Radical Knowledge Management: Using Lessons Learned From Artists to Create Sustainable Workplaces

Area of Science:

• Organizational Studies
• Knowledge Management
• Sustainable Business Practices

Background:

• Organizations require adaptation for 21st-century demands.
• Existing knowledge management practices may not fully address holistic organizational health.
• The need for sustainable and balanced organizational performance is critical.

Purpose of the Study:

• To synthesize 20 years of research on organizational change.
• To define and introduce radical knowledge management (radical KM).
• To answer how organizations can achieve a sustainable, holistic balance across social, environmental, and financial performance (triple bottom line).

Main Methods:

• Literature review and synthesis of research over the past 20 years.
• Development of a narrative framework for organizational transformation.
• Conceptualization of radical knowledge management.

Main Results:

• A comprehensive narrative for transforming organizations for the 21st century.
• The establishment of radical knowledge management as a novel approach.
• A framework for achieving the triple bottom line through integrated knowledge management.

Conclusions:

• Radical knowledge management offers a pathway to creating organizations fit for the future.
• Holistic organizational health requires balancing social, environmental, and financial performance.
• Sustainable organizational development is achievable through strategic knowledge management evolution.