Above and Beyond KM
Maintained by New York lawyer/knowledge manager Mary Abraham, Above and Beyond KM discusses knowledge management issues from across the spectrum. Unlike with many KM blogs, the focus here isn’t just on technology; Mary really has gone “above and beyond” the standard by painting an all-encompassing picture of the increasingly relevant knowledge management realm.
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Recent Articles
Is Your KM System Built to Last?
Today the Sydney Harbour Bridge celebrates its 80th birthday. Affectionately know as the “Coathanger,” it is the world’s widest long-span bridge. It also is a popular destination for tourists. If you walk across it (or climb to the top of its arch) you can enjoy panoramic views...
What’s the Right Question for a Better Answer?
They say that getting the right answer depends upon asking the right question. Perhaps that works in the courtroom, but lately I’ve begun to wonder how well it works in our networked world. Here’s a case in point: I was puzzling through a technical problem at work and realized I needed...
Is Your KM Department Human Middleware?
It’s great to feel needed. It’s nice to be known as the go-to person with the answer. In a client-service industry like the law firm world, you can get a small buzz on knowing that you helped improve the delivery of client services — especially at crunch time. But it’s a...
A Sadie Hawkins Proposal
February 29 is leap year day, an odd day marked by odd customs intend to underline just how unnatural the day really is. Take for example the conflation of Li’l Abner’s Sadie Hawkins Day with some older customs that upset the “natural order” by putting women in charge. So...
When Collaboration is For the Birds
Collaboration is key. We’re told by social media mavens that it powers networks and unlocks the potential within individuals and the groups with which they associate. However, collaboration is not always an unalloyed good. Sometimes it can go badly wrong. Now, before you throw me out of...
CoIT: An IT Nightmare?
For the average worker, it might seem like a dream come true. However, I suspect that some information technology folks consider it a nightmare. What’s the issue? The advent of the consumerization of IT; something Scott Finnie calls “CoIT.” Dion Hinchcliffe describes the elements...
Topspin and Tacit Knowledge
Do you know what you know? And, more importantly, do you know how to communicate it effectively to someone else? For far too many of us, the answer to both of these questions is “No.” To be fair, we may think we know the extent of our knowledge and may even believe we can be [...] Do...
Displacing the Delphic Oracle
For fourteen centuries she had information that everyone wanted. So they traveled from all over the ancient world to seek her guidance. And they paid lots of money for the privilege. Who was she? Pythia, the priestess of Apollo and the oracle of Delphi. Thomas Sakoulas describes how she worked:...
Guiding Partners to Better Law Firm KM
It is the stuff of fantasy — for law firm knowledge management professionals, that is. Imagine law firm partners beating down your door asking to be involved in as many law firm KM projects as possible. Before you laugh derisively, consider the following report from The American...
Make KM Count in 2012
Your New Year’s Eve celebration is a now a dim memory and, hopefully, you’ve fully recovered from the revelry. Now comes the hard part — putting plans in place to make 2012 a year in which knowledge management really counts in your organization. This is not just about creating a...

