Knowledge Cafe: An agile knowledge workforce fit for the future?

Knowledge Café Principles Driven by a powerful question Dialogue not debate Preserve conversational flow Everyone is equal Eliminate fear No preconceived outcomes No coercion From Gurteen, D. Knowledge Café http://knowledge.cafe/knowledge-cafe-concept/

Lacey Bryant, S, Bingham H, Carlyle R, Day A, Ferguson L, Stewart D Forward view: advancing health library and knowledge services in England. Health Information & Libraries Journal. 35 (1) pp 70-77 @NHS_HealthEdEng #HEELKS

Key points of the article Meeting user expectations access to digital content and services meeting the needs of learners Empowering patients and the public Providing business critical information Library management: funding and quality An agile workforce fit for the future @NHS_HealthEdEng #HEELKS

How do we achieve an agile knowledge workforce fit for the future? To discuss in your groups What will our workforce of the future consist of, and what environments will we work in? What will our key skills be? How will these skills be utilised, developed and honed to ensure that evidence can be mobilised and knowledge shared, and new and emerging technologies utilised? Crucially, what will we need to do in order to achieve this? @NHS_HealthEdEng #HEELKS

Thank you Knowledge for Healthcare: http://kfh.libraryservices.nhs.uk/ Library and Knowledge Services Leads http://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/library-knowledge-services Contact me: emily.hopkins@hee.nhs.uk @NHS_HealthEdEng #HEELKS