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The Importance of “Know Why”?

QAspire

Knowledge industry, particularly software, is full of people who possess “ know-how ” – knowledge of how to get something done. Give them a task, and they will be able to apply their technical skills (read ‘know-how’) to accomplish it. A lot of people possess a very sound “ know-what ” – knowledge of facts, figures and methods.

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Experience and Expertise – A Few Thoughts

QAspire

Another realization is that more knowledge does not always mean more expertise. Ability to execute that knowledge does. That is because most explicit knowledge is widely and freely available now. But to execute that knowledge well requires one to have implicit skills mentioned above.(You

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Help Employees Create Knowledge — Not Just Share It

Harvard Business Review

Process manuals rely on explicit knowledgeknowledge that can be written down and easily shared with others. In an organization focused on scalable efficiency, the focus of learning is on sharing explicit knowledge. Skills versus capabilities.