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Welcome to Knowledge Jolt with Jack. This is where I have been keeping my ongoing thoughts about knowledge management, Theory of Constraints, and related topics since 2004.
One of my biggest interests is how these techniques can help the individual perform better in their role, and then how that individual performance can roll up to a higher-level business performance. Because if individuals cannot do well, there is no chance that the organization can do well.
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What follows are excerpts of my recent blog entries. Click through for the full text.
I see that the FDA and NFL have both published rules / guidelines on how to use social media recently. Really?
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A friend is setting up a new personal blog (yes, people still do that), and he asked me a few questions about the style and layout. But this got me thinking why it is that blogs are still valuable - at least for me.
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Ask yourself some good questions, rather than worry about getting buried in information. This is the essential advice of Frank and Magnone's new book.
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Context matters. I've said this for years. And now, Sam Sommers has a new book out that says the same thing. Plus a video introduction.
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Interesting set of executive "habits" associated with failures from Sydney Finkelstein - originally published eight years ago. I like the "lack of respect" early warning sign.
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To create change we have to move people to a new way of acting with each other (behaviors). The concept behind Viral Change is to make those behaviors infection: spread, copy, reinforce, and spread more.
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A local paper has a great quote that is takes four times longer to complete two tasks effectively than to do each one individually.
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James Slavet has an interesting set of "Five New Management Metrics You Need To Know" on the Forbes technology blog. Rather than look specifically at throughput, he suggests some internal metrics that might be leading indicators.
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Dilbert cannot possibly focus on 25 things. Neither can you!
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The 2011 MAKE awards for North America, Europe, Asia and the Global winners have been announced recently.
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A tech firm has publicized their desire to phase out work email. That is a new way to reach Inbox Zero.
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Great find by Michael Krigsman on project management lessons in an academic paper. Nice reminder that idleness is only a problem when it is attached to value in the organization: idle projects / products.
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