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Category Archives: Knowledge Hub
Knowledge Hub User Consultation: the importance of UI and UX
It’s not about what the technology can do; it’s how you use it. The importance of focusing on the user experience (UX) rather than how many features you can add. Continue reading
Knowledge Hub Closure: What have we learnt?
We should think of the LGA announcement of the closing down of the Knowledge Hub as an opportunity rather than a problem. The original concept was for a sustainable, sector driven cultural and technological environment in which collaborative knowledge generation, learning, sharing and problem-solving would be supported with minimal mediation by national bodies. The reality is that it is has become a closed and proprietary LGA network, with very little transparency about strategy and development priorities, and clearly now a growing burden to a cash-strapped organisation. Continue reading
Knowledge Hub: A response.
The Knowledge Hub community of practice facilities were meant to be a step on the way, and not an end in itself, which is what I think the Knowledge Hub has become. The unfortunate conjunction of original concepts and vastly cut-down capabilities (per the original specification) has resulted in a just-about-adequate user interface (UI), but a fairly hostile user experience (UX). Continue reading
Government launches public sector app store
I came across this artcle on the BBC website today. For those who remember my involvement with the early design and business requirements for the Knowledge Hub, the Khub App store was one of the main features of the new platform. Regretably … Continue reading
Maximising the power of collective knowledge
Introduction This is a summary of one of the breakout session I ran at the Cisco Public Services Summit, Oslo 9-11 December 2011. It describes the role of Communities of Practice in supporting more effective collaboration and knowledge sharing between … Continue reading
The Business Of Collaboration
Some Background The last few years can be described as the age of social business and collaboration. The demands and expectations of today’s knowledge workers have been shaped by the plethora of social networks and social media tools. Communicating and … Continue reading
Introduction to Linked Data (presentation)
I was pleased to attend a presentation on linked data at the BCS Data Management Specialist Group on Tuesday (26th July), given by Dave Reynolds, co-founder of Epimorphics Ltd, and one of the data experts I have frequently turned to … Continue reading
Entry for Management Innovation eXchange M-Prize
The Management Innovation Exchange(MIX) is “an open innovation project aimed at reinventing management for the 21st century. The premise: while “modern” management is one of humankind’s most important inventions, it is now a mature technology that must be reinvented for a … Continue reading
Knowledge Hub – part 5: Day of the App
Continuing my sequence of blog posts about the Knowledge Hub, the new and innovative community and collaboration platform for the UK public sector. I am devoting this post to the Knowledge Hub’s “App Store” facilities that will get delivered in … Continue reading
Knowledge Hub at OpenTech UK
I presented the Knowledge Hub at yesterday’s (21st May) OpenTech event. The following is a synopsis of the project; the slides are available for download from Slideshare and include notes. Previous blog posts on this topic: https://steve-dale.net/2011/04/06/introduction-to-the-knowledge-hub/ https://steve-dale.net/2009/09/21/knowledge-hub-part-1/ https://steve-dale.net/2010/07/06/knowledge-hub-part-2/ https://steve-dale.net/2011/01/31/the-knowledge-hub-and-user-experience-ux-3/ … Continue reading