Matt Moore and Patrick Lambe have initiated a new narrative project focused on how experience and expertise get used and valued in organizations.

They’re collecting stories/anecdotes from a wide range of people about how their experience/expertise is valued and accessed, and any associated issues or happy feelings. The aim is to build up a body of stories that