Lately, we published eight articles by David Skyrme about current trends, challenges and success factors in knowledge management. Now comes a collection of some of his prior work - with insights that matter until today.

These seven articles give a good overview of the topic, especially for KM beginners.

Knowledge Inside-Out David Skyrme shows, how a knowledge audit can help organisations to exploit their knowledge inside-out.

Knowledge Management: The Next Steps How exactly does knowledge contribute to business strategies? What is the current state of management practice, and how is it likely to evolve in the future?

Knowledge Management: Making It Work This article reviews the role of knowledge in a professional services organization, discusses the management challenges and puts forward some guidelines based on a study of international best practice and the author’s own experience based on his knowledge management consulting activities.

Know-Why Know-How David Skyrme suggests an approach to organising knowledge in the framework of an information management strategy.

Developing A Knowledge Strategy This article gives a review of different knowledge strategies, knowledge dimensions and knowledge levers and points out recurring characteristics of organisations that exhibit best practice in knowledge innovation.

“Leaders and Laggards” (summary) In their research for Creating the Knowledge-based Business David Skyrme and Debra Amidon identified significant differences between very successful and less successful (or failing) knowledge management initiatives. They found ten recurring characteristics that separated the leaders and the laggards.

Knowledge Management: Oxymoron or Dynamic Duo There is a shift of emphasis from knowledge management to knowledge creation and innovation. If one makes this shift, then we are talking not of knowledge management but of knowledge leadership. Knowledge and leadership are a dynamic duo that goes beyond the immediate fad of knowledge management. If you are interested and would like to read more by David Skyrme, go and visit his website.