Institutional challenges and opportunities for information

management, knowledge brokering and research communications?

The 5 Ps:Rob Cartridge

1. PROJECTS

2. (OVER) PROMISES

Opportunities:-

OK Hub Climate

Knowledge Brokers

GODAN Linked Open Data Climate Tagger Etc.

3. POOR LEADERS

4. PEOPLE

Top Flight Companies Investing in Learning 4 x more likely to report they are

responding faster to business change

3x more likely to report improvement in staff morale

2x more likely to report customer satisfaction increase

Source: Towards Maturity. Infocus 2016

5. (LACK OF) PARTNERSHIP

Opportunity

Multi faceted Multi stakeholder Omni channel Omni platform Complex

consortia with multi million

dollar contracts

So that’s it!

Projects Promises Poor Leaders People Partnerships

“The best aid to give is intellectual aid, a gift of useful knowledge. A gift of knowledge is infinitely preferable to a gift of material things.”

– E.F. Schumacher

rob.cartridge@practicalaction.org.uk

www.practicalanswers.org