The Knowledge CafÃ(c): Create an Environment for Successful Knowledge Management (16pt Large Print Edition) - Softcover

Anyacho, Benjamin C

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1038726581 ISBN 13: 9781038726582

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant, 2021

Synopsis

Knowledge Café is a process for sharing information, whether face to face or virtual. This popular and practical knowledge management tool supports a culture where projects and innovation thrive. The Knowledge Café is a mindset and environment for engaging, discussing, and exchanging knowledge within a group either face to face or virtually. At the café, participants can discuss hard-to-solve project issues or resolve a family or community crisis. This metaphorical town square supports knowledge circulation and rejuvenation and increases its velocity-making it a breeding ground for innovation. The aha moments at one Knowledge Café can match the benefits of multiple conferences, workshops, and training put together. When knowledge management (KM) is part of an organization's culture, performance improves, collaboration increases, and the competitive advantage accelerates. No one can force knowledge transfer. We must create the right environment where knowledge is freely shared, rewarded, and fun. This book demonstrates why the Knowledge Café is such an effective KM tool and shows how to design optimal café experiences and increase learning agility. The premium on knowledge and agility has never been greater. This book offers a technique for managing knowledge toward the greater good. Tips; templates; practical and relatable experiences; case studies; and examples of knowledge brokers, creators, and sharers across cultures are sprinkled throughout the book to show how the café interfaces with other KM techniques and in different work and project spaces.

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About the Author

Benjamin C. Anyacho is a quintessential project manager and knowledge management (KM) evangelist with more than twenty-five years of results-driven leadership experience in managing complex projects and programs. A senior strategic project manager at Texas Department of Transportation, he leads an enterprise KM program, developing and maturing dozens of communities of practice. He has mentored and coached hundreds of small businesses, NGOs, project managers, and leaders. He is a Project Management Professional certification holder and holds a master's degree in business administration from St. Edward's University in Austin.

Edition details

• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1038726581
• ISBN 13: 9781038726582
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496