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Whitepaper Review: From Rules to Reflex—Transforming Information Governance into a Cultural Value

Written by Jim Merrifield on September 22, 2025. Posted in Change Management, Collaboration, Communications, Education, Information Governance, Information Management, Knowledge Management, Leadership & Management Skills, Uncategorized.

Written by Jim Merrifield, ARMA Chair and Director of Information Governance and Business Intake at Robinson+Cole Having spent years helping organizations grapple with the realities of information governance (IG), I was drawn to ARMA International’s...

The Gamification of Records Management

Written by Richard Lang on August 18, 2025. Posted in Change Management, Collaboration, Communications, Records.

Aside from those who are in the field, no one thinks records management is fun. It is the office-equivalent of doing laundry or cleaning out the garage. However, for our organizations, having information owners properly retain or dispose of...

Do We Really Mean “Responsibility”?

Written by Lewis S. Eisen on April 7, 2025. Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Change Management, Collaboration, Communications, Compliance, Information Governance, Information Management, Policy, Uncategorized.

To make sure a house is sound, we periodically check the foundation for cracks. When we find one, we need to patch it up, because leaving it in place threatens the stability of the entire structure. What if some of the most fundamental statements...

The First 90 Days: A Quick-Start Guide for New Managers

Written by Julia Davis on June 24, 2024. Posted in Change Management, Collaboration, Communications, Leadership & Management Skills.

The first 90 days are critical for any new manager. Whether you’ve been promoted internally and are now responsible for overseeing your former peers or have been brought in from outside and need to get up to speed on a new organization, it can be...

You Rolled Out Your Remote Workplace in Record Time. Now Let’s Talk Governance

Written by Steve Bynghall on August 15, 2022. Posted in Australia, Change Management, Data Governance, Information Governance, Uncategorized.

When it comes to the digital workplace, governance and expediency are not always the best of friends. Governance essentially takes a longer-term view, establishing controls, processes and rules that makes the digital workplace sustainable going forward....

Data Conversion: Dos and Don’ts

Written by Sandra Tuller on May 16, 2022. Posted in Backup, Change Management, Collaboration, Data, Data Management, Information Technology, Migration, Uncategorized.

As technology continues to evolve at a rapid rate, it is inevitable that you will be faced with at least one data conversion project during the course of your career. There are many reasons why your organization might face a data conversion project. Your...

Introducing the Information Governance Implementation Model (IGIM)

Written by ARMA International on December 31, 2019. Posted in Analytics, Archiving, Audit, Backup, Business Continuity, Business Intelligence, Capture, Change Management, Communications, Compliance, Content, Content Management, Content Services, Content Strategy, Data Analytics, Data Governance, Data Management, Data Storage, Digital Preservation, Digital Transformation, Discovery / eDiscovery, Disposition, Document Management, Document Strategy, Electronic Records Management, Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Enterprise File Synchronization & Sharing, Enterprise Search, Featured, Foundational Concepts, Imaging, Information Access, Information Analytics, Information Architecture, Information Assurance, Information Governance, Information Management, Information Security (Information Protection), Information Technology, Interoperability, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Strategy, Legal, Metadata, Metrics, Migration, Mobility, Native Creation / Upload, On-Premises, Physical Records Management, Privacy, Process Automation, Process Management, Records Management, Records Strategy, Retention, Retention Management, Scanning, Search, Taxonomy, Vital Records, Web Content Management, Workflow.

This year, ARMA International released the Information Governance Implementation Model (IGIM), beta version. There are, of course, other information governance (IG) models available to the community, each looking at IG through a different lens. Why...

How to Break the Mold of Negativity Around IM Policies

Written by Lewis S. Eisen on April 30, 2019. Posted in Change Management, Compliance, Content, Information Governance, Information Management, Information Security (Information Protection), Information Technology.

Most people associate IM policies with notions like requirements and restrictions. Those connotations are unfortunate because that’s not what writing rules is about. Written properly, rules are primarily about getting clarity and about target...

Mind Tools for Managers: A Crash Course in Effective Management Skills

Written by Charity Whan on April 9, 2019. Posted in Change Management, Education, Leadership & Management Skills, Review.

Mind Tools for Managers: 100 Ways to Be a Better Boss focuses on identifying the complete list of skills that managers can master to be better leaders in their organizations. The authors provide working professionals with practical advice for these...