What's New?
Introduction
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Insights
What is knowledge management (KM)?
KM involves the better use of what we know – our knowledge – to facilitate improved outcomes for organizations, sustainable development, society, and ourselves personally.
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About Us
Who are we, and what do we do?
Bridging the evidence-practice gap in knowledge management (KM) across 11+ years, achieving over 5 million views of more than 2,500+ articles.
RealKM KM Update
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RealKM KM Update
RealKM Knowledge Management Update No. 1,062 – 7 Oct 2026
Bill Kaplan looks at data centers and community acceptance, and Bruce Boyes asks if the new ISO/UNDP 53001:2026 standard could be an additional pathway for KM in the SDGs?
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RealKM KM Update
RealKM Knowledge Management Update No. 1,061 – 24 Sep 2026
Looking at the impacts of the RealKM-KM4Dev-K4DP knowledge management (KM) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) campaign, and reporting on the Generational Knowledge Maturity Matrix (GKMM) introduced in Jordan Richards' MBA dissertation.
Feature Articles
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Artificial intelligence
Data centers and community acceptance: lessons learned on the path to “yes”
Community acceptance as a design requirement.
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KM & SDGs campaign
ISO/UNDP 53001:2026 Management systems for UN SDGs – an additional pathway for KM in the SDGs?
Proposing a KM for sustainable development "ISO/UNDP 53001:2026 – ISO 30401:2018 bridging note."
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KM & SDGs campaign
Changing the International Discourse on Knowledge and Knowledge Societies for Sustainable Development
From ‘Transforming Our World’ to the ‘Pact for the Future’.
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Artificial intelligence
From knowledge management to knowledge intelligence
What AI changes – and what it does not.
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ABCs of KM
Lessons learned – or lessons merely recorded?
Lessons identified are not necessarily lessons learned in US foreign and national security policy implementation.
Evidence for KM Practice
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Core principles of responsible KM (rKM)
Developing the core principles of responsible knowledge management (rKM): Section 4.6 – Conceptual constraints and neoliberal residues
Conceptual baggage continues to shape the discourse around rKM.
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Stakeholder and community engagement
Impact of Citizen Engagement – Making a difference to policy, institutions and society
Report by European Commission Joint Research Centre.
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Brain power
Are right‑brained people really more creative? Here’s what the science really tells us
What more than 150 years of science really tells us about being left-brained vs right-brained.
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ABCs of KM
Generational Knowledge and Strategic Resilience: Mitigating Critical Knowledge Loss in High-Risk Industries
By Jordan Richards. Introducing the Generational Knowledge Maturity Matrix (GKMM).
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Core principles of responsible KM (rKM)
Developing the core principles of responsible knowledge management (rKM): Section 4.5 – Findings of the integrative literature review
Knowledge work that is more ethically grounded, socially engaged, and future-oriented.
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Artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence in Knowledge Management: Mapping a Decade of Research and Emerging Directions
By Gunawan, Siska Ayudia Adiyanti, Adi Dadan Ramdana, Granit Agustina, and Dadar Supriatna.
Tools & Methods
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Tools & methods
The multidimensional process of co-creation: Five consistent dimensions
A conceptual tool for planning, examining, and strengthening co-creation.
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Tools & methods
The Theory of Change Process – Guidance for Outcome Delivery Plans
Theory of Change (ToC) is a methodology for planning, monitoring, and evaluating an initiative.
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Tools & methods
Participatory countermapping
The collaborative creation of maps grounded in lived experiences and territorial knowledge.
News & Community
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Awards
Congratulations 2026 SEA, National, and MENA MIKE Award Winners!
We are thrilled to celebrate the winners for winners for 2026!
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News & community
Call for submissions: Innovation, Diversity, and Inclusion in Organizational Management
Contribute to a new Special Issue of Management & Marketing journal. Submission deadline 28 February 2027.
Advocacy
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KM & SDGs campaign
Changing the International Discourse on Knowledge and Knowledge Societies for Sustainable Development
From ‘Transforming Our World’ to the ‘Pact for the Future’.
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KM & SDGs campaign
Summary report of stakeholder inputs to UN 2027 GSDR reflects RealKM submission
Our landmark KM & SDGs campaign journal editorial is now a scientific reference for the 2027 Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR).
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ABCs of KM
SDSN Report Confirms Strong Global Commitment to SDGs, Despite Headwinds
Most countries support the SDG framework, with India and China leading progress. But Argentina and the US consistently oppose resolutions.
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KM & SDGs campaign
KM Competency & Capability
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KM Triversary Forum 2025
Special series: Bridging the research-practice gap in knowledge management (KM)
This special series of articles summarises the keynotes and presentations from the KM Triversary Forum 2025.
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ABCs of KM
KM Landscape: reflections of the journey to nowhere, somewhere, anywhere, everywhere – walking, talking and working with no one, someone, anyone and everyone
Insights into the KM Landcape cocreative activity.
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KM Triversary Forum 2025
Summary of KM Triversary Forum 2025: Bridging the research-practice gap in knowledge management (KM)
14-15 October 2025, 130 participants including 10 keynotes and over 30 presenters.
From the Archive
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Indigenous knowledge systems & sovereignty
The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty
Selected excerpts from the book Knowledge Sovereignty among African Cattle Herders.
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Nudge theory
Nudge theory
This ongoing series offers perspectives for and against nudge theory and its application.
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Critical Eye
Critical Eye
A semi-regular feature where RealKM analyses and discusses the methodology and science behind claims made in publications.
