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"Interesting Knowledge Board article on the use of Social Media inside organisations to increase internal interactions. "

Wall Street journal / MIT Sloane Management Review article. How emerging markets are leading the way in thinking about markets in a downturn. The examples mainly come from marketing and product placement, but these are great lessons in how to think differently about an existing business model. The batteries pricing / packaging example was a neat way of presenting an existing offering in a more attractive & acceptable way during a downturn. The item about focussing on your existing customer base rather than new market opporunities got me thinking about how we use existing knowledge. The analogy works for me, because leveraging what we already know makes more sense than the cost of buying in expertise etc.

to demonstrate that shared or packaged knowledge has to be tailored to the need of the recipient, rather than the interests or viewpoint of the provider

True "knowledge bites". For time-strapped individuals, these micro audio podcasts provide a glimpse into science based innovations. The only thing missing for me are links to follow-up, if the 60 seconds grabs my interest.

Gavin, KIN has had conversations in the past about knowledge transfer with the Technology Strategy Board . They seem to be predominantly about facilitating commerce between universities and industry. They don't seem to be interested in the subtleties of communities of practice, or the behavioral aspects of collaboration. We seemed to be talking different languages. Maybe we haven't engaged with the right people yet!

Presentation by Ingrid Koehler of LGID on tools for digital learning. From Knowledge Hub conference 01/03/2011

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Delivering Effective Knowledge Transfer services and solutions

This animation is based on the peer assist methodology as outlined in the book Learning to Fly - Practical Knowledge Management from Leading and Learning Organisations by Chris Collison and Geoff Parcell (Capstone Publishing, 2001, 2004).

Amongst other things, this page contains an excellent definition of (and explanation of) Knowldege Management