Quick answer
Knowledge management focuses on organizing and storing knowledge assets. Decision DNA focuses on preserving the reasoning, tradeoffs, and contextual logic behind important organizational decisions.
Why this matters
An organization can be strong at storing knowledge and still weak at preserving institutional judgment.
What knowledge management usually covers
Knowledge management typically includes:
- documents
- repositories
- policies
- shared resources
- searchable knowledge bases
What Decision DNA adds
Decision DNA preserves:
- why decisions were made
- what options were considered
- what constraints mattered
- how context shaped the final choice
- what future decisions should learn from this one
Bottom line
Knowledge management preserves what the organization knows. Decision DNA preserves how the organization chooses.
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