How can collaboration software create a knowledge sharing culture?

In today's economy, innovation is extremely important. That is why knowledge sharing is creeping higher and higher up the priority list of companies eager to become forward-thinkers and leaders in their industries. Historically, corporate culture has revolved around knowledge hoarding, where employees feel that they are safe in their jobs only as long as they are the only person with the knowledge to do it. This is not conducive to innovation, however. In order to nurture an innovative business, companies should instead adopt a knowledge sharing culture. First of all, it's helpful to identify exactly what a knowledge sharing culture is. Knowledge sharing means providing information and know-how to help others solve problems, develop ideas and implement or improve procedures. Knowledge can be shared through all modes of communication, and a knowledge sharing culture encourages as much communication as possible.

Knowledge sharing in this way has been shown to increase and speed up productivity, enhance team performance and morale, increase sales growth and revenue, and above all foster innovation. Obviously, these are all things that any good company wants to achieve. Enterprise data collaboration platforms, like HighQ Collaborate, have been designed to make knowledge sharing easy by embedding it into the way people and companies work read more.