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" Online version of the journal"

" Article from manufacturing industry providing introductory outline. "

" CIPD Change Agenda paper including case studies from NHS, Royal Bank of Scotland, PWC and IBM. "

Preventing valuable knowledge from walking out the doorLike many other companies, TVA is facing the imminent retirement of a large percentage of its work force-an estimated 30 to 40 percent of employees will retire over the next five years. These experienced employees possess much unique, undocumented knowledge.  Many of them literally built the plants and facilities that they now operate and maintain.

TVA were the pioneers for knowledge retention. The original presentation to their board was back in 1998. Most other KRT programmes, including M&S and KIN can trace their origins back to this original work by Andy Wright, a senior manager in Leadership Development at TVA.

" This example from Steve Denning is useful and relevant to our ALG discussion on 6th December"

Also includes a link to his recent Newsnight interview on 'fingerprinting' wher he explains some of his reserach about the affect of 'context' on decision making (in relation to finger-print experts in this example")

" Report presenting the major findings of of a March 2009 Deloitte Survey looks at how Talent tactics and strategies have changed since their January 2009 survey."

Mobee Knowledge CoP

International Keynote by Ron Young to KM Singapore Conference, Singapore 16th September 2010

spoof video from Patrick Lambe

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).

Harrah's, the casino entertainment company, is beginning to explore how to create commercially useful knowledge by applying a much-hyped knowledge management tool-prediction markets-in a very new contex

" 'Knowledge creation trumps knowledge transfer' 'Diversity trumps ability' 'Diversity across firms trumps diversity within companies' These are some of the themes explored in this interesting article on how the Las Vegas casino Hurrahs is tapping into the power of prediction markets specifically to innovate. Thanks to Jenny Ambrozek for pointing this article out."

MIT Sloane article from Julian Birkinshaw, LBS, debunking commonly held beliefs about innovation

"This book explains very important aspects of the relevance and representativeness of the state of investigation into the concept of CoPs and their degree of acceptance and the creation of  a theoretical reference frame in contemporary society and economy. This relevance becomes clear on examining the wide variety of subject areas in the contents of the twenty-five chapters in this study, organized into five sections, each with its own area of interest, used to explain the practical and theoretical reach of CoPs.