Knowledge Management Articles




Small town revitalisation takes off in Tamworth, Eastern Canada

Photo by Matt Lavin“From little things, big things grow” is a fitting theme for small town revitalisation efforts in the village of Tamworth in Ontario, Canada. This village of 750 people aims to become a best practice example in rural revitalisation, sustainability and economic self sufficiency. Leading the drive towards this goal are two remarkable individuals, Carolyn Butts and Hans Honegger of Bon Eco, who have worked since 2006 towards long-term rural community sustainability.

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Mapping the People in Your Organisation

Moxy Network Graph

In an earlier KM article, "Knowledge Mapping", Moxy provided an overview of knowledge mapping, with a focus on the process of creating knowledge maps (k-maps). We will now look at practical applications of knowledge mapping where we use Driessen, Huijsen and Grootveld's definition: "A knowledge map is a presentation of one or more aspects of the knowledge available within an organization that aims to fulfill a specific information need for one or more employee roles within the organization1".

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Open Modelling of the Low Emissions Economy

Moxy looks at one popular modelling tool, marginal abatement cost curves (MACCs), used by consulting firms, academics, government agencies and industry groups to illustrate the available pathways to a low emissions economy. These models need to be open, transparent and robust under changing conditions. Published models, particularly those produced by the private sector, are often created under hidden or unclear assumptions, and not accessible for closer scrutiny.

McKinsey Marginal Abatement Cost Curve

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Access all of your Organisational Data with Federated Search

Corporate Data Federated search portals are becoming increasingly popular in business. Businesses are beginning to harness the power of their organisational data by employing federated search techniques to mine multiple data stores.

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Decision Conferencing

Meeting chairsMaking decisions and reaching consensus on complex issues is often problematic. One method to facilitate these types of group decision making situations is decision conferencing, a socio-technical approach.

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