Knowledge retention is an important issue in business these days. This month's K Street Directions tells us about a story from NPR on Raiders of the Lost Tapes, where the knowledge is tapes of the Apollo moon landing.
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Knowledge retention is an important issue in business these days. This month's K Street Directions tells us about a story from NPR on Raiders of the Lost Tapes, where the knowledge is tapes of the Apollo moon landing.
"Beating the Boomer Brain Drain Blues" is a good overview of the knowledge retention problem facing many companies. It provides some suggestions on how to think about the problem, and there are many examples.
SNA expert Robert Cross writes about "Knowledge Loss in Organizations." I like the emphasis on using SNA as a diagnostic tool, particularly as he talks about the differing impacts of Central Connectors, Brokers, and Peripheral Players.
Godfrey Parkin hits on the topic of knowledge retention in "Knowledge managing the retirement brain drain" based on an Accenture survey. I also uncover a David DeLong article that suggests some quantifiable impacts of knowledge loss due to brain drain.