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    16 Apr 2026

    Keynote – Where do knowledge management and Integration and Implementation Sciences intersect? [Forum special series]

    KM Triversary Forum keynote presentation article by Professor Gabriele Bammer.
    16 Apr 2026

    Developing the core principles of responsible knowledge management (rKM): Section 2.6 – The will to metrics: KM’s economic telos

    The act of assigning knowledge a number, treating it as a transaction, a portfolio, or an effect, does not make…
    16 Apr 2026

    A very special thank you to retiring RealKM Platinum Patron Dr Arthur Shelley!

    As an esteemed RealKM Platinum Patron who has contributed continuously for more than 3 years, Arthur has been specially awarded…
    8 Apr 2026

    What if knowledge exists but nobody knows? [Forum special series, Artificial intelligence]

    KM Triversary Forum 2025 presentation article by Gianguglielmo Calvi.
    3 Apr 2026

    Trust: bridging the research–practice gap [Forum special series]

    KM Triversary Forum 2025 presentation article by Meena Arivananthan.

    Patron Showcase

      26 May 2025

      The Organizational Zoo: A survival guide to workplace behavior

      Dr Arthur Shelley's "OrgZoo" concept is a set of creative metaphor characters that help develop understanding of human interactions and…
      1 Jun 2025

      Stuart French – Knowledge Management Empowering Teams through Shared Understandings (Victory Lion Podcast)

      Discover the incredible journey of Stuart French, a pioneer in knowledge management, as he shares how cultural foundations are crucial…
      6 May 2021

      Because You Need to Know – Bill Kaplan

      Deep dive into municipal knowledge challenges. What will society do to improve how we govern? Bill shares his expert perspective.
      2 Jun 2025

      Dr Arthur Shelley – Intelligent Answers

      Intelligent Answers is a specialist consulting firm that works with organisations to improve their performance, through enhancing capability, leadership and…
      16 Apr 2023

      Because You Need to Know – Stuart French

      Organizational structures that enable knowledge flow with Stuart French.
      26 May 2025

      Instant Insights videos: Culture, Behaviour, & Leadership

      This series provides quick insights to enhance social learning and build a trusted collaborative culture in professional communities and personal…
      17 Oct 2025

      Brett J. Patron, CKM

      With more than 12 years in the knowledge management (KM) field, Brett Patron is currently a Principal Consultant with Knoco…
      2 Jun 2025

      Reverse Bloom: A new hybrid approach to experiential learning for a new world

      More effective learning can be achieved by reversing the order of the cognitive domain of Bloom's taxonomy, and reintroducing the…
      26 May 2025

      Becoming Adaptable: Creative facilitation to develop yourself and transform cultures

      Dr Arthur Shelley's Becoming Adaptable provides insights on why adaptability enables better performance in personal and professional life.
      26 May 2025

      KNOWledge SUCCESSion: Sustained Performance and Capability Growth Through Strategic Knowledge Projects

      Dr Arthur Shelley's KNOWledge SUCCESSion is structured to build from foundational requirements towards connecting the highly interdependent aspects of success…
      2 Jun 2025

      Stuart French – Delta Knowledge blog

      A blog about collaboration cultures, social networks, agile knowledge management (KM) and associated methods that help organisations respond intelligently to…
      3 Jan 2026

      Optimising learning outcomes through social co-creation of new knowledge in real-life client challenges

      An experiential learning programme in which there is no teaching of content. Instead, learners experience a range of real project…

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      From the Archive

        16 Jul 2025

        Men traded wares – but women traded knowledge: what a new archaeological study tells us about PNG sea trade

        Archaeologists once assumed that men were responsible for seafaring trade in Papua New Guinea, but women also played a fundamental role.
        29 Jan 2025

        Effective tacit knowledge transfer in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

        Research suggests that tacit-to-tacit knowledge transfer (direct transfer between individuals) is more effective in SMEs than attempts to convert tacit knowledge to explicit forms.
        2 Jun 2023

        Introduction to knowledge graphs (part 5): Inductive knowledge

        Inductive reasoning generalises patterns from input observations, which are used to generate novel but potentially imprecise predictions.
        20 Feb 2025

        Is knowledge really the most important strategic resource for a firm?

