Beyond knowledge management to better management
Some say that the legal profession has raised caution to a high art form. Even so, it is possible to find in every walk of life people whose favorite course of action is to adopt a wait and see strategy. But is this a wise course? Some recent writing about the human tendency to avoid... Continue Reading →
Your organization's social media effort needs you to be a mad scientist..on wheels! Huh???? Forget the long production cycles, forget the boring committee meetings, forget the five-year plan. Your Enterprise 2.0 project needs creativity and momentum. The way to get it is to be an agent provocateur, an iconoclast. Someone willing to think outside the... Continue Reading →
The bride was beautiful, the groom handsome, the beach setting romantic. In fact, we enjoyed every minute of the wonderful destination wedding they hosted. However, even romance does not eradicate some of the realities of life in the 21st century. Accordingly, the happy couple felt compelled to ask their guests to refrain from posting wedding... Continue Reading →
May 19 was a great day for social media enthusiasts as they watched the price of LinkedIn stock rocket. The commentators were almost breathless as they reported each extraordinary increase in price over the course of the day: CNNMoney.com (@CNNMoney) LinkedIn shares open at $83, an 84% premium over the IPO price of $45. http://CNNMoney.com... Continue Reading →
A new Canadian study reveals that companies are suffering from a "knowledge hiding" epidemic. Or, as Kimberly Weisul puts it, the $73 billion that companies spent on knowledge management software in 2008 (according to AMR research) might possibly be a complete waste. That's a thought that should strike terror in the heart of every knowledge... Continue Reading →
"I can resist everything but temptation," Oscar Wilde once said. Nowadays, if you look around most offices, you'll discover lots of folks who appear to agree with Oscar Wilde. They spend time during regular business hours on Facebook, checking personal email, indulging in online shopping, or just surfing the web. In fact, it can seem... Continue Reading →
As much of the world knows, two particular people were married at Westminster Abbey today. Whether or not you attended in person, watched on TV, or glanced at newspaper headlines, it was hard to ignore a certain royal wedding. I'm not qualified to comment on the religious, historic, political or fashion implications of the event. ... Continue Reading →
Is your firm or law department still counting its pennies? Or is your firm or company so optimistic about its prospects that you've been given a large budget to spend freely on knowledge and information management projects? The headlines in the legal technology press often feature impressive, state of the art, large-budget projects. However, what... Continue Reading →
Imagine Cleopatra as a law librarian. (Let me give you moment to wrap your mind around that thought.) Consider the following: April 10 - 16, 2011 is National Library Week. April 11, 2011 was Equal Pay Day, the day that symbolizes how far into the year women must work on average to earn what men... Continue Reading →
Each of us is given 24 hours in a day, but some of us manage to accomplish a great deal more than others. How? This is the key question behind a recent series of conversations between Bob Pozen and Justin Fox, the editorial director of the Harvard Business Review Group. For those of you who... Continue Reading →
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