Beyond knowledge management to better management
If Lisa J. Damon has a bridge to sell, I'm buying it. And, it's not because I'm all that gullible. However, over the course of one hour she changed me from an admitted Lean Six Sigma skeptic into a person willing to consider the possibilities of that approach for every law firm. I had previously... Continue Reading →
Each autumn I have the privilege of attending a day of classes at one of the best high schools in the country. Inevitably, I get to the end of the day exhausted -- reminded once again that I now have only a fraction of the energy I once enjoyed as a teenager. But this post... Continue Reading →
He thought they were going to have a quiet dinner, but she arrived apoplectic. Some of the folks who worked with her had dropped the ball on a project that was routine and should have been foolproof. She thought they were going to have a quiet dinner, but he arrived apoplectic. Someone had asked his... Continue Reading →
The day after Steve Jobs died, a knowledge management colleague at another law firm asked why a man who had such a profound influence on technology had seemingly little influence on legal knowledge management. That stopped conversation for a moment. Tongue firmly in cheek, I countered with the proposition that if Steve Jobs had turned his... Continue Reading →
Remember your mortality. That's what the Latin phrase "momento mori" means. It's also the message behind some significant art produced over the centuries. In earlier times, the artists were not always subtle about their message regarding the inevitability of death. They simply added a skull or another example of decaying nature to the portrait or... Continue Reading →
Above and Beyond KM 