All in business
"Beating the Boomer Brain Drain Blues" is a good overview of the knowledge retention problem facing many companies. It provides some suggestions on how to think about the problem, and there are many examples.
The McKinsey Quarterly has Ten trends to watch in 2006 by Ian Davis and Elizabeth Stephenson, which are really trends to watch over the next decade. Several of these ring for me.
Is it me, or are there a heck of a lot of blogging and/or KM surveys coming out of late?
In "Data chief climbs the executive title tower," Chicago Tribune staff reporter Jon Van discusses data mining the importance of data to companies. I see the importance of the strategic view.
Cutting Through points us to some work of Jonathan Briggs on what he would have liked to know before starting his business, instead of learning-by-doing. 10 things to know before you start Understanding cashflow is the first important lesson to learn. The cheque is never in the post. Clients will always...
Frank Patrick's Focused Performance Weblog What the Customer Wants -- In today's piece Laurent writes... "The most important thing I learned in 15 years could well be the realization that solving someone's problem with code involves listening to that person." This goes for problem solving without code as well. And as...
Derek Lowe mentions the amazing trail of names that have ended up at GlaxoSmithKline, and has a suggestion in Naming of Names: Someone should do a family-tree chart of all the mergers and buyouts over the years in the drug industry. Judging from this example, though, I don't think that someone...