publications about knowledge

knowledge naturally

December 14, 2010

A short case study that outlines an assignment we conducted for Natural England, and then looks back from the autumn of 2010 at what difference the work has made two years on.

knowledge naturally

unearthing knowledge management metaphors

June 17, 2010

Here’s the thoughtleader for the Ark knowledge management conference which Paul Corney chaired this week. It takes a look at the worlds of knowledge management, knowledge economy, knowledge worker, knowledge transfer and...

unearthing knowledge management metaphors

Demystifying horizon scanning and futures for Defra

June 20, 2009

Never before in Defra have we done a lessons learned project in the way this one was done. It completely vindicated doing it. Fiona Lickorish, Defra: Head of Horizon Scanning and...

Defra_cs_vFinal_May09

“These are a few of my favourite...”

January 12, 2009

In embarking on a very early virtual spring clean in that wonderfully productive period between Christmas and The New Year, I came across this article the EU's KnowledgeBoard commissioned me to write...

Knowledge_Board_Oct2008v3

Mind the gap, a personal view of knowledge work in UK construction

October 23, 2008

Here’s a draft of an essay I wrote for the College of Estate Management last October, which I’m taking a fresh look at now. I took on the commission for three reasons

Mind_the_Gap

Developing and Nurturing Effective Communities of Practice

April 28, 2004

Notes from an interactive session facilitated by Fiona Incledon and Victoria Ward of Sparknow at the Ark Knowledge Management conference ‘Managing for Health and Social Care’, London April 2004.

Think...

Developing_Communities

Voice: Storytelling is Knowledge Management

28 August 2001

Authors: Kim Sbarcea, Victoria Ward August 2001 (an experimental work - I think for a conference in Bath.) We emphasise the importance of paying attention to the implicit, by using stories, storytelling and...

Voice

The Role of the Librarian in a Knowledge Society

19 February 2001

The proceedings of a lecture/workshop at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman 19 Feb 2001 Authors: Wendy Jordan, Victoria

Role of the Librarian

Traders and agents — New roles for the knowledge economy

28 November 1999

Author: Roger Butler, Victoria Ward published in Knowledge Management Review, Issue 11 Nov/Dec 1999

Roles for the knowledge economy

Why KM should join the library

28 July 1999

Author: Victoria Ward. Published in Knowledge Management Review Issue 9, July/August 1999

Join the library

People and patterns: a case study of the relationship between risk management and knowledge management in financial services

28 April 1999

Authors Ian Martin, Aidan Prior, Victoria Ward and Clive Holtham.

People and patterns

Is franchising the business model for KM?

28 April 1999

Author: Victoria Ward. Published in Knowledge Management Review Issue 7 March/April 1999 I got interested very early on in how to develop models of knowledge management which were self-organising (although not using that...

Business model for knowledge management

Lessons for liberating knowledge

28 April 1999

Authors: Julie Allan, Victoria Ward published in the CBI Knowledge Management Business Guide 1999 The idea of franchising as a desirable metaphor for knowledge management structures still creeps into the design of our...

Liberating knowledge

Mapping Meta Knowledge: A cartographic approach to finding knowledge about knowledge

28 November 1998

Author: Victoria Ward Published in Knowledge Management Review Issue 5 November/December 1998

Mapping meta knowledge