Knowledge Leadership - 9781138166516

Taylor & Francis

In Knowledge Leadership, Cavaleri and Seivert describe the dawning of a new era in which individuals are \u201Cleading\u201D rather than \u201Cmanaging\u201D knowledge. In the past, many knowledge-based initiatives have failed because leaders underestimated the powerful link between knowledge and performance improvement \u2013 and also because they mistakenly thought that \u201Cinformation\u201D was the same as knowledge. Cavaleri and Seivert claim that, while information is a necessary precursor to knowledge, it is not sufficient in itself for improving business performance.The authors describe notable organizations that use the pragmatic knowledge strategies they describe to gain competitive advantage. Pragmatic knowledge is the result of individuals\u2019 developing a deeper understanding of how (and why) things work best in practice. The process of creating pragmatic knowledge transforms key lessons from systems thinking, total quality management, and organization learning into ae