You can also offer special rewards and incentives to recognize staff members who actively participate in sharing what they know. To that end, Texas Instruments, a U.S.-based technology company, created an annual award named, “Not Invented Here, But I Did It Anyway,” to praise those who use other employees’ ideas. And at Buckman Labs, a U.S.-based chemical company, managers give the top 150 knowledge sharers a new laptop and a resort trip.
This article by Laural Reul, Gartner's senior specialist, originally appeared in Gartner Business Quarterly in Q1 2022. Download the full issue here.