        What if this assertion is not actually supported in the body of research on the knowledge-based view of the firm?
        3 Feb 2016

        Components of a knowledge management system

        In a knowledge management system (KMS), the subject being managed is the social and human capital of people associated with the organisation.
        23 Jun 2017

        Harnessing the positive deviance approach to solving social problems

        A new paper identifies five stages in the identification and amplification of the tacit knowledge of “deviant” individuals.
        12 Sep 2023

        AI-based KM features for knowledge analytics and intelligence [Generative AI & KM series part 8]

        Knowledge analytics and intelligence KM processes where generative AI has augmented their experience.
        21 Jan 2026

        AI can boost creativity, but only if we think before we prompt

        Metacognitive skills – knowing how to think about thinking – may be just as important in a world where AI is always close at hand.
        2 Oct 2024

        Echoes of knowledge – a poetic look at what knowledge management (KM) involves [Arts & culture in KM part 15]

        When KM practitioners are asked "what is KM?" they often give dry disengaging technical responses. Let's take a different approach.
        21 Apr 2017

        New browser extension assists access to legal, open access, full text research

        Unpaywall is a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.
        7 May 2025

        Participatory scenario planning

        The point of scenario planning is not to predict the future, but to explore its uncertainties. Participatory scenario planning extends it into the realm of stakeholder engagement.
        25 Feb 2022

        Organization Management Rhythm (part 8.3): Products Produced – By Meeting Flow

        Helps show how the meetings flow from the individual section and align into the meetings as they go up the chain of leadership.
        25 Nov 2016

        The knowledge management implications of the Trump vote

        We need to radically change the way in which we work with the community: we need to listen to and understand people's stories, and work collaboratively with them to implement…
        24 Nov 2016

        Analysing the attention economy

        The effects of the attention economy in three related online contexts. Are we missing the point?
        16 Dec 2020

        Congratulations to Gladys Kemboi on being awarded the Most Influential Knowledge Management Ambassador in Kenya!

        A big congratulations to Gladys Kemboi from RealKM Magazine!
        12 May 2017

        The worst mental health killer you probably know nothing about (part 1)

        This serious disease has the greatest proportion of suicides of any mental illness.
        9 Mar 2017

        Developing understanding: Model 7 [Systems thinking & modelling series]

        7: Soft influences are often not very obvious, even though they can have a major influence.
        6 Dec 2020

        Failed #SquadGoals: Spotify doesn’t use the “Spotify model” and neither should you

        The "Spotify model” got a bunch of companies talking like Taylor Swift about startup culture, but four former Spotify employees reveal the truth: its eponymous way of working failed before…
        9 May 2022

        Book review – Becoming Adaptable: Creative facilitation to develop yourself and transform cultures

        Practical approaches to develop your own adaptability, and to assist others improve theirs.
        18 Jun 2021

        Organization Management Rhythm (part 1.2): Lucid Meetings

        Lucid Meetings has developed a taxonomy of 16 types of meetings that defines the meetings used in the organization management rhythm.
        3 Sep 2019

        Planning and strategy development in the face of complexity series (part 9): Move from comprehensive to diversified planning

        Planning cannot encompass everything and should be selective about purpose and content.
        21 Jul 2017

        How cyber troops are influencing what you think and know

        A new working paper from the University of Oxford finds that "cyber troops" are a pervasive and global phenomenon.
        28 Sep 2020

        Taking responsibility for complexity (section 3.3.1): Decisions from deliberation

        In the face of complexity, ‘deliberation’ should be a central process guiding decision-making, by mobilising and combining various perspectives and drawing on many types of knowledge.
        26 Sep 2019

        Merchants of misinformation are all over the internet. But the real problem lies with us

        Social media giants such as Facebook have been blamed for helping spread misinformation. But the problem runs deeper than that.
        12 Jun 2022

        Video recording from KM4Dev Knowledge Café 23: Writing (research) articles on KM and KM4Dev

        With Srividya Harish, Bruce Boyes, Dr Sarah Cummings, Gladys Kemboi, and Prof A Senaji. Facilitated by Jacob Løfdahl & Gladys Kemboi.
        13 Dec 2016

        Systems thinking and modelling series: Exercise answers

        Answers to selected exercises in the systems thinking and modelling series.
        26 Jun 2021

        Organization Management Rhythm (part 1.3): The Cadence Meetings

        The Cadence Meetings are the regularly repeated meetings that make up the vast majority of the meetings held in the modern workplace.
        7 Mar 2016

        How learning spills over in the firm

        A recent paper reminds us of the knowledge spillover that can occur from conversations with our peers.
        6 Sep 2016

        Is confidence more a personality trait or an ability trait?

        A study comparing younger and older adults finds that this depends on how confidence is measured.
        29 May 2023

        Uncomfortable truths in international development: approaches to the decolonization of knowledge from development practice, policy and research

        Special Issue of Knowledge Management for Development Journal.
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