Knowledge Accelerators: A Scientific Approach to Learning

Due to globalization and unrelenting economic pressures, companies are seeking out areas that may potentially hold the means to gaining an advantage over competitors. One such area that is most often overlooked is knowledge management. Larry Prusak—a leading researcher, author and consultant in the field of knowledge management—aptly says: “The only thing that gives an organization a competitive edge, the only thing that is sustainable, is what it knows, how it uses what it knows, and how fast it can know something new.” Florida-based Knowledge Accelerators has been on a journey to help clients move from “managing knowledge” to “accelerating knowledge adoption” to keep pace with rapidly evolving technology. The company captures, processes, validates, and delivers knowledge objects that are optimized for technology adoption in training, support and employee performance support systems.

Keith Gibson, CEO of Knowledge Accelerators, says, “The best way to boost knowledge adoption is to treat learning not as a series of training events, but more like an advertising campaign aimed at attracting more customers. The learner is a customer of the knowledge.” This is Knowledge Acceleration. Acceleration facilitates faster response to technology changes and the associated implementation costs for new technology, processes, and procedures within an organization. This unleashes a variety of benefits including lower implementation costs, IT support costs, greater employee output, and instant access to knowledge while nurturing continuous learning. The productivity realized allows organizations to increase revenue without adding additional staff. This is the real win!

Knowledge Accelerators started in 1997 with an idea to deliver a scientific approach to the art of learning. This involves industrial engineering of the knowledge workflow. A system must be able to capture, process, validate, and deliver knowledge, at the speed of business. The company’s Continuous Learning Center (CLC) provides pre-packaged micro-learning modules that offer a comprehensive set of campaign tools with learning paths for novices as well as experts on the desktop and mobile productivity applications. Along with CLC, a “Knowledge Factory” software platform supports the rapid conversion of text-based content into video animations in multiple languages.