Knowledge management in 2017: the year in review
Let’s take a look back at some of the highlights from 2017 for RealKM Magazine and the knowledge management community.
Author: Bruce Boyes
Getting the good (snake) oil for your organisation
Exploring the significant benefits that can flow from the use of TLA management methodologies.
Improving knowledge management in the United Nations System
The global community has paid and continues to pay a high price for the lack of effective knowledge management in the UN System.
Using multiple lines and levels of evidence (MLLE) to generate knowledge for causality inference
The multiple lines and levels of evidence (MLLE) approach can assist the implementation of evidence-based policy.
Apple wants to make Siri a better therapist, but is it a high enough priority?
Apple is recruiting a new software engineer with a counseling or psychology background, but is this enough to overcome Siri’s crisis support shortcomings?
Critical Eye: Do lobby groups and political parties stage fake front group campaigns?
A newspaper article has accused an anti-Safe Schools advocate of staging a fake front group campaign on behalf of the Liberal Party of Australia and the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL).
Some notable developments in open information
Nearly half of recent research papers are now open access, Wikimedia 2030 has been released, and Thesis Commons has been launched.
Planning for the fascinating social complexity of Chinese cities, and what it can teach the west
The self-governance achieved in the urban villages of Shenzhen, China stands in stark contrast to a local government planning process in the Toowoomba Region, Australia.
The worst mental health killer you probably know nothing about (part 4)
Information on how to effectively support a partner, family member, or friend with borderline personality disorder (BPD).
The worst mental health killer you probably know nothing about (part 3)
How BPD is a seriously neglected and heavily stigmatized mental illness, and what can be done to address this, including actions for knowledge managers to consider.