The Knowledge Management Education Hub

Communities

Senior Executive Councils, aka Executive or Peer-to-Peer Networks/Communities

• USA | Knowledge & Collaboration Council (2012-present)²⁾
  A network of senior managers who have primary responsibility for driving business value and creating organizational capability through collaboration, social learning and/or internal knowledge management and services.
• USA | Learning and Knowledge Management Council (1998-2012)**²⁾
  A network of senior managers with primary responsibility for organizational learning, knowledge management, social networking, performance improvement, business intelligence, and human capital.
• CANADA | Council on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM)** (2014-2018)³⁾
  The Council on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) brings together senior leaders from public and private sector organizations who are responsible for knowledge management, knowledge strategy, information and collaboration management, crowd sourcing of ideas, and related functions.
• CANADA | Knowledge Strategy Exchange Network (KSEN; 2002-2014)**³⁾
  Knowledge Strategy Exchange Network (KSEN), formerly the Knowledge Strategy Council and Forum, is a select group of senior business executives and government leaders who have a strategic interest in the management of knowledge and its related issues and challenges.
• EUROPE | European Council on Knowledge Management**
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• ASIA-PACIFIC | Asia-Pacific Learning and Knowledge Management Council (2003-2005)**
  A network of senior executives that shares concepts, experiences, best practices and innovations in the fields of learning and knowledge management in multinational companies and leading public sector organizations in the Asia-Pacific region.

USA | Research Working Groups

• Generating Value through Internal Social Collaboration (2013-2014)
• Learning at the Speed of Need / of Global Business (2011-2012; CANCELLED?)
• Knowledge Transfer in a Digital World: Using New Media Across Multiple Generations and Geographies (2010)
• Bridging Generational Divides in Knowledge Transfer (2009-2010; CANCELLED?, merged to Knowledge Transfer in a Digital World RWG?)
• Multigenerational Knowledge Transfer (2007-2008; Mature Workforce Initiative)
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• Managing Customer Data and Knowledge For Results (-2001?)
• Linking Learning and Knowledge Management (-2000?)

Meetings⁴⁾

Council meetings

K&C/L&KM Meetings (USA)
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Topics: (K&C)
Informal learning and knowledge sharing
Data analytics, AI, machine learning/NLP tech for enhanced content curation, search & access
KM collaboration, culture change, leveraging cognitive diversity to share knowledge across platforms
Recent Topics Discussed: (L&KM)
Measurements & Metrics
Building Communities of Communities for Organizational Value
Use of Nontraditional Experiential Learning to Effect Behavior and Culture Change
Methods to Measure the Value Added by a Well-Developed KM Program
Building a Leadership and Learning Culture
The Use of Technology in Leveraging Knowledge
Best Practices in Using KM to Drive Innovation
Action Learning Implementation/ Focused Results Delivery
Organizational Network Analysis: The Hidden Power of Social Networks
Collaborative Technologies: The Challenges Ahead for the Collaborative Business Environment

