Wednesday, October 27, 2004

KM and Cooking...

An out of the context extract of another newsletter that I sent out...

Given below are two basic ingredients of a KM recipe that you can start with. For a complete KM recipe, the Group Heads/KM Council Members are requested to get in touch with the undersigned.

  • Arrange for regular (weekly) knowledge sharing sessions among your teams. Thrash out all areas of interest and document the proceedings in the form of a presentation/document. Remember to upload this into KNet (TechKNet) after a review. You can rest assured that there is nothing like a session on these lines to provoke your grey cells with the 'aroma' of intelligence and 'flavour' of knowledge. It has often been noticed that these sessions when conducted in the right spirits lead to a lot of innovation and employee satisfaction! It ought to satisfy your hunger for knowledge and innovation!
  • Get your team members to talk about problems faced and solved (both technical and otherwise) in all your team meets. This ensures a regular flow of knowledge in the form of experiences and learning across your team members. Whenever there are important/useful/significant points, let the 'discoverer' document them in a couple of pages and store them under Best Practices and Learning in KNet (TecKNet).

There's more that you can do on KM if you are looking at Leveraging Knowledge, Synergy, Innovation, Improved Productivity, Continuous Learning, Improved Efficiency, Higher Speed, Improved Quality, Cost Cutting, Customer Satisfaction and Employee Satisfaction. These are the Vitamins that the KM recipe assures you of...