Another major international milestone for Knowledge Asset Management (KAM) for Russia
Last week, 6-8th July 2016, was another major international milestone for Knowledge Associates International and global Knowledge Asset Management (KAM) at the Moscow Knowledge Office.
To the entire Moscow team that presented and facilitated KAM in Russian, led and driven hard by Vadim Shiryaev, Olga Smirnova, Andrey Belonogov, supported by Arina Hramova, Mikhail Kirichenko and Ekaterina Polyanichkina, and not forgetting the team that translated KAM materials and constantly interpreted for me to quality assess the programme over three days, and the video/audio production team, a massive thank you!
I really do understand just how much hard study, work and effort went into this production over many months, and I am most proud for this team to present the principles of KAM to corporates through their unique and inspiring approach.
To the twenty four delegates from industry sectors ranging from international banking to helicopter engine production, energy and power, legal profession, IT, media, and university education, I was so impressed indeed and grateful for your very active engagement and valuable feedback.
Its a major milestone for Knowledge Associates International, as our aim is to deliver the highest possible quality of successful ‘KAM principles’ in an effective and well proven methodology around the world, but delivered and adapted to local language and culture. Language is the primary way we communicate, collaborate, learn, transfer and co-create new knowledge and innovate, so delivering KAM principles in local language supported by local examples, stories and cases, together with global examples and cases, is certainly the most powerful combination.
Vadim Shiryaev and his team reminded the participants that a robust and rigorous management methodology is one that has identified all the critical success factors through research, practical experiences and analysis over many years, and distilled them into a set of practical implementation steps, methods, processes, systems tools and techniques that can be applied in the daily workplace. He stressed the need to teach ‘KAM Principles First’ and to then support this teaching through examining the cases that had successfully implemented the principles, and to also examine the cases that had failed due to an inability to implement certain critical principles.
The key principle of KAM is that the key knowledge assets for any organisation can be identified, developed, applied, and, most importantly, that the key knowledge assets can be measured and reported. From the participants feedback “We now understand that organisations around the world are reorganising work around knowledge. Knowledge Management (KM) realises this, but KAM takes this even further by measuring and reporting this”
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Olga Smirnova and Andrey Belonogov led many sessions that discussed KAM consulting deliverables for compelling business cases, KAM stakeholder management, identification of key knowledge areas that make a big difference, knowledge sharing risk assessments, knowledge platform & knowledge infrastructure development, change readiness and impact, the needs, rewards, and recognition for productive knowledge working and effective KAM education. Most importantly, they stressed a KAM strategy that is measurable in execution, and how KAM delivers high business value to achieve the objectives of the organisation.
The key message that Vadim and the team delivered throughout the three days is that you can certainly learn and copy from best practices and case studies throughout the world, of course, but over and above this, the key knowledge assets of an organisation are UNIQUE and, properly managed, will produce UNIQUE RESULTS!
The next KAM training will take place in Moscow in September 2016, and then November/December 2016, to coincide with the ‘KM Russia 2016’ Conference. This will also focus on the new developments for ‘knowledge platforms’ and demonstrate how Knowledge Associates use their own internal knowledge platform ‘KNOWLEDGER’. KAM stage 2 is concerned with ‘How to conduct a successful measurable pilot for KAM’.
The first version of KAM was developed and published in the book ‘Knowledge Asset Management’ in 2003 and endorsed by the European Commission. It has been continually developed by Knowledge Associates each year since then.
KAM Methodology was accredited in January 2015 by Anglia Ruskin Cambridge University (ARU), UK, to post graduate level 7 (Masters). KAM is now being developed for an on-line MBA programme.
The initial success of Knowledge Associates in Russia started in 2012 to help Russian Railways with Knowledge Asset Management (KAM) through their Corporate University in Moscow (CURZD) and this was followed by Russian Telecom. Subsequently, in 2013 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between CURZD, ARU and Knowledge Associates to deliver high quality corporate executive education.
Contact Vadim Shiryaev at: vadim.shiryaev@knowledge-associates.com
Contact Ron Young at: ronyoung@knowledge-associates.com
Media Relations Britt-Marie Young: bmyoung@knowledge-associates.com
More information on KAM at : http://www.knowledge-associates.com/what-we-do/education/
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