Unlike explicit knowledge, inexpressible tacit knowledge cannot be transferred. Instead, it must be conceived, born and developed in each mind through personal exposure to, and participation in ...

Tacit knowledge is usually defined negatively, as knowledge we cannot articulate. We can do better.

The model speaks about tacit and explicit knowledge, so first, a definition: Tacit knowledge: Intuitive, hard to define knowledge, that is largely experience based.

Unfortunately, business tends to prioritize explicit knowledge over tacit knowledge. This is largely because explicit knowledge is more well-defined and tangibly observable.

One of the strongest driving forces for launching an initiative to capture tacit knowledge is to ensure that institutional knowledge is not lost as people retire or resign. Another is for succession ...

"Unlike explicit knowledge, which is easy to capture, process and disseminate, tacit knowledge resides in an individual's mind and it is difficult to capture — yet vital to the organization ...

The workflow patterns must be set in place. Explicit knowledge and tacit knowledge need to be able to pass between teams and be accessible for a new starter.

Background: Knowledge management (KM) extends the health information technology (HIT) literature by addressing its impact on creating knowledge by sharing and using the knowledge of health care ...

Tacit knowledge is the “most valuable distributed database in any organization,” said Jacobson, author of several PwC papers on social networking and business. But “this accumulated ...

People often define tacit knowledge as knowledge that you can’t put into words, but this negative definition doesn’t say what tacit knowledge is—just what it isn’t. Tacit knowledge is ...