Making of Knowledge MarketPlace!

Calvin:  Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts.  I wonder why we think faster than we speak.
Hobbes:  Probably so we can think twice.
~Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes

Knowledge worth of many successful organizations lies in the fact, that they have competitive edge on account of the few talented individuals dispersed at different level.

Even within organizations, for workers, executives, managers the common knowledge base is easily accessible but the unique proposition lies in the special understanding of that innate knowledge that is rarely if ever discussed with Diasporas.

And that is the very reason why certain companies have an edge over other, either in certain geographical areas or for that matter responding to critical situations, probably because the former has realized “the Mantra”. There is great significance of seamless flow of information and knowledge sharing across subsidiaries or across geographies or across hierarchies. Every individual has his own knowledge base and if seen as the larger picture many such knowledgeable individuals are scattered across cultures, hierarchy  within an organization, meaning neither the organization nor the individual  can completely exploit the limit to which this knowledge can grow and even lead the organization to greater heights.

This means that the knowledge hangs in limbo; or rather knowledge exists but is diffused, especially in a diverse organization. Imagine interactions amongst such talented coworkers across geographies could yield a huge power and such a large scale interaction would dwarf the significance and reliability on a select few individuals and rather distribute the sense of achievement across the organization. Many businesses have been satisfied at passing knowledge down the line through phones or faxes, but perhaps with the advent of communications in the past decade many leading organizations, academics and professional training groups have come to believe that the future lies only in the hands of those who can manage knowledge.

From this we can quite simply imply that be it a huge organization or small setup, information is there for all to know but knowledge that is the context in which that information has to be used effectively and that insight that can be gained by only sharing awareness through a common platform. So far the large organizations with vast pool of resources and investments have been able to tap this need. Those in phase of growth not able to keep aside that budget have been constrained.

Skype, Gtalk are tools for individual interactive video sessions but we would like to post few open questions for your thought: How does a small- medium size organization have focused group knowledge sharing sessions breaking location boundaries? How can an entrepreneur set up have interactive communication with subject matter experts of other geographies? And if so, how to connect? Which social media has a power to connect likeminded organizations and individual experts?

Looking forward to hear your opinions: