Genesis of a book: Ulla de Stricker on the reasons and the process
The Information and Knowledge Professional’s Career Handbook: Define and Create Your Success - Ulla de Stricker and Jill Hurst-Wahl, Chandos Publishing 2011 Sometimes, an idea floats around for a long...
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What are you reading?
During the summer months of June, July, and August vacation time is the next big to do item. It is during vacation time that information professionals may reflect on family, next steps of their...
View ArticleSLA Partners with Sunshine Summit 2012…What do you think?
SLA has partnered with Sunshine Summit 2012 in Canada to support transparency and increased access to government information. The new partnership is part of SLA’s initiative to support open government...
View ArticleBook Review – Knowledge Management Practice in Organizations: The View from...
Knowledge Management Practice in Organizations: The View from Inside Reviewed by Barbie E. Keiser, Information Resources Management consultant in the Washington, DC area Knowledge Management Practice...
View ArticleUpcoming Discussion
Those of us posting to the Reading Blog have been rather busy, as happens to most of us, so we’ve gone a little longer between posts than we originally intended. I’m just writing to draw everyone's...
View ArticleManaging to Learn: The Discussion
For this book review I’m going to try something a little different. I’ll be posting a brief review and then providing a few discussion questions that won’t necessarily require you to have read the book...
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execuBook: The Five Futures Glasses (an SLA member benefit)
For any information professional interested in bringing the ideas of futures and trends to their workplace, this execuBook is worth a look. Author, Pero Micic, describes a model of seeing and...
View ArticleSeven for decisions
The Jan-Feb 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review had an inset that resonates in my environment. The optimal size of a decision-making group is 7. Deduct 10% effectiveness for each additional person....
View ArticleEconomist article on strategic failure
Schumpeter references the April Harvard Business Review in this piece on the value of failure — as long as lessons are learned. Our success culture is discussed, with authors Tom Peters, Stephen Covey,...
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Mentoring others
Being a mentor and coaching others can be accomplished through time spent in person, by the phone, or even through writing. In the book “The Information and Knowledge Professional’s Career Handbook:...
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