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Leadership and Knowledge Management

N2Growth Blog

.&# Leaders who understand the catalytic power of properly applied knowledge will not only be able to leverage knowledge to increase returns, but also be able to protect knowledge to mitigate risk. Encourage and reward collaboration, the public sharing of knowledge, and education processes to create and scale knowledge. .

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Even Standard IT Can Boost Creativity At Work

The Horizons Tracker

When it comes to innovation, it’s tempting to think that the latest and greatest technologies are required to facilitate the creative process. What’s more, if these employees are recognized for their efforts and encouraged to develop their skills then their innovative output rises yet further. ” Common tech. .

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100% Of Companies Have This Problem

N2Growth Blog

Good business processes serve as the central nervous system for your organization providing a framework for every action, decision, activity or innovation to flow from and through. The debate shouldn’t be one of systems vs. talent, but systems and talent. Good process comes as a by-product of clarity of purpose.

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Leading From the Middle

LDRLB

The article discusses creative organizations and the need to develop innovative leaders at all levels. Innovation is the creative process of design, development and implementation of new products, processes or services to improve efficiency, effectiveness, or to build a differentiator for sustainable competitive advantage.

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The Need For New Leadership In This COVID-Era

The Horizons Tracker

The year has also been prominent for the number of so-called “wicked” problems, including systemic racism, climate change, and COVID itself. In this sense, it’s extremely similar to the PDCA cycle so beloved of lean practitioners, or indeed that of the knowledge management community more generally.

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Knowledge Transfer - A Generational Challenge For Strategy Execution

Six Disciplines

As large numbers of baby boomers retire, knowledge transfer becomes critical to an organization's sustainability and competitive edge. In a knowledge economy, firm-specific knowledge is critical to the sustainability, performance and innovation of organizations facing the imminent retirement of large numbers of baby boomers.

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Cooperation and Outward Spiraling Success Loops

Mike Cardus

They did that and created an AMAZING Finance Department Knowledge System. On time budget requests and updates from project managers up 48%. Continued building and use of ‘What Works + Cooperation Knowledge Management System’. Follow up 3 months later. On time expense reports from Sales up 23%.

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