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Untapped knowledge

Untapped knowledge

Critical knowledge Employee engagement
By Anne McLear February 15, 2022 Off

Phil McPlan, Louise McGeek and James McMann debate the reasons why junior engineers struggle to tap into the knowledge of the more senior colleagues

The cafeteria

The cafeteria

Critical knowledge Internal communication
By Anne McLear February 14, 2022 Off

Anne McClear, Joan McChatty and Yasmin Kushal have lunch at the cafeteria. There they see a group of junior engineers and hear the latest gossip

Chaos during the senior team meeting

Chaos during the senior team meeting

Critical knowledge
By Anne McLear February 11, 2022 Off

Phil McPlan blames last year’s results on the junior field engineers not being able to tap into the knowledge of the more senior ones

Meeting notes (version 76)

Meeting notes (version 76)

Team work and collaboration
By Anne McLear February 10, 2022 Off

Members of the Senior Management Team refuse to leave their inboxes. Meeting notes are shared, commented and edited by email in endless threads

They heard it through the grapevine

They heard it through the grapevine

Critical knowledge Employee engagement Internal communication
By Anne McLear February 9, 2022 Off

Sam McCable tells stories of Cablinc’s life and remembers the negative power of rumours fueled by bad internal communications

Yasmin knows

Yasmin knows

Critical knowledge
By Anne McLear February 8, 2022 Off

Yasmin Kushal remembers how Cablinc’s UK factory workers feared for their jobs when they heard about the new factories opening abroad

Who knows?

Who knows?

Critical knowledge
By Anne McLear February 7, 2022 Off

Anne McLear struggles to find existing knowledge or information to help her craft the communication plan for the new factory

New factory in Turkey

New factory in Turkey

General
By Anne McLear February 4, 2022 Off

The focus of Anne McLear’s first top management weekly meeting is the new factory Cablinc is opening later in the year

A welcome packed

A welcome packed

Employee engagement
By Anne McLear February 3, 2022 Off

Anne McLear goes through the welcome pack: a 40-page PDF she received by email on her first day at Cablinc

Easing into my new job

Easing into my new job

Critical knowledge
By Anne McLear February 2, 2022 Off

Anne McLear spends time with the person she is replacing as Head of Marketing & Internal Comms at Cablinc

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About me

Anne McLear

My name is Anne McLear.

I'm Head of Marketing & Internal Communications at Cablinc.

I'm 45 years old. I'm married and I'm the proud mum of a 9-year-old son, Jamie.

This is my personal blog. Views are my own.

Recent posts

A hybrid meeting

A hybrid meeting

March 4, 2022 Off
Quality-wise

Quality-wise

February 28, 2022 Off
Giving them a voice and listening

Giving them a voice and listening

February 25, 2022 Off
Waste of time

Waste of time

February 24, 2022 Off

Anne McLear and all the characters and events at Cablinc are a fictional creation of Ana Neves of Knowman.
They are the backdrop to the Social Now conference.