The document discusses strategies for knowledge transfer as many baby boomers prepare to retire. It identifies succession planning and knowledge transfer as important processes to prepare for this transition. Some key strategies discussed for effective knowledge transfer include conducting knowledge audits, implementing mentoring programs, establishing communities of practice, and leveraging virtual communities and social media. The challenges of organizational culture and generational differences are also addressed.
6. Access candidates and competency readiness. Identify key positions for succession planning. Build key position profiles. Communicate opportunities. Develop plans (group/individual). Respond to risks and opportunities. Succession Planning
7. Access candidates and competency readiness. Knowledge Transfer areas Identify key positions for succession planning. Build key position profiles. Communicate opportunities. Develop plans (group/individual). Respond to risks and opportunities. The “Breakdown” Points
Sept 12, 1962 July 20, 1969 7 years is not that long – Columbia destroyed re-entering earth’s atmosphere in 2003 Recent NASA interviews state that even with all of our technological advances over the last 41 years, today we could not send someone to the moon Even worse, it would take 10 years or more to recreate the technology Why? Because they had no method (or interest) in sharing knowledge and the engineers who got us to the moon have long since retired
Why would a room full of HR professionals listen to a “Marketing Guy”? Because of who I work for and our research All training is knowledge transfer in some form
Boomers still bailing, however “pushed” due to economy 10s of millions of boomers turn 65 this year By 2013 all boomers are at least 65 Outsourcing and Globalization fragments and scatters information – especially tacit knowledge Restructure/downsize exits information and disenfranchises knowledge holders Multiple generational workforce has built-in barriers to communication Double threat – Older workers taking knowledge, younger workers entering – lost opportunities to transfer knowledge What others???
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Explicit – able to document
Tacit – held in the mind, hunches, instinct, past experience Tacit knowledge is difficult to transfer, impossible to document and hard to define, however many times it is the most valuable knowledge to pass on
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Group of people who share an interest, craft or profession.
Mutual engagement – by mere participation, members build relationships and establish group norms, rules identities Joint enterprise – shared understanding (domain) Shared repertoire – common and communal resources **project teams are officially form with a specific objective in mind, deadlines, and dissolve date. Works toward milestone and has consistent membership