On breakfast, lunch, and tea

There are a number of ways in which information and knowledge can be disseminated and exchanged, including breakfast, lunchtime or evening meetings. These meetings can be internally or externally based. Organisations, like the Society for Organisational Learning Australia (SOLA) for example, have run morning information sessions for members featuring a special guest speaker. I first heard Dave [...]

On three ways of working

I am reading Gerard Fairtlough’s book, The three ways of getting things done.
The book examines three forms of workplace environment:
1) Hierarchy - the traditional organisational form of power relations in which there is a distinct progression of roles and powers from top to bottom. Hierarchies are usually inflexible, discourage learning and communication, and inhibit change. [...]

On new staff, new knowledge

One of the most under-rated resources in any business is the knowledge new staff bring to their new organisation. I am not just talking about the set of skills and capabilities that a new employee brings into an organisation, but the knowledge they bring with them from working at their previous employment.
One of my knowledge [...]