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  I recently received an e-mail from a school safety organization that explained, although the services we were offering seemed very important and addressed critical needs for schools, they only provided free services to schools and therefore they were unable to “look at” our solutions since they were not free. The response got me thinking…are free solutions really free? Are free solutions solving the real problems and real challenges organizations face today? What are free solutions? The most common free solutions include training, workshops and checklists.  Free training is usually general and workshops can be free (if you don’t count lost productivity) and free checklistsRead More →

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  If you made resolutions to lose weight, which of the following options would you choose? Option 1 – cut off an arm or a leg or both. Option 2 – change your eating patterns and identify new ways to burn calories. Both options will help you cut weight, but… Option 1 would most likely limit your capabilities to achieve short term and long term goals and limit your ability to achieve better results overall. Option 2 would most likely make you feel better and increase your ability overall to do and achieve better results. As more and more organizational leaders face budget cuts, organizationalRead More →

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Step 10 is: Build a cybersecurity-based identity management vision and strategy that addresses privacy and civil liberties interests, leveraging privacy-enhancing technologies for the nation. Step 10 is definitely needed.  Step 10 mentions privacy which is generally more about collection and dissemination of sensitive and personally identifiable information (PII) than securing or protecting sensitive information.  Privacy is generally more about People and Processes and security is generally more about Technology; however I think President Obama is smart to mention the need to build an identity management vision and strategy that addresses privacy and civil liberties. I have to say….I am surprised that President Obama has notRead More →

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January 20th, 2009 was great day!  And for many reasons, January 20th, 2009 will long be remembered as a very important day in the history of the United States of America. As USA Today reported, President Obama’s speech mixed promises with rebukes of former President Bush. I do not want to get into the rebukes, but I would like to take this opportunity to highlight a few of President Obama’s comments and promises regarding accountability, responsibility and knowledge. Accountability –  And those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held to account – to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our businessRead More →

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Welcome to my next generation knowledge management blog. My blog will analyze real world incidents and multiple organizational situations and demonstrate why and how “next generation” and “knowledge management” efforts are critical to an organization’s success and how “next generation knowledge management” must replace ineffective “megaphone management”. “Next generation” = Forward-thinking ways to improve organizational results by replacing outdated and status quo processes. “Next generation” ideas will also help organizational leaders to perform at higher levels as business environments become more complex and more effectively engage and lead others to make better decisions and achieve better results. “Knowledge management” = While there are multiple definitionsRead More →