Category: Knowledge Management

Yesterday I reported on the Ark KM conference last week. One participant was Jack Vinson, a KM expert not from the legal market. Via his Knowledge Jolt blog, Jack provides two good reports on the conference.  In his report on conference day one, Jack highlights...

Last week Joshua Fireman and I co-chaired the Ark Group conference, Knowledge Management for the Modern Law Firm (PDF of program). The theme we set for 70+ participants over two days was “what is KM, what is not, and where are its boundaries?”  The session...

Day one of Knowledge Management for the Modern Law Firm conference was excellent. Reports and materials to follow but in the mean time, haiku.  Joshua Fireman and I co-chair the conference and for the day one wrap up, we asked participants to submit a surprising...

Last fall I wrote about an effort to form a new national knowledge management group. The group now exists as the KM peer network of the International Legal Technology Association (ITLA).  Here is the ILTA announcement circulated late last week: “We are happy to announce...

US legal trade press coverage of knowledge management seems to have declined in the last few years. In Canada, by contrast…. .  The National is the magazine of the Canadian Bar Association. Knowledge Uprising by Patti Ryan in the Jan/Feb 2006 issue (flash or PDF...

I recently reported that only 49% of large law firms have someone in charge of KM (knowledge management). What’s the deal? I’ll ask a panel that question at an upcoming KM conference.  The Ark Group’s “Knowledge Management for the Modern Law Firm” conference is on...

The Wall Street Journal has a good column today on knowledge management. It addresses the question of my prior post, is the KM cup half-full or half-empty, albeit from a different angle.  Companies Struggle To Pass On Knowledge That Workers Acquire (WSJ, 1/23/06, B1, $)...

The 2005 ILTA staffing survey says the KM cup is half-full only.  In 49% of 500+ lawyer firms, no one manages KM. Will the cup fill over time? We’ll know more if ILTA keeps asking this question. I’ll also have more to say soon about...