This book examines how to develop the main traits that are necessary to become an “informed intuitant”. Case studies and examples of successful “informed intuitants” are a major component of the book. “Intuitant” is someone who has the intuitive awareness to be successful. “Informed intuitant” indicates that the individual/decision maker not only applies his/her intuition but also verifies it through using data-driven approaches (such as data analytics). Some of this work resulted from res...

With the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen universities worldwide having to 'pivot' quickly to transform their education delivery to an online environment, as well as having to conduct their business operations virtually/remotely. For those universities who embraced digital transformation, they were able to adapt quickly to this new learning environment. Many others were not as successful. Part of the formula for success is for universities and other higher education institutions apply digit...

Digital Transformation in Healthcare offers valuable insights into how technology is reshaping the industry. From AI and simulation to wearable devices, these advancements improve patient care, streamline operations, and reduce costs. For healthcare professionals, understanding these innovations is key to staying competitive and driving better outcomes.This book explores real-world examples, showcasing how digital tools enable personalized medicine, predictive analytics, and patien...

Due to the rapid emergence of the development and use of Analytics and AI in organizations, this book focuses on these aspects related to digital transformation. We are in the midst of the GenAI craze, with prompt engineering, large language models, and AI ethics playing key roles. According to estimates, about 329 million terabytes of data are created each day [https://explodingtopics.com/blog/data-generated-per-day] or...

This book offers a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for business leaders and professionals looking to leverage AI effectively in their organizations. It addresses the growing demand for practical knowledge on AI implementation in business contexts, filling a gap between purely technical AI literature and general business strategy books.Readership: Business professionals, Entrepreneurs, Startup founders, Product developers, Innovation managers, Academics, Researchers...

Social network analysis (SNA) is a technique that is used to determine knowledge flows and gaps in mapping social networks for various knowledge types. Social Networking: The Essence of Innovation discusses how social networking and SNA can influence innovation in an organization through the presentation of a broad range of concepts, examples, and case studies.The book's initial chapters deal with developing personal knowledge networks, linking social networking to innovat...

Knowledge Management (KM) is strongly rooted in the discipline of Knowledge Engineering (KE), which in turn grew partly out of the artificial intelligence field. Despite their close relationship, however, many KM specialists have failed to fully recognize the synergy or acknowledge the power that KE methodologies, techniques, and tools hold for enh

Successes and Failures of Knowledge Management highlights examples from across multiple industries, demonstrating where the practice has been implemented well—and not so well—so others can learn from these cases during their knowledge management journey. Knowledge management deals with how best to leverage knowledge both internally and externally in organizations to improve decision-making and facilitate knowledge capture and sharing. It is a critical part of an organization's fabric, and ...

"Sharing knowledge is power." If ever there were a field to which this applies, it is the knowledge management industry. And in today's highly-competitive, fast-paced business world, corporations, businesses and organizations in both the public and private sectors are constantly searching for new cutting-edge methods and techniques for creating, storing, capturing, managing, organizing, distributing, combining, and retrieving knowledge. But the task of accomplishing such functions is not a...

As the baby boomer generation approaches retirement age, many organizations are facing the potential crisis of lost knowledge. Devised to help those organizations who are dependent on the accumulated knowledge of stakeholders, this book details a proactive approach to knowledge retention. Written by Jay Liebowitz, one of the most sought after knowledge management experts, this text explains how to identify at risk knowledge areas, and then demonstrates how to keep those areas from becoming...

The usefulness of strategic intelligence goes beyond military settings, as it applies toward improving the strategic decision making process of any organization. This volume demonstrates how executives can best use internal and external information toward making better decisions. Divided into two major parts, the book first discusses the convergence of knowledge management (KM), business intelligence (BI), and competitive intelligence (CI) into what the author defines as strategic intellig...

There are a myriad of books that have been published on knowledge management. However, very few of these books give the practical know-how of what truly is needed in the information professional/manager's mind:· How to make the decision whether knowledge management is right for you· How to explain the pros and cons of the various knowledge management alternatives/solutions· How to determine which knowledge management solution, if any, is the best fit with your organiz...