Encouraging knowledge sharing in your organization

Not being able to do the work required can be frustrating - especially if it's because you simply do not have the required knowledge. Knowledge hoarding is having information but refusing to share it. The combination of these two can have a detrimental effect on an organisation. It creates distrust and kills any efforts at collaboration.

You can encourage knowledge sharing in your organisation using these approaches.

• Introduce a mentoring program - each employee needs a mentor to guide them and help them succeed in the organisation.
• When looking for information, look at departments instead of just individuals. After all, two heads are better than one.
• Build trust relationships with your fellow workers. If you trust someone you are more willing to share information with them.
• Reward employees for sharing valuable information - allow nomination.
• Introduce collaboration tools into the organisation - the right tools can make the difference, including blogs and wikis.