Institutional knowledge that lives only in conversations between senior people does not scale. Converting it to training makes it available to everyone and measurable in terms of learning outcomes.
This conversion also ensures knowledge persists as people change roles and leave the organization.
Making institutional knowledge teachable
Institutional knowledge is often implicit and experiential. Making it teachable requires converting experience into explicit knowledge that can be explained and learned.
This conversion process forces clarity about what the knowledge actually is and why it matters.
Key takeaways
- Converting institutional knowledge to training makes it available to everyone, not just people who experienced original events
- Case study-based training lets people learn from your organization's experience and avoid repeating mistakes
- Decision framework training gives people tools to make good decisions in situations they have not encountered
- Regular institutional knowledge training reinforces organizational learning and decision-making culture
Structured training from case studies
Case studies of major decisions and their outcomes create excellent training material. Walk through the decision context, the options considered, the decision made, and the results.
This approach lets others learn from your experience without having to repeat it.
Decision frameworks from institutional knowledge
Institutional knowledge often includes frameworks for thinking through complex decisions. Extract these frameworks and teach them. This gives people tools to make good decisions in new situations they have not encountered before.
Framework-based training is more powerful than case study training alone because it is transferable.
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Continuous learning from institutional knowledge
Make institutional knowledge training part of ongoing development. Have new leaders take training on your organization's history and decision-making culture. Have senior staff review current institutional knowledge as part of refresh training.
This continuous reinforcement ensures institutional knowledge guides decision-making.
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