systemic reflections on knowledge transfer; comment on “sustaining knowledge translation practices: a critical interpretive synthesis”

The systemic failure of organisational learning should not come as a surprise – after all every system delivers exactly what it is designed for. knowledge management/transfer is a property of the organisational system rather than a particular technique. hence, knowledge management/transfer is about the contextual framing in which learning focused on understanding can occur. looking through a system lens any research field can be defined as a complex adaptive organisation, and its culture determines if and how learning and knowledge transfer (or shared learning) can occur. creating and maintain a learning culture requires leadership that perpetuates continuous dialogues to achieve tacit and explicit knowledge exchange.