Know about Knowledge? 12 questions to help you improve

Thanks for choosing to do this test from a group perspective. Please complete with your team (or department/organisation) behaviours in mind.

You may find it helpful to recall or imagine a team meeting where you have to solve a problem or are starting a new project/product development.

1. We spend time answering the questions or requests that others ask of us
Frequently
Sometimes
Rarely
 
2. When we don’t know something, the first thing we do is ask others
Frequently
Sometimes
Rarely
 
3. We tend to think that designing something from scratch is generally less efficient than trying to reuse other people’s ideas
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
 
4. We love developing new ideas
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
 
5. Colleagues and I are put off sharing what we know in case people shoot our ideas down
Frequently
Sometimes
Rarely
 
6. Ideas from other sources can be a valuable complement to our own (so we always try to find out things)
Frequently
Sometimes
Rarely
 
7. We are pretty sceptical of new ideas
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
 
8. We are proud when we are seen to be innovative
Yes, we are, all the time
Sometimes
Never
 
9. As knowledge is influence, we tend NOT to share what we know
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
 
10. We enjoy finding out about new things
Frequently
Sometimes
Rarely
 
11. We try to borrow ideas from other people whenever we can
Frequently
Sometimes
Rarely
 
12. Being creative is NOT that important to us
Agree
Not sure
Disagree

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