KnowledgeBlog

What we know as individuals and collectively as organisations has never been unimportant however in our modern economy it seems much more critical than it was. This is due to the fact that a much larger proportion of our work is ‘knowledge based’ meaning that we are constantly acquiring information and having to filter and make decisions based on the information. The ability for staff to properly leverage the information they receive to complete their tasks is dependant on their knowledge. Knowledge can be gained in a number of ways but one of the best ways is for people to share it within your organisation. However a number of challenges arise when getting people to share knowledge. One challenge is that a person may feel that if they share their knowledge they will weaken their position because their knowledge is important to the firm and therefore their job more secure.

There are a number of strategies that exist to encourage knowledge sharing. How would you answer the above challenge and what other strategies do you use?