power
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Tools & methods
The Cultiv8 tool Part 2: Actionable insights for navigating power
How can we move beyond considering power as the source of implementation challenges and bottlenecks, and instead focus on how…
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ABCs of KM
When is workplace chat ‘just gossip’ and when is it ‘sharing information’? It depends who’s doing it
Knowledge is power, but power controls knowledge.
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Quality of science & its communication
Is big tech harming society? To find out, we need research – but it’s being manipulated by big tech itself
Big tech doesn’t just fund research into itself – it also controls researchers’ access to data. Even big tobacco didn’t…
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Arts & culture in KM
Words don’t do what needs to be done, so art does [Arts & culture in KM part 4]
It's how the natural world reflects back to us, in simple ways, experienced through the heart, helping us in our…
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
Understanding the links between coloniality, forced displacement and knowledge production
Dominant narratives often portray displaced people as passive victims in need of assistance rather than as active agents with their…
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News & community
Friday essay: shaping history – why I spent ten years studying one Wikipedia article
Wikipedia supposedly reflects “common knowledge” and “collective memory”. But does it?
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Brain power
The risks of collaborating with a Machiavellian partner
Organisational alliances can facilitate beneficial knowledge sharing and collaboration, but an alliance partner can sometimes be Machiavellian.
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Brain power
What happens when employees lack power at work
When employees think they lack power in their workplace, they can feel threatened and become paranoid.
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Brain power
How power influences our cognitive performance
Researchers hypothesize that having power improves executive function, which is what we use to regulate our thoughts and behaviors.
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Evidence for KM practice
The interplay between knowledge and power
Knowledge and information are not objective, but are contested, politicized, and pluralized. How can we take the political dimension into…
