Just knowing: Tacit knowledge

Abstract

This paper reports on a study examining the role of tacit knowledge in industry innovation, based upon a theoretical review and the results of two farmer workshops. It examines possible ways that an understanding of tacit knowledge might be used in future directions for professional development in agriculture. Tacit knowledge can be understood as the intuitive understanding that people use to guide their behaviour, particularly in response to stress, unexpected challenges and complex situations. Farmers with a high managerial ability appear to rely a lot upon tacit knowledge that they have built up through experience. The farmers attending the two workshops closely associated certain types of personality with acquiring tacit knowledge and professional learning. Being well connected in social networks with innovative farmers and expert agriculturalists was important to them for sharing information and building their own knowledge and capability.

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