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Leveraging Collective Knowledge: NASA’s Constellation Program

Conversation Matters

The administration’s intention is to pay private companies to shuttle astronauts to and from the Space Station, while NASA is suppose to turn its attention to developing advanced technologies and demonstrations, including heavy-lift propulsion research research. But the task of saving it is an enormous one.

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What is an intranet? The definitive explanation

ThoughtFarmer

It’s a website, communications channel, knowledge management tool, culture tool, and collaboration platform. It helps people work better by combining the best features of wikis, blogs, document and content management systems. was popularized in 2004, it represented a huge shift in the way digital information was managed.

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Part II “We Know More Than We Can Say: How to Use Tacit Knowledge

Conversation Matters

Rob Cross and Lee Sproull conducted a study in 2004 that looked at the benefits that accrued to people who had a conversation with a colleague about a relatively ambiguous issue each was facing. These seekers were project managers in a large consulting firm. A company had moved into a South American country through acquisition.

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Most Important Developments for 1/22

GetFive

Since 2004, Google engineers get to spend 20% of their time pursuing projects of their own creation. This one product consistently generates over $1 billion a year in revenue, annually putting the company $750 million in the black, which is quite an upside for its investment in autonomy. Fast Company. How did we get here?

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4 Great Ways to Conduct Peer Assists: Transferring Knowledge Effectively

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But in several of the examples both implicit knowledge and explicit is transferred as well. I start with a British Petroleum (BP) example that was my first introduction to Peer Assists while I was conducting research for my book, Common Knowledge. . . Sales Force. In 2004 Mars Inc.,

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What is Organizational Learning (And Why is it Important?)

Zenefits

Well, organizational learning is the organization’s process of gaining knowledge related to its function and using that knowledge to adapt to a changing environment and increase efficiency. A great example of a company that employs organizational learning is Toyota. Why Is Organizational Learning Important to Your Company?