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Information Governance  |  Information Security  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

A Contract Manager and an Information Professional Walked Into a Bar...

....and it turns out they had a lot more in common than either of them expected. Did you know that Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) is the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time, pulling in over $1.33 billion worldwide? There is something magical about what happens when two beloved characters from different worlds finally share the screen. As it turns out, the same principle applies to different, but related practices. On May 14, AIIM and the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) co-hosted a free webinar called Better Together: Building Understanding Between Contract Management and Information Governance. In my previous post, I made the case for why these two disciplines need to work more closely together. This post is about what happened when they actually did.

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Information Governance

Are We Treating Contracts Like Information Assets?

Most organizations have contract management and information governance operating in separate worlds. Here's why that matters, and what we're doing about it.

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14 Steps to a Successful ECM Implementation

Making an ECM implementation successful requires planning and attention to detail. The best way to create the right solution is to identify organizational goals and priorities. Learn how to manage a successful implementation in our free guide.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)  |  Information Governance

Breaking the "Cannot Mindset": Lessons for Government Information Professionals from DGI's EDRM Conference

I spent March 19 at DGI's E-Discovery, Records, and Information Management Conference, where AIIM is a proud partner. Three themes kept surfacing across sessions: the traditional boundaries between our fields are disappearing, governance needs to shift from compliance to value, and data is at the center of everything we're trying to do with AI.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)  |  Information Governance  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

Opinion: Why Information Management Must Evolve From License to Operate to License to Innovate

I have been reflecting on the evolving role of Information Management (IM) in modern organizations, also reflecting on the company I currently work for as IT Manager Enterprise IM, and one idea keeps coming back to me:

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Information Governance  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

What Information Management Can Learn from Unreasonable Hospitality

I recently finished Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara, the restaurateur behind Eleven Madison Park. On the surface, it's a book about running a successful restaurant business. But really, it's about what happens when you commit to making people feel seen, valued, and cared for. Those lessons apply across sectors. For information management professionals, I think the book points to something we don't talk about enough: the need to be intentional. Intentional about the work we do. Intentional about the teams we build to do that work. And intentional about how we communicate our value.

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Information Architecture  |  Information Governance  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

Stop Talking About Data Access and Start Talking About User Experience

We talk constantly about data access in information management. People need access to data. Systems should provide access. Access, access, access. But here's what we don't talk about enough: the actual user experience of getting to that data.

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