Polk Command Bar: It used to be when a house started talking to you, it was time for a chat with the local priest or vicar about some spiritual cleansing. But now everywhere I turn, my home speaks to me through Alexa and an Amazon Echo of some sort, sometimes when I want it to, sometimes not. My latest Alexa companion comes in the form of the Polk Command Bar. The most … [Read more...] about Review: Polk Command Bar Offers Alexa with Attitude
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Box Opening: Solo New York Cameron Rolltop Backpack and Shorewood Leather Briefcase
Box opening video of Solo New York Cameron Rolltop Backpack, Shorewood Leather Briefcase For more information: Solo New York Cameron Rolltop Backpack, $149.99 Solo New York Shorewood Leather Briefcase, $214.99 … [Read more...] about Box Opening: Solo New York Cameron Rolltop Backpack and Shorewood Leather Briefcase
Knowledge and Expertise: Mental work modes and switching gears
Knowledge and Expertise: Most mental work falls into three distinct modes: synthesis, delivery, and collaboration. Knowledge synthesis Knowledge synthesis is usually a form of research characterized by reading, listening, and watching with a goal in mind, a hypothesis that needs to be tested. We characterize this as downward-looking. Down through data, through the … [Read more...] about Knowledge and Expertise: Mental work modes and switching gears
Knowledge and Innovation: 21 Critical Innovation Principles that Benefit from Knowledge Management
Knowledge and Innovation: 21 Innovation Principles That Benefit from a KM Perspective Knowledge management often sounds like a controlling function, but it can also be a liberating one. Seeking knowledge, examining problems from different points of view, and synthesizing content and context to create new, often unique possibilities requires an openness that the process view … [Read more...] about Knowledge and Innovation: 21 Critical Innovation Principles that Benefit from Knowledge Management
What can universities, colleges and museums learn from knowledge management about how to adapt?
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?