Knowledge is Power

“Knowledge is power” or so the saying goes.  But if it is so powerful, why don’t people treat it more like an asset?  To understand my statement a bit better, let’s look at the typical lifecycle of a professional.  Upon successful graduation from college, individuals venture into their desired career paths completely inexperienced and in most cases naïve as to what is awaiting them in the real world.  As time progresses, they begin to learn more things and seek new knowledge to satisfy their professional goals.  They may switch jobs and move up the proverbial ladder of success.  Their life passes them by and on the brink of retirement they are finally at the point where they know a great many things.  To them, those details make them powerful but they are ready to move on, so they retire.  The company they work for wishes them well and they walk out the door.

Although, the company always respected the individual, they do not always realize just how much power that person gave their company.  It comes back to the knowledge that person possessed and how they used it.  In this case, the company lost access to the knowledge and as a result lost power in the marketplace.  If only, the company had realized how the knowledge of an experienced person was affecting their business, they could have taken steps to retain that knowledge.

If only this company had heard of Discovery Machine, they could have captured the knowledge of their expert and deployed it throughout their workforce.  As a result, their company would have become more powerful instead of losing their most experienced individual.  Discovery Machine’s methodology and software is designed to document the tacit decision-making processes of experts and actually deploy it.   Knowledge is power and should be treated as a commodity.  Using an approach like Discovery Machine’s companies can harness that power and unleash its true potential.

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