The SIKM Community will host a peer assist call to help David Graffagna in the challenge he recently posted - Lessons Learned Storage & Access. It will be held on Monday, Jan 25 from 3-4:30 PM CST.

Good question. As I see it, once knowledge is elicited/codified, it is (by definition) information (e.g., in a database, report, etc.). It can then be converted back into (someone else’s)

How is explicit knowledge information? We have information. But if we don't put it in a proper process and use it, it is not knowledge. It is useless. The information which is not used can't be

I’m so glad, Bill, Chris, and Fred that you’ve mentioned that “explicit knowledge” is actually information. When I wrote this in my latest book, I predicted that it would be received in some

I understand, Bill. I simply don’t agree with you. Fred Nickols

I agree, Chris. Explicit knowledge is knowledge that has been codified. It is indeed information. Fred Nickols

HI Chris I agree with explicit = information Bill

I’m with you Fred. ...and from my perspective (which not everyone shares!), I would add that explicit knowledge = information. Cheers, Chris Get Outlook for iOS

Hi Fred I say the following knowing the risk with which I am placing myself😊…never been a fan of “implicit” and so I am not a fan of Polanyi’s definition. My point, based on years of

FWIW, in relation to Bill’s use of “explicit” and “tacit,” I find a third category useful; namely, “implicit.” I define “implicit” as knowledge which hasn’t been articulated but

Gabi, Most of what we have done with lessons learned to this point has been in the context getting to know our audiences (e.g., project team types), gathering input on any lessons learned approaches

Bill, Well stated. However, it is nice to know that some non-IT approaches have emerged and been perfected. Some day, IT will no doubt be able to scan our brains, and retrieve all our knowledge,

Dear Colleagues Been enjoying this timeless discussion on K capture and the extended inference about tacit knowledge and the subtleties of human language in the sharing in the context of the below

Thank you all for your help. You helped me a lot to have a better view.

I've actually had a couple of textual intelligent technologies articles so the work is progressing, but I agree it is young and not ready...murray jennex

We are still very far from seeing any AI technology that can intelligently extract human knowledge in a broad sense. A main challenge is that of data, and in particular textual data. Data has to be

to be honest, while many are claiming to be doing both forms of knowledge I personally doubt it. I am having a difficult time seeing how the claims that AI can figure out the tacit knowledge being

Hi Mila, My view is that there are several interlocking strands to this topic that tend to get overpowered by the technologists (as Murray notes). I root the following analysis in:

Most papers I have read are really technical and I cant find the KM concept in them. Of course, all of them are based on knowledge, but their approaches and techniques are oit of KM field. I have to

Murray, You didn't clarify whether these hoped-for technologies focus on both tacit and explicit or mostly, even exclusively explicit, which may be about 20% (but growing) of the body of K. My