Beyond knowledge management to better management
We'll be hosting 15 friends and family for Easter Dinner so I'm deep in the throes of menu planning. Since we always serve lamb, much of the recipe exploration has focused on side dishes. This search led me to a traditional companion to roast lamb: ratatouille. For those of you who have never sampled this... Continue Reading →
If there is one unlimited resource in this world, it's the human capacity to find ways to avoid work. Everyone has had an hour or a day when it was very hard to focus on the thing that had to be done. So what have we done instead? Anything but that one required thing. This... Continue Reading →
"Drinking your own champagne" was how Jo Hoppe, CIO of Pegasystems, described the process that some with a less elegant turn of phrase have called "eating your own dog food." It means using your own products and taking your own advice. It also means moving out of the world of the theoretical into the painfully... Continue Reading →
Some things cannot be rushed. I was reminded of this truth when reading the description of Joseph Priestly in Jack Vinson's book review of The Invention of Air: The book is engagingly written, describing Priestly in both his positive and negative qualities and how his work fits into the greater context of what was happening... Continue Reading →
When the cat's away, you know what those mice do. But, do you know why? According to a report by Rachel Zupek, it's often about the kind of boss that cat is: It's a direct reflection of the boss's leadership. When a workplace isn't compelling to people -- where employees lack the desire and ability... Continue Reading →
Rees Morrison reports that clients get unhappy when their lawyers have internal meetings. According to some of the general counsel he works with, these meetings are seen as unnecessary additions to the bill. Meanwhile, their outside counsel know that these meetings have been a traditional means of sharing important matter information and, thereby, promoting efficiency. ... Continue Reading →
The Knowledge Management Peer Group of the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) is once again sponsoring a survey to determine the current state of law firm knowledge management. Given the upheavals in the legal industry of the last few years, it will be interesting to see what if any changes emerge from the survey data.... Continue Reading →
$35.5 million is a lot to spend on potential, but that's the record-setting price a private jewelry retailer recently paid for a 507-carat rough diamond. According to the Associated Press report, The stone — as big as a chicken egg and weighing just over 100 grams (3.53 ounces) — was estimated as among the world's... Continue Reading →
Do you think small? Or, do you have a compelling vision that gives your work purpose? What gets you out of bed in the morning other than the knowledge that someone expects you to punch the clock at the office? Some have reported that in their view the safest course through the economic downturn was... Continue Reading →
Back flips, somersaults, handstands. These acrobats did it all. Standard fare for an acrobat, you say? Perhaps. But these guys were doing it in a New York City subway train. Have you ever tried doing a rapid series of back flips in the narrow aisle of a moving train? Me neither. Perhaps it's not such... Continue Reading →
Above and Beyond KM 