Information and knowledge

The following chart suggests how information and knowledge are distinguished:

Information	Knowledge
Static	Dynamic
Independent of the individual	Dependent on individuals
Explicit	Tacit
Digital	Analogue
Easy to Duplicate	Must be re-created
Easy to broadcast	Face-to-face mainly
No intrinsic meaning	Meaning has to be personally assigned

Knowledge is, after all, what we know.  And what we know can't be commoditised.  Perhaps if we didn't have the word "knowledge" and were constrained to say "what I know", the notion of "knowledge capture" would be seen for what it is – nonsense!

"I know you believe you understand what you think I said – but I'm not sure you realise that what you heard is not what I meant!" 
 (Ashleigh)

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