Special Project

I have not started a mind mapping of my special project yet. I am letting the idea ruminate a bit as we discussed in our 1:1. I have included the notes that I have on the project so far after our discussion below.


  • Where am I now △ Where do I want to be
  • What is the relationship between your self awareness and your KM technical skill sets
  • What is my dream job
  • What drew you to the course in the first place
  • How do we present KM to executives
  • Will will never get to utopia so how do we cope
  • Utopia △ Where we are - what do we know of the difference?
  • KM has the insight and becomes very threatening to the C-Suite
  • How do we provide relevant insight to the C-suite
  • Why does most consulting fail
  • Why are most things project based and not implementation based
  • How is KM work measured
  • Qualitative vs. Quantitative
  • Ethnography might help bring Quantitative to Qualitative
  • Internal Knowledge Management is hard to maintain
  • Business plan for Apryl LLC - fold in necessary tools - what is my tool box?
  • What would 6 months look like?
  • Implementation Plan
  • Subscription - how to get repeat business
  • Where do I want to live - KM Internal, Consulting, Manufacturing
  • Would like to explore KM for Mobile Teams


Comments

  1. AnonymousJune 11, 2019 at 10:36 PM

    Without reducing/simplifying too much, the business development and finding of clients is by far the toughest nut to crack in any Apryl LLC design. The specific operational questions are an assortment of things to develop/improve certainly, but moving out on a small business plan shouldn't hinge on them becoming fully baked; it's understandable one would want to get to a sense of expertise before moving out, but imposter syndrome and the always-anxious-voice-on-one's-shoulder never really goes away. We consultants help as best we can. The right clients will meet you where you are and note the integrity, respect and desire to help without threatening. I might be projecting a bit -- I deal with this ALL.THE.TIME. : D

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