Comment: This reframes knowledge from storage to emergence. When we engage others in dialogue, we're not digging for ore—we're striking sparks.Implicit knowledge isn’t explicit knowledge that we’re not currently thinking about.
Implicit knowledge isn’t there the way ore is buried.
It’s “there” only in the sense that we can generate it when required.
Most simply: That we can come up with an answer doesn’t mean that the answer was lying dormant in us all along.
Answering questions is a creative act.
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Source: Knowledge Abundance
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Conversational Leadership Workshop
In-person, 7–11 September 2026
Warbrook House, Hampshire, UK
In-person, 7–11 September 2026
Warbrook House, Hampshire, UK
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