In explicit knowledge, information is codified and written down, so it can easily be understood and decoded by the receiver. In some cases, explicit knowledge is expressed in very formal writing and ...

Up to 42% of the knowledge that professionals need to do their jobs comes from other people's brains—in the form of advice, opinions, judgment or answers. (Source: Delphi Group). So, it is somewhat ...

Ikujiro Nonaka, Professor Emeritus at the Hitosubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, is one of the leading figures behind knowledge management (KM) 1, the discipline ...

People often define tacit knowledge as knowledge that you can’t put into words, but this negative definition doesn’t say what tacit knowledge is—just what it isn’t. Tacit knowledge is typically not ...

Last month we explored how social collaboration platforms could breathe new life into knowledge management, bringing practical knowledge management back into vogue. Now I'd like to back up my argument ...

This article was co-written with Leila Dige. As the amount of knowledge generated within organizations continues to rise, firms must implement systems that make it easy for employees to find the ...