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Learning from our mistakes is popular advice and I find it interesting that the majority of the advice and the majority of experts’ quotes have two common themes: If YOU are taking risks and moving forward, YOU will make mistakes. When YOU make mistakes, the key is not to make the same mistakes twice.   Good advice but not updated for today: Today’s challenges include serious economic challenges, accelerating threats and constant changes. Today’s leaders will not live long enough to make all the mistakes on their own so today’s leaders must do a better job of learning from the mistakes of others.   Headlines,Read More →

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In: *Connecting the Dots Blog*, Human Resources, Incident Reporting, Information Privacy, Information Security, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management

In case you didn’t notice among all the TARP and Stimulus Bill news…the Veterans Affairs Department has agreed to pay $20M to settle a lawsuit filed by veterans due to a VA laptop containing sensitive information stolen in 2006.  (Before I go any further, I want to be clear that I completely support veterans receiving compensation for out-of-pocket expenses that resulted from the computer theft, credit monitoring to protect against identity loss and medical expenses that were the result of severe emotional distress.) So how is “customized knowledge” and “individual-level accountability” worth at least $20M of your and my money (tax payer dollars)? For starters,Read More →

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In: *Connecting the Dots Blog*, Emergency Management, Risk Management, School Safety

 I was exchanging e-mails with my daughter the other day and she told me about a magazine called Campus Technology and how she thought it might be good for me to review due to Awareity’s successful solutions for schools and colleges.    My daughter is a very smart young lady and she is the one that told me I needed to start blogging too… so I clicked on the web link she provided to see what types of stories they covered.  When I landed at the Campus Technology web page, I went straight to the current issue to see what types of stories were availableRead 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 →