05/14/2021

How to Facilitate Knowledge-sharing in Remote Work

Use these tips to keep knowledge flowing across your teams

Associations are built on sharing knowledge with a community. That applies to an association's operations as well as its member-facing services. But it's easy to forget this during the age of remote work, when the knowledge-sharing that might once have happened organically has to be scheduled and screen-shared.

With remote work, we're "missing out on impromptu hallway conversations and informal gatherings where knowledge is exchanged," said Stan Garfield, a knowledge management author, speaker and community leader. "There's difficulty in establishing trusting relationships that enable future knowledge-sharing to occur."

Add to that the fact that conversations naturally become more siloed among a dispersed workforce. Yet there are still opportunities to share knowledge in a remote work setting. Consider these tips from Garfield to bolster knowledge-sharing in your organization as employees continue to work from home.

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