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85% of KM initiatives have no clear stated objectives

Posted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 22 August 2012

Title	85% of KM initiatives have no clear stated objectives
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Posted Date	Wednesday 22 August 2012 13:10 GDT
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Categories	Knowledge Management

According to the slide on page 7 of this KPMG presentation from September 2011 (Via: Nick Milton).

80% of companies in a recent survey said that they had KM initiatives under way.
Of those companies, 85% had no clear stated objectives for their KM initiative.

I am not too sure of the accuracy of this statistic but it certainly stacks up with all my experience and gives added weight to my "Don't do KM" mantra and the KM talks that I give:

You don't do KM! You respond to business problems and develop business opportunities using KM tools.

Credit: David Gurteen

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