Working Knowledge drives the adoption of key business skills including communication, collaboration, decision-making, creativity and organisation.
Commercial organisations use the Working Knowledge tools in a wide variety of ways some of which are described below:
As part of an integrated assessment centre programme to evaluate potential employees, Working Knowledge products can be used to encourage the exhibition of character types and specific business skills.
As a tool to help graduates come to terms with their new business world Working Knowledge tools can be used to highlight corporate assets and their use. Using the tools within this context allows graduates to make new connections within the organisation in a collaborative environment.
Working Knowledge tools can be used to reinforce business knowledge and to refresh business thinking within existing teams. Working Knowledge encourages the discovery of new ways to collaborate with existing colleagues in a neutral context.
The Working Knowledge tools can be used to assist with the initiation and development of new joint ventures, enabling joint venture partners to exhibit their own assets and how they might join together to create value. It can provide a collaborative focus where the joint venture teams can learn about each other.
The Working Knowledge tools can be used to test out the coherence of new internally developed ventures before significant resources are allocated to them. Each venture can be analysed before being presented for funding thereby filtering out inappropriate ideas or teams.
Companies can use the Working Knowledge tools as networking devices with their key stakeholders whether they are customers, suppliers or investors. Working Knowledge provides an excitingly different way to develop relationships with and learn about existing and new network partners.