Being knowledgeable means …

To a Knowledge Maverick, being knowledgeable means …

• I want to hear your story
• I am curious
• I am open to creativity and innovation
• I keep an open mind
• I hold conversations with colleagues
• I recognize that sharing knowledge is power
• I share my knowledge
• I enable you to access the stuff in my head
• I welcome serendipity
• I am resilient
• I learn from history

It also means …

• looking up and listening
• ‘walking in someone else’s shoes’
• the corporate memory is indestructible
• the baton is passed through our stories
• considering my legacy for future generations
• never starting from a blank sheet of paper
• harnessing someone else’s experience

Do you recognize this? Are you a Knowledge Maverick too?