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5 Key Lessons From Learning Organizations

QAspire

In my career so far, I have (broadly) seen two kinds of organizations. They create focus groups on process improvements, document the lessons, relentlessly train teams and incorporate preventive measures in their processes. Peter Senge has done some amazing work on organization development and systems thinking. What about you?

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The Indescribable Impact Of The Index Card | timmilburn.com

Tim Milburn

I feel like I’ve forgotten at least half of the ideas because I didn’t have a good system to capture them. Towards the end of his career, in the mid-1760s, Linnaeus took this further, inventing a paper tool that has since become very common: index cards. I have a document for each chapter. This is easily rearranged.

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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

– How to Create and Implement a Knowledge Transfer Program, part 1 Posted by Ken Ball and Gina Gotsill on November 10, 2010 · 2 Comments The clock is ticking: next year, in 2011, the oldest of the 76 million Baby Boomers turn 65. Many will decide to stay in the workforce and replenish their savings and retirement accounts.

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Lessons in Using Checklists for Managing Processes

QAspire

Checklists are a great aid to our memories, because they document important points that we would have learned by doing things. Here are a few reasons I could think of: Checklist can be a progressive database of your knowledge on building certain type of systems. Some people also prioritize items in their checklists.

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Craft a Remarkable Personal Brand Statement! 29 Steps & Examples

Miles Anthony Smith

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." In 2011, he was signed to Ellen DeGeneres' label, eleveneleven.

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Worn out at Work? Twelve Common Workplace Behaviors that Drain.

Strategy Driven

’ Here are twelve draining behaviors to watch out for – and what you can do to counteract them and create a more nourishing workplace in 2011. ’ Here are twelve draining behaviors to watch out for – and what you can do to counteract them and create a more nourishing workplace in 2011.

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5 Ideas To Ensure That Lessons are 'Really' Learned

QAspire

You then document these lessons in a nice looking template and share it with all stakeholders before getting onto the next project. Lessons-Learned ” often end up being “ Lessons-Documented-In-Last-Project-That-Are-Going-To-Show-Up-Again ”. All improvement depends on lessons you document and what you, as a leader, do about it.

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