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Lucidea’s Lens: Knowledge Management Thought Leaders
Part 99 – Dennis Pearce
As a knowledge management strategist, Dennis Pearce has spent his career refining how professionals connect, learn, and innovate. From enterprise social networks to working out loud, his insights reveal how to build a culture of transparency, trust, and continuous improvement.

Museum Forecast 2025: The Words We Use
This is the sixth year of our forecasts for the museum field! An incredible amount of change has occurred in the sector which brings with it new challenges and opportunities.

Intentional Growth: Special Librarian Professional Goals for 2025
Setting professional development goals may feel overwhelming, but with the right framework and mindset, it can be a rewarding and empowering process.

Archival Appraisal: Determining Long-Term Value of Archival Materials
As archives grow, effective appraisal becomes increasingly important to ensure that only records with enduring value are retained.
Lucidea’s Lens: Knowledge Management Thought Leaders Part 87 – Bill Kaplan
Bill Kaplan is the Founder of Working KnowledgeCSP, an independent knowledge management consulting company.
Considering AI as an Empathy Generator in Museum Spaces
Museums are well established as “empathy generators”, meaning the museum space in combination with artifacts and storytelling can help humans emotionally connect to (or at least better understand) other human groups that are different from their own.
Book Review: Verified by Mike Caulfield and Sam Wineburg
In an age of misinformation and an exorbitant amount of new information created daily, we must consider how to teach others to evaluate content specifically.
Archival Collections Management: From Stewardship to Advocacy
A unique challenge arises in the intricate world of archives—the risk of archivists being perceived as self-promoters.
Lucidea’s Lens: Knowledge Management Thought Leaders Part 86 – Murray Jennex
KM leader Murray Jennex is Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Knowledge Management and President of the Foundation for Knowledge Management.
The Application of AI for Museum Collections Online
What excites me the most about Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) application to museum work is its potential to improve discoverability of museum collections online.
Critical Thinking and the Role of Special Librarians
The value placed on the skill of critical thinking is immeasurable. Unfortunately, it can seem elusive to teach.
The Organizational Impact of Archives
In archives, leadership is not merely a role but a proactive stance transcending the archival domain’s boundaries.
Lucidea’s Lens: Knowledge Management Thought Leaders Part 85 – Harold Jarche
KM leader Harold Jarche provides pragmatic guidance on connected leadership, social learning, personal knowledge mastery, and workplace collaboration.