Getting knowledge to flow

Perspectives and resources for getting started with knowledge sharing

Hopefully you understand the importance of knowledge sharing and how it can greatly improve your organisational efficiency and productivity. But becoming a great communicator and knowing how to encourage knowledge sharing within your organisation means that you need to continually push yourself to learn more and understand key principles. Luckily for you, there are tonnes of useful tools out there and, to help clear through much of the haze, here are some of the key principles on knowledge sharing and where you can extend your learning.

Making meaningful connections

When it comes to knowledge sharing, you need to ensure that you are making genuine connections with your team. In doing so, people are much more open to effective collaboration and sharing their thoughts. Plenty of effective team members have realised the importance of this, and the blog Apophenia is dedicated to highlighting the benefits of communication in many different scenarios, and with particular importance placed on doing so in a meaningful and loving way.

The science behind it

Understanding the importance of knowledge-sharing goes beyond common sense, and there are deep rooted scientific reasons as to why we all benefit from proper collaboration. Working out loud is a great example of a practice that helps embed knowledge sharing into your organisation in a way which creates immediate value.

A management perspective

As mentioned, the benefits of knowledge sharing are most clearly seen in a business environment whereby teams and groups of teams can work much more effectively towards a company’s vision. Encouraging this comes down to great management skills and resources, such as I K Magazine and Knowledge Management For Development, which are great sites that are regularly updated with modern perspectives on knowledge sharing.

Using software

There are a host of modern technologies available to help with collaboration and knowledge management. If you are interested in communities and emergent technologies, I highly recommend checking out Julian Stodd’s blog.

Technology does have a role to play in enabling valuable communities and knowledge sharing. Choose a platform which is user friendly and which will connect people around the things that matter to them. Noddlepod offers exactly that. To find out more, check out the features of Noddlepod here.

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