CIKM/KSEN Meetings** (CANADA)
(Meetings per year: 2 3 á 2 days)
Apr 2018: Leveraging Knowledge Management to Build Corporate Resilience and Emerging Technologies and Strategies
Jan 2018: Knowledge Management in the Time of Organizational Agility
Sep 2017: Linking Knowledge Management and Innovation to Drive and Sustain Organizational Effectiveness (Host: Bank of Canada)
Global Knowledge Awareness Advisor and Enterprise Social Awareness Lead (Keynote)
KM is Key to Advancing Innovation in Canada
Linking Innovation and KM at the Bank of Canada: Presentation & Tour
How to Improve Performance with KM: Hydro-Québec Case Study
KM and Innovation Working Together
Key Takeaways and Council Business Discussion
May 2017: New Thinking for the Digital Age and for the Disruptive Century (joint w. Council of IT Executives, CIO Council, and Council on Innovation and Commercialization)
Feb 2017: Taking the Most of KM to Deliver Business Value
Sep 2016: Measuring the Impact and Value of Knowledge Management
May 2016: Exploring the Open Data Management Landscape
Mar 2016: Knowledge Management Conference 2016: Technology, Collaboration and Innovation
Agenda: see conference page
Sep 2015: Designing Adaptive and Creative Organizations through Knowledge, Innovation and Information Technology
May 2015: Lessons for a KM Strategy
Feb 2015: Data Analytics and Knowledge Management (Host: Bank of Montreal)
Agenda:
Knowledge Management in the Legal, Corporate and Compliance Group at BMO Financial Group
Understanding Data Analytics: Data 101
Knowledge Management and Data Working Together at RBC
Knowledge Management and Utilizing Data to Sustain and Enhance Internal Collaboration
Watson and What it Means for the Future of Data and KM
Roundtable Discussion-Bringing It All together
Moving to Action: Council Business Discussion
Oct 2014: Knowledge Management and Human Resources Excellence
Jun 2014: Knowledge Management Summit: Frontiers of Knowledge Management for Innovation (Partner: Institut du Québec and Mosaic, HEC Montréal)Feb
Agenda: see conference page
2014: Developing a Collaborative Culture that Supports Organizational Learning and Knowledge Transfer (Host: Canada Aviation and Space Museum & TBCoC; joint w. Council for Learning and Leadership Development)
Agenda:
Breaking the Barriers to Knowledge Sharing
Using the Learning Performance Index (LPI) to Assess and Improve Learning Culture
Host Tour – Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Guest Showcase – HSBC
Guest Showcase – MD Physician Services Inc
Guest Showcase –Canada Border Services Agency
Pulling it all Together (open dialogue session)
Oct 2013: Paving the Way Forward in Organizational Knowledge Management
May 2013: Reinventing Knowledge Management in the Enterprise
Feb 2013: Innovation Foresight and Leadership
Oct 2012: Evolving Your Knowledge Management Strategy
May 2012: Strategic Social Media: Assessing Organizational Readiness and Potential
Feb 2012: Building a Strong KM Foundation through Strategy, Integration, Creativity and Innovation
Oct 2011: Knowledge Management and Culture Working Together
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Feb 2011: Social Learning in the Workplace: Enabling Employees and Organizations to Learn and Work Smarter
Oct 2010: Enterprise 3.0 and the World of Work for the 21st Century (17th Executive Session)
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Oct 2009: The Relationships Between Knowledge Management and Learning & Development (14th Executive Session) (joint w. Conference Board’s Canadian Centre for Learning and Development)
May 2009: Theme n.a. (Host: Alberta Agriculture & Food / City of Calgary)
Feb 2009: Theme n.a.
Oct 2008: Legal and Regulatory Issues of Knowledge Management (Host: Deloitte & Touche LLP)
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Sep 2006: Theme n.a.
May 2006: Theme n.a. (joint w. Council of IT Executives)
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May 2004: Spring meeting
Jan 2004: Winter meeting
Sep 2003: The Basics in the Future of Knowledge Management (7th meeting)
Agenda:
General Roundtable: What’s been happening &issues and challenges in your KM world
Knowledge Management and Academia: University of Alberta; Royal Roads University
Emerging Issues (open dicaussion)
Knowledge Cafés:
– e-Learning – How to do this in a “Train the Trainer” model
– TBD
– Planning the Future of the Knowledge Strategy Council
Discussion on Today’s Key Learnings
De-Mystifying Knowledge Management
Discussion on the Morning’s Key Learnings
KSF Business, Wrap-Up and Adjournment
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L&KM Meetings** (ASIA-PACIFIC)
(Meetings Per Year: 3 á 3 days)
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Sep 2003: Theme n.a.
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Recent Topics Discussed:
Aligning knowledge and corporate strategy.
Integrating humanistic and technological approaches to knowledge management.
Developing corporate memory and organizational learning.
Technologies for learning and knowledge management.
Knowledge-based strategies for leveraging supplier and customer relationships.
Strategies for linking education, work and learning
Facilitating knowledge transfer and knowledge sharing.
Performance indicators and metrics for learning and knowledge management.

KM Meetings (Europe)
n.a.

Research Working Groups’ Meetings

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Conferences

• CANADA | Knowledge Management Conference** (2001-2002, 2014, 2016; was: Knowledge Conference)
• USA | Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Conference** (1997-2004; was: Organizational Learning Conference)
• EUROPE | European Knowledge Management Conference** (1998-2001; was: Conference on Knowledge Management, Conference on Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning)
• ASIA-PACIFIC | Knowledge Strategies (2000)

Webinars

Conference Board

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• Jun 2013: Getting Impact from Internal Social Collaboration
• Nov 2012: Learning in a Social World
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• Jan 2011: Learning @ the Speed of Global Business
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Conference Board of Canada

• Feb 2018: Generation Healthy: Translating Knowledge into Innovative Lifespan Solutions
• Sep 2016: From Knowledge to Innovation: Building Canada’s Competitiveness Through Knowledge Management
• Jun 2016: Ensuring Successful Transformation: Harnessing Knowledge
• Apr 2015: Building Innovation Capacity through Knowledge Management
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