Nancy Dixon is a researcher and consultant who focuses on the people side of knowledge management.
Nancy is a good friend and we are working closely together along with John Hovell to develop the concept of Conversational Leadership.
Sharing Tacit Knowledge – the story about Xerox Copy Repair Technicians | Nancy DixonOur most effective knowledge management tool is conversation.
The words we choose, the questions we ask, and the metaphors we use to explain ourselves are what determine our success in creating new knowledge as well as sharing that knowledge with each other.
- Collective Sense-making Bringing different perspectives together to understand in order to act
- Learn by Talking When speaking we organize cognitively what we know
- Sharing Knowledge Through Conversation Knowledge isn't there the way ore is buried
- Speak with Less Conviction Speaking with conviction inhibits learning
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This coaching supports you in leading as a practice: initiating conversations that matter, deepening connection, and making space for reflection where it's often missing.