How often do people go off for a few a days to a training event and then return to work, struggle to apply what they have learned, eventually forgetting it in a matter of months? The author explains why his experience supports a blended-learning approach mixing standard training, custom training, e-learning, coaching, and communities of practice to produce the best results.
As valuable as databases and other reservoirs of information are, it is in the dynamic content of blogs and similar artifices where we find enthusiastic intellects imparting us with the benefit of valuable data and real-life experience.
Web logs--or blogs--on public domain allow the common man to become an instant author, publisher and critique in real time and (if lucky) attract a global fan following. But blogs are not for grassroots journalism or public activism alone. Part 1 of this three-part series will look at what roles blogs play in the context of online communities and collaboration.
Are you still having problems backing a major KM initiative? This book provides a detailed analysis of "the secrets of successful idea practitioners"--including the idea of knowledge management--and may be just what you need to help get things off the ground.
PowerPoint presentations are all the rage, yet the simple whiteboard has helped us come a long way in how we encourage development and collaborative breakthroughs. It is through its continued use that new products and ideas will be created.
Project issues vary from organization to organization, but a few always pop up in the post-mortem. Here we identify some causes and offer some ideas on how you can finally get those issues off your report once and for all.
How does a project manager bridge the gap between understanding and experience? For PMs who are starting out in the field or who haven't mastered everything under the sun, it can always be beneficial to gain practical experience in different areas so that they have a better understanding of how things should be done.
Managing project teams is no easy feat--especially when project team members are geographically distant from each other. But with the right training, any project manager can be a “geo pro.”