Implement knowledge innovation

Author: George von Krogh and Chuangkai You
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This book is part of the "World 500 Strong Enterprises Development Series." It proposes how knowledge can be innovated within organizations and how to transform knowledge innovation into a relative advantage by elaborating on the possible conditions for achieving knowledge innovation. This book goes beyond the limitations of current knowledge management and knowledge innovation theories, exploring practical issues in the amorphous, ever-expanding field of human knowledge.
After the success of Knowledge Innovation Companies, this book has been widely acclaimed in the field of knowledge management and is regarded as a landmark work. Now, Achieving Knowledge Innovation delves further into this highly important area, demonstrating to readers how companies can generate and nurture new ideas by applying the concepts outlined in the previous book.
The authors synthesize the lessons of international giants such as Siemens, Unilever, Skandia, and Sony, along with their own hands-on consulting experience, to present a comprehensive framework for knowledge innovation—a set of institutional organizational activities that promote knowledge innovation and highlight the power of transforming organizational knowledge into value-creating actions. They describe five key "methods for achieving knowledge innovation," summarized as: gaining insights into knowledge innovation, mastering conversation skills, motivating knowledge innovators, creating a conducive environment, and globalizing local knowledge.
The authors emphasize that knowledge innovation must go beyond the authority of individual or designated "knowledge" officers. It requires every member of the organization, from top management to frontline workers, to take on new roles and responsibilities. Every individual in the organization—whether an innovator, a caring expert, or a company epistemologist focused on knowledge theory—plays a vital role in transforming "care" into a part of daily work, supporting, nurturing, and encouraging small groups, and creating spaces for sharing and exchanging innovative knowledge to maintain competitive advantages.