Think You Don’t Manage Your Knowledge? Think Again!
von Dr. Stefan T. Siegel · Veröffentlicht 31.07.2024 · Aktualisiert 26.11.2024
Think You Don’t Manage Knowledge? Think Again! Everyone, to some degree, manages information and knowledge through both analog and digital tools, such as commonplace notebooks and note-taking apps, as well as through interactions with others (Siegel, 2024). Whether we are aware of it or not, we are distributing our cognition (Hutchins, 2000) and extending our minds (Paul, 2021). This blog post aims to demonstrate that we are all, in various ways, already engaging in knowledge management and inherently possess a personal knowledge management system.
This bar chart displays the results of a non-representative ad-hoc survey conducted among 29 students from various disciplines at German universities during NoteLabs’ last knowledge management workshop. It indicates that the participants have different opinions on the statement that they do not engage in (personal) knowledge management yet (1 = I do not agree at all; 7 = I fully agree). The results indicate diverse opinions on personal engagement in knowledge management, with 13 respondents (44.7%) disagreeing that they do not engage, 7 (24.1%) undecided, and 9 (31.1%) agreeing with the statement. This illustrates varying levels of awareness and acknowledgment of their personal knowledge management (PKM) systems and practices.
