed to knowledge sharing.…
Empowering People for the Digital Age
Technology of the future will change our experience, but self-awareness is a change in consciousness. Change really comes down to whether or not people feel safe to explore new things, feel supported as they are learning, and feel confident in themselves and their ability to navigate this digital…
A Multi-Generational Model for Collaboration
The main reason I go to the Aspen Ideas Festival is for the new ideas, models, and people. I never would have met Henry Elkus elsewhere. Henry is a twenty-something entrepreneur who envisioned a global network in his Yale dorm room. His “big thinker” network, now called Helena,…
How Do Productive People Do It?
Why are some people more productive than others? To find out, I asked two stellar and productive past Big Thinkers to “Describe the circumstances under which you are most productive.” Charles Duhigg is a husband, father of two young children, Pulitzer prize winning NY Times reporter…
What Do Millennials Want Out Of Work?
This year's Aspen Ideas Festival was highly tweetable, especially two tracks particularly relevant to the future of knowledge management (KM) and knowledge work in general. The Thinking Machine: “Artificial intelligence (AI): now, next, and never going to happen” I believe that AI is…
Deep Work: Is Knowledge Management Friend or Foe?
In my last blog, I introduced Cal Newport and his concept of deep work, which raises some uncomfortable dilemmas for KM. Cal is author of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, a very provocative work from the perspective of KM. Here is his definition of deep work and why it…
Virtual Reality Needs to Go Social to Benefit KM
Driving a Rover on Mars? Touring Valen's Reef in the Bird’s Head Seascape international preserve? Reliving Hurricane Sandy as the waters rose? I had a chance to experience all three of these in virtual reality (VR) at the 2016 Aspen Ideas Festival. All three experiences would have been…
One Easy Tip to Be More Productive from Charles Duhigg
Being the head of a productivity center, I am on a lifelong quest to increase my own productivity and happiness. I never seem to get enough done: my “to do” list is always bigger than my “TA DA – it’s done!” list. Imagine my delight when Charles Duhigg, Pulitzer Prize winning author of the…