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How to Prevent Experts from Hoarding Knowledge

Harvard Business Review

They may be technical, as in the engineering example, but they can also be managerial, as when an experienced manager has hard-earned skills in problem identification and solution, crucial relationships with customers, or a detailed understanding of how to innovate. If such knowledge leaves with retirees, it may be lost for good.

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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

Leaders consciously or unconsciously lump employees into three categories: the “stars” consisting of those in management as well high potential employees, the much larger “core” made up of solid contributors, and the rest, employees whose contributions and fit with the organization are questionable. Connecting the U.S.

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Olympic Host Cities Need Transparency, Not Knowledge Transfer

Harvard Business Review

From the moment I stepped off the bus at the rowing venue, I felt reassured that the London Olympic Games were operating like a well-oiled machine. Certainly, knowledge transfer has been a priority of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Difficulty of getting the whole story. Contractual commitment.

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For Sales Forces, Big Data May Be Overhyped

Harvard Business Review

The history of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems holds valuable lessons. Billions of dollars and millions of hours were spent to build and operate these systems. The first wave of CRM systems got a boost with success stories in an HBR Article (" Automation to Boost Sales and Marketing ") in 1989 by Moriarty and Swartz.

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Develop Deep Knowledge in Your Organization — and Keep It

Harvard Business Review

For example, new hires tend to come in knowing building information modeling from school, and can tutor experienced designers and architects in how to incorporate their deep practical knowledge into the software. How talent management is changing. The single largest obstacle to managing human knowledge is a lack of time.