Management by Cynthia J. Young
January 2024
Encourage tacit knowledge sharing in industrial organizations
In today’s rapidly evolving industrial landscape, the
collective knowledge of an organization’s workforce is a
vital asset. While explicit knowledge, written and well-codified,
is often easy to communicate, tacit knowledge
created from experiences remains elusive. This form of
knowledge, rooted in personal experience and often difficult
to articulate, is invaluable. Encouraging tacit knowledge
sharing can lead to innovation, improve productivity and
fortify an organization’s competitive edge. Sometimes, the
best tacit knowledge is shared informally while talking about
challenges, successes and failures on awork break.
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