From Hawley to The Edge of Intelligence: the continuing evolution of knowledge and information management to adapt to the new normal
A NetIKX seminar, 22 October 2020 In 1995, a groundbreaking report, Information as an Asset: the Board Agenda (which came to be known as The Hawley Report) was published. This report called for a recognition of corporate information as a strategic asset and laid out the responsibilities of boards...
When TRIZ met KIM: how to think like a genius and resolve contradictions
TRIZ (a Russian acronym for a phrase usually translated as ‘the theory of inventive problem-solving’) is not a well-known technique in knowledge and information management circles. It is the brainchild of Genrich Altshuller, an engineer, scientist, inventor and writer – who, incidentally, paid the price for his innovative thinking...
Creative Language Conference 18 September 2020
Creativity is a quality we have all had to develop as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, so this year’s Creative Language Conference also called for some creative repurposing as an online event via Zoom. While there are certain aspects of a physical conference which cannot be replicated in...
Time-critical user-centred library web design
A NetIKX seminar, 22 July 2020 As we ease into the ‘new normal’, several months into the COVID-19 pandemic, online seminars are now the default for NetIKX. For this Zoom seminar we welcomed Antony Groves, Learning and Teaching Librarian at the University of Sussex, to discuss a topic which...
Leadership as a practice
An online Gurteen Knowledge Café, 03 April 2020 As a long-time fan of David Gurteen’s Knowledge Cafés, I was pleased to learn of the latest online café being offered via Zoom, on the timely issue of leadership. In the current Covid-19 crisis we have all been acutely aware of...
Useful evidence: getting research evidence valued and used
A NetIKX seminar, London, 21 November 2019 Evidence-based information is a popular theme for NetIKX members and this well-attended seminar was no exception. The speaker, Jonathan Breckon from the Alliance for Useful Evidence, opened with the provocative question: why do we need research evidence to make decisions? This led...
It’s about aboutness: Semantics Conference, Karlsruhe, 09-12 September 2019
The semantics of the semantic web As a former linguistics student, I am always perturbed when people try to dismiss an argument by saying ‘it’s just semantics’ – as if the way in which humans make sense of the world through language is somehow of minor importance. The concept...
Using content strategy to meet your business goals: content strategy at work
A NetIKX seminar, London, 25 July 2019 On the hottest day of the year, a group of intrepid knowledge and information professionals gathered at the British Dental Association – a venue that, fortunately, has excellent air conditioning – to discuss the topic of content strategy. Our two presenters, Rahel...
Information Literacy: current ideas and developments
A NetIKX seminar, London, 30 May 2019 Information literacy has experienced something of a resurgence in the past couple of years, largely due to increased awareness of manipulation of political opinion in social media. This NetIKX seminar offered an opportunity to hear from two speakers who both contributed to...
Open Data
20 March 2019, British Dental Association, London W1G 8YS Open Data stickers Picture credit: Jonathan Gray Continuing this year’s theme of ‘openness’, the second NetIKX seminar of 2019 was on the topic of Open Data and was presented by committee member David Penfold. David began by giving a definition of...