Every company needs a curator. This is because every company … and I mean EVERY company … struggles with enabling the rapid, consistent and meaningful flow of workplace knowledge. This foundational problem manifests in a variety of ways. Employees waste inordinate amounts of time trying to find the answers to …
5 reasons your employees aren’t sharing their knowledge
I wrote this article in 2016, and it quickly became one of the most-read posts on the LearnGeek Blog. While I enjoy looking back and reviewing my past content to see how my perspective has changed, I also take the opportunity to improve on my past material so – if …
The Fallacy of the Social Workplace
Everyone at work has a mobile device with a camera. So what we’re going to do is start a website where they can upload videos they take on the job to help them share their tips and tricks with the entire company. We’ll let people rate and comment on the …
Kickstart curation in your workplace
Curation is more than a trendy topic. It’s an old-school idea with the renewed power to shift L&D mindset and enable learning and problem solving in more scalable, personalized ways. It can help you keep up with the needs of the business by shifting L&D’s focus from creation to connection. …
Learning Now Radio – Episode #15
The Learning Now Radio team was gracious enough to invite me to share my thoughts on workplace knowledge sharing and curation as part of their growing podcast series. Check out the broadcast below in which Lisa Minogue-White and I share ideas and best practices on what organizations can do to help …
7 common objections to workplace knowledge sharing
When I first got heavily into workplace knowledge sharing 7 years ago, I thought it was just my organization that had some challenges. Then, when I stepped out into the industry to share my experience on the topic, I started to realize it was EVERYONE. Fast forward to today, and …
How Much Shared Knowledge Is Too Much?
I originally wrote this post for the eLearning Guild’s Twist Blog … If you’ve attended a presentation on workplace knowledge sharing, you’ve probably heard the Mitchell Kapor quote “Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.” Yes, there is a lot of information available …
When it comes to workplace knowledge sharing, start small but think BIG
Wouldn’t it be great if all of our employees started sharing their knowledge in our enterprise social network tomorrow? No … That would probably NOT be good, especially if you work in a large operation with tens of thousands of employees. I’d liken this to a bizarro world in which …
Practical steps to kickstart workplace curiosity
“We want to create a learning culture.” Have you heard that one lately? Maybe from your company’s senior management? As organizations seek to retain talent and differentiate themselves in a crowded marketplace, the idea of a “learning culture” is now in vogue. Great news for L&D, right? Well … L&D can’t create a “learning …
5 reasons I choose to work out loud (#WOL)
Share … Share constantly … and SHARE LOUD! I’m not going to argue the merits of or outline a full strategy for working out loud (WoL). For that discussion, read this, this, this, or this. While I completely agree with the value behind WoL, it wasn’t until I found my …
The 5 most ridiculous comments I always hear about organizational knowledge sharing
Yes, “ridiculous” is a bit harsh. No, I don’t expect everyone on the planet to understand and value the effective sharing organizational knowledge. That’s kinda my biz. So, when people make negative comments or mess up the works, you’d usually say that they “just don’t understand” or “haven’t been exposed …