“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” This quote by Hellen Keller is quite relevant today when collaboration is touted as the new innovation and is seen as indispensable by businesses to craft a positive growth trajectory. Let’s start with a few questions. Does your organization have its roots globally?...

A knowledge base speaks volumes about your business dynamics, about what you actually offer to your customers. It is the face of your firm on the basis of which your customers create a perception about your brand in their minds because through knowledge base your customers learn about your product or service. If it’s something...

Do you know the secret ingredient behind a business that is flourishing and growing by leaps and bounds? “There’s no secret ingredient” is just a myth! I know that you know, and almost every business knows about it. Still, it’s taken for a ride by many businesses. How ironical? Here, I am talking about CUSTOMER...

Large companies with complex organizational structure—thus, a repository of disparate knowledge across its various business units—should leverage knowledge acquisition to improve their overall efficiency. Although knowledge acquisition is commonly associated with a manufacturing company’s research and development goal, it can be utilized also for other business processes, namely: I.T., operations and, to a degree, customer...

The past few decades in education have witnessed a respectable trend away from Behaviorism and towards more Constructivist pedagogies in the classroom. Rather than engaging students in repetitive “drill & kill” exercises with scantron exams, the thinking goes, we should be assigning more collaborative, project-based activities that encourage students to seek their own knowledge. State...

Businesses have gone global these days; not only geographically, but also in terms of their customer base. Given the staggering growth a global business promises, business owners can’t be restricted to a single city or even country. Expanding cross country is the way to go; however, it comes with its set of challenges. As geography...

When it comes to working in an organization, the most valuable asset for an employer is his employees. The business can work efficiently only when its employees are motivated, dedicated and happy with their work. The only way to keep employees happy is to make the business processes easy and used-friendly. That’s where a knowledge-based...

Organizational learning, for many, is still a confusing concept. Knowledge is an abstract thing—it’s not a tangible asset—and so understanding how to manage and disseminate it can be tricky. And yet, it is essential for the success of any business. Without sound knowledge management practices, a company is merely spinning its wheels: it’s not going...

Knowledge bases are powerful new ways to offer information and help to your customers, improving your brand visibility and reputation while simultaneously improving customer retention. How are they able to do this? The main benefit is a kind of automation introduced to the customer service process; rather than using human resources to walk customers through...

Knowledge is power. It’s an overused platitude, but it rings true in the business world. The more knowledge your employees have, the better they’re able to perform their duties and serve customers. The more knowledge your customers have, the more informed and less burdensome they are. Developing a knowledge base is a good first step...