Education and museum knowledge management It seems counter-intuitive to advise learning organizations about how to implement learning, but educational institutions and museums often find themselves locked into a matrix of intellectual intransigence hardened by politics, funding, and bias. To avoid this, they need to actively adopt ideas from knowledge management that help … [Read more...] about What can universities, colleges and museums learn from knowledge management about how to adapt?
Archives for July 2018
Welcome to the Serendipity Economy
Industrial age economics obscures economic activity that doesn’t fit neatly into its models of productivity and efficiency. In an ever more connected world, a new framework is required that accounts for the value derived from seemingly random and unanticipated encounters and interactions. The Serendipity Economy framework posits six attributes that identify faults in our … [Read more...] about Welcome to the Serendipity Economy
Thought Leadership’s Golden Rules [Infographic]
Thought Leadership's Golden Rules Thought leadership isn't just for individuals. In the Serious Insights guide "Thought Leaderhip's Golden Rules," you will learn how to use thought leadership to shape people's perception of a company, its products and its services. Firms large and small want to be thought leaders. Thought leadership derives from strategic … [Read more...] about Thought Leadership’s Golden Rules [Infographic]
Innovation: More Poetry than Science
An earlier version of this post originally appeared at Fast Company Innovation: More Poetry than Science Practical lessons from 35 years of writing poetry to help individuals and teams deliver more innovative products, processes, and services. In a conversation with Phil McKinney, former HP Chief Innovation Officer and author of Beyond the Obvious: … [Read more...] about Innovation: More Poetry than Science
Why Best Practices Suck
Photo by 100 files on Pexels.com Why Best Practices Suck: Best practices are like vampires: They can suck the life out of an organization, kill its productivity, drain its creativity, and bleed its initiative. If you seek perfection in perpetuity, your organization’s learning apparatus will become an animated corpse cursed through the ages to feed on its ancestors. Every … [Read more...] about Why Best Practices Suck