Sharing the right information

Tools to help share knowledge in an organisation.

Activities, tools, and tips

Communities of practice - supporting networks and collaboration spaces

Peer assist - a structured facilitated meeting or workshop where people are invited from other business units to provide their experience, insights and knowledge 

Social networking tools - used well, social media can be part of collaborative working and co-production

Social network analysis - a tool which analyses how people work together to solve problems and come up with new ideas.

Knowledge exchange  - recover unique and valuable information from someone moving on from their current position

Rapid onboarding - methods to onboard new starters quickly and efficiently. 

Storytelling - using stories in organisations as a way of sharing knowledge and helping learning.

Lessons learned - how to the capture and share the learning from projects.

Before action reviews - a method of predicitng the challenges and risks to new projects by drawing on lessons from past projects.

After action reviews - a way of capturing the learning from a project

Retrospective - a facilitated meeting at the end of a project 

• Espresso Cafes

  The use of a shorter version of the Knowledge Café.

• Innovation forum

  The establishment of a forum at which staff could present their innovations

• Lunch and Learn

  The implementation of short and informal lunchtime talks

• Knowledge Cafes

  The use of knowledge cafes to surface tacit knowledge

• KnowledgeShare

  The implementation of this online tool to disseminate research and resources to staff

• Psychiatry Papers bulletin

  The creation of a bulletin of psychiatry papers recently read by consultants

• Poster exhibition

  The setting up of a poster exhibition to demonstrate the work of departments

• Randomised coffee trials

  A form of Lunch and Learn pairing different healthcare professionals

• Yammer

  The use of this platform in the management of an online research forum