Roll the Stone (of Mediocrity) Away
The Sisyphus Syndrome can cause
your normally smart organization to do some stupid things that work against its success — fundraising and otherwise.
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Bernard Ross
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Is the knowledge shared?
Producing knowledge is great, but it's not enough. A further key challenge is whether the learning is accessible to all staff and stakeholders. Here's a test. Do you hear people walking around saying, "You know, I could have sworn we put out a report on this subject three years ago"? Are there manuals for elegant but unimplemented project-management processes lying untouched? Does the central drive for your IT network have hundreds or maybe thousands of files — some important, some not — with impenetrable names like "finalreport.doc"? If so, maybe you could try some different ways to share knowledge.
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