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Why Knowledge Management Didn’t Save General Motors: Addressing Complex Issues By Convening Conversation

Conversation Matters

At one point GM had 138 best practice teams and 33 centers of expertise working with identified subject matter experts. In 2008 KM was alive and well at GM. GM was brought down by a flawed strategy, but an organization’s strategy is clearly a product of the knowledge that exists within its walls.

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How to be a Good Internal Consultant

Workplace Psychology

Additionally, several core consulting skills (AIMC, 2017) are needed, such as business acumen, business process optimization, change management, coaching & consulting skills, and project management. 401) – “[I]n today’s business environment, ambiguity is pervasive and affects leaders at all organizational levels.

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To improve EX and agility, many HR teams are restructuring

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See also: Boese: Why more HR tech isn’t necessarily better No matter where HR is on its restructuring journey, Tucker points to five common areas that all HR leaders need to focus on now: Close HR skills gaps in analytics, cost management, HR expertise and change management. Devote more resources to HR change management.

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Knowledge Management As a Way to Bring Civility and Caring to Organizations

Conversation Matters

I remember that at Fluor when John McQuary was responsible for KM. There was one story about a young engineer who left Fluor to work for another company and after a year came back because she so valued the support of her colleagues at Fluor. In HBR w e read that workers, at all levels, are lonely.

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What is a CPLP Certification?

HR Lineup

It has even been estimated that at least 120 hours of consistent preparation are essential. One will need to take the test at the similar costs and pass it again. By nature, it is broad-based, touching on ten different areas of expertise as well as six foundational competencies. Getting CPLP certification is not easy.

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Leveraging Collective Knowledge: NASA’s Constellation Program

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Every organization has the problem of how to save the knowledge it has created, but after the cancelation of the Constellation program (CxP), NASA has that problem in spades. David Delong wrote about NASA' loss in Lost Knowledge , Oxford Press 2004. each menu was a list of questions to be discussed at that table. Very powerful.

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The Power of Action Learning: A Process for Building a Collaborative Culture

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It is not a new process, but one that was used both in Europe and the US, long before the term “Knowledge Management” was first heard in organizations. In between meetings set members take action on their issues and then report back on the results at the following meeting. The value placed on learning from experience. •