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The SECI Knowledge Creation and Conversion Engine
Table 1The SECI Knowledge Creation and Conversion Engine
| Knowledge moves | To tacit | To explicit |
|---|---|---|
| From tacit | Socialization (tacit to tacit): apprenticeship, direct observation, shared experience | Externalization (tacit to explicit): metaphor and modeling, framework formulation, playbook codification |
| From explicit | Internalization (explicit to tacit): learning by doing, simulation and sparring, operational habituation | Combination (explicit to explicit): system synthesis, repository federation, data standardization |
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What is knowledge transfer? Absorptive capacity, operational replication, and stickiness
Knowledge transfer is the structured replication and embedding of tacit and codified commercial know-how across individuals and operational units.
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