Why is tacit knowledge important?

There is a rising increase in the importance and need of Knowledge transfers in the way how modern professionals work. Knowledge platforms play a crucial role in sharing and passing on the knowledge, and by knowledge transfer, it is not just about the transfer of information but about passing on experience, best practice and learning too. This combination, known as Tacit Knowledge is well recognised as something very difficult to articulate and record but it is invaluable in adding depth and context to information to give a richer understanding. Most of the professionals seek and explore tacit knowledge sharing platforms to learn and share their domain of expertise.

What are tacit sharing platforms?

There are many communities and events on the rise for many groups of professionals to share and learn tacit knowledge. Professionals of the same domain can come together and learn and  share about tacit knowledge using any of the platforms. Tacit knowledge sharing platforms help in building communities among professionals, where they engage, explore and learn about what’s new in their industry. For communities in the professional domain, it is more interesting for them to learn from peers and listen to their analysis and insight on subjects that matters to them the most.

Importance of being a part of knowledge sharing platforms

Sharing is an important aspect in tacit knowledge. Tacit knowledge sharing need not necessarily be at organisations and corporates but also happens through different types of interactions like informal networking, unstructured work practices that encourages creative problem solving, learning new things in your domain and networking. Sharing of tacit knowledge also enables you to learn newer things in your industry.

Building thought leadership

When a group of like minded people get together, it builds a community thus enabling to make an informed decision. When you have something to say about, or an interesting insight about a topic you are well versed in, it makes you a thought leader in your field of expertise. Thought leaders are informed opinion leaders in a community. Building your community with like minded people and professionals build thought leaders. When more professionals come together and talk about subject matters that interests them, it builds a community where more professionals reach to them for opinions and other views.

Events and conferences

Attending events and conferences also help in building tacit community groups. When more people get together to build a group, this helps in building and exploring more such events and conferences to learn more about your domain and industry and further reach out to your peers to build awareness and discuss with them.

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