Ready, Set, Curate: 8 Learning Experts Tell You How

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THE KNOWLEDGE-CURATING COMPANY

Tony Sheehan

The ease with which knowledge can now be generated, reviewed, classified, and retrieved has made it a considerable source of potential value for organizations. While tacit knowledge was once the dominant currency in knowledge-rich organizations, explicit knowledge now empowers processes inside and outside organizations—from locating expertise and community building within to brand development externally.

However, explicit knowledge is fluid. Although online content emerges rapidly, it also rapidly evolves, matures, and eventually becomes commoditized unless it is carefully managed, reviewed, and maintained. Tacit knowledge also emerges through informal and social processes, which make it as hard ...