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Thought Excellence as a Leadership Skill in the Knowledge Industry E-mail

It took time for the understanding of knowledge management to reach the stage where it is accepted and in fact emphasised that human beings are central to knowledge - they are in fact the agents of knowledge, extracting and generating knowledge from available information and perceptions.

This fact immediately brings into focus that in the future industry of the knowledge economy, a defining basic skill for leadership is thought excellence.  It is superiority in

  1. Thinking skills,
  2. Specialised knowledge of the environment you function in, and
  3. People skills

that will cause a leader to rise above the others.  These three need to be developed simultaneously to be prepared and to excel in the knowledge economy.  Together they prepare you for strategic excellence in this new industry based on knowledge skills.

Complex problem solving thinking is becoming increasingly important to lead effectively.  This also highlights the combination of thinking skills and specialised knowledge as a basic requirement for leaders in the knowledge economy.  Thinking effectively is no longer an optional extra, it is imperative for leaders.

Knowledge technology cannot be seen as tools separate from human beings, but rather as an extension of excellence in these three areas.  Van Thinking offers you the expertise to develop your knowledge organisation for excellence in the knowledge industry.

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Published articles:

  1. Van der Walt, M, “Knowledge Management and Scientific Knowledge Generation ”, Knowledge Management Research & Practice, (2006) 4, 319–330.
  2. Van der Walt, M., De Wet, G., "A Framework for Scientific Knowledge Generation", Knowledge Management Research & Practice, (2008) 6, 141 - 154.