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The research in Jinfo's active Research Focus, "Creating an Information Centre of Excellence", tells us that the lack of time and mental space to work strategically is a consistent feature of today's information services.

That's got to change, if information teams are to fully realise the value that they are capable of delivering. Jinfo's work on departmental optimisation offers you a new way of analysing and re-engineering your work, so that you can make time for the activities that are most valuable to your organisation.

As experienced professionals, we know we need to "make time" for the important stuff - planning for the future, laying out strategy, communicating more effectively. We also know that in the time it's taken to read these sentences, at least eight more emails have arrived.

Given time, most of us can figure out where we want to go. But that's exactly what we don't have. Time.

That's why we often say that optimisation - the process of deliberately creating capacity - is the practical side of strategic planning.

Explore the solution in more detail when you register to receive our free insights for this Research Focus.

You'll get the first two insights when you register, and the third in June. All will give you practical suggestions for the tweaks - or major changes - you can make to move your department in a more strategic direction.

And, if you're ready to bring optimisation awareness and skills into your team, consider our Jinfo Consulting workshop, "Do better with less: workflow optimisation". Click the link to learn more, then contact Claire Laybats to discuss your needs, timing and budget.

Robin Neidorf
Director of Research and Head of Consulting

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Call to participate: Survey on current awareness and intelligence

The costs, time and value of current awareness systems and services are an ongoing concern for information teams. Participate in our new survey on your needs, preferences and strategy for ensuring that people in your organisation have the right information at their fingertips.

The survey should take around 10 minutes to complete. Provide an email address at the end to receive a copy of the resulting report.

Complete the survey now »

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Subscription

A Jinfo Subscription connects your team with the practical tools, original research and expertise to build and support information strategy in your organisation.

Articles, reports and events that help you save time and money and plan for the future... any time, without leaving your desk. Learn more.

Articles - view all:

• Four things content purchasing professionals can learn from procurement on 2nd May
• Four things procurement professionals need to understand about content purchasing on 1st May
• Mapping priorities - procurement and content purchasing on 29th April

Reports - view all:

• Market landscape - agribusiness on 26th April
• Community deck - Jinfo for optimising a team of researchers on 25th April

Events

Webinars - at your desk learning - book now:

• Managing your evolution towards an Information Centre of Excellence on 23rd May
• Optimisation as the engine of Information Centre Excellence on 27th June

Community sessions - confidential live discussions - book now:

• Balancing end-user and expert services, to build a Centre of Excellence on 16th May
• Jinfo for information strategy on 3rd June
• Attributes of an Information Centre of Excellence on 20th June

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Subscription Tip: Browse our market landscapes to see databases covering sources from agribusiness to company information, plus tools to help you manage better.

 

Who benefits from a Jinfo Subscription?

Our all-original research is for you and your team if you are responsible for content purchasing, information strategy or optimising your information service.

A Jinfo Subscription has these benefits:

• Saves time by using our original research and practical resources
• Gives you the tools to define, communicate and measure information value
• Helps you reinvent your information service through insight into what the best companies do.

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Consulting

Bring our insights in-house. We'll work with you to make strategic changes in operations, enhance stakeholder relationships and future-proof your information service. Learn more

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"Creating an Information Centre of Excellence"
Our Research Focus for April to June

Successful information teams share a number of traits, ways of working, services and values. We've analysed the most successful information teams to identify their commonalities to develop a flexible model for long-term success for any information team.

This Research Focus defines the characteristics shared by successful information centres who we define as "Information Centres of Excellence".

Learn more and get the insights »

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Blog

• My Favourite Tipples from a KM software company CEO on 8th May
  My Favourite Tipples are shared by Ron Aspe, the CEO of software company Lucidea. He shares the resources that help him meet companies' future information needs, including go-to blogs by leading knowledge-management experts.
  
  
• Jinfo for information strategy on 8th May
  If you're responsible for information strategy, the active Research Focus, "Creating an Information Centre of Excellence", offers a wealth of resources, insights and tools.
  
  
• Discover discovery - free report with survey participation on 8th May
  Take our survey on discovery tools and priorities today and receive a copy of the results as a thank you.
  
  
• Next generation awareness and intelligence on 3rd May
  Participate in our survey on next generation news, current awareness and intelligence and receive a copy of the results as a thank you.
  
  
• Insight 2 from Research Focus on excellence - six characteristics of team excellence on 30th April
  The most important characteristics for an Information Centre of Excellence to embody are defined here. Better yet, they're achievable with support from Jinfo's bevy of resources in this Research Focus.
  
  
• Research update - 6 characteristics of Information Centres of Excellence on 25th April
  Does your information team have the six characteristics we've identified as most important for success and sustainability? Find out more when you request our free insights emails for the Research Focus "Creating an Information Centre of Excellence" or log in to view our subscription content.

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Teresa G Powell, Manager, IDS Research Library,
Integrated Defense Systems,
Raytheon Company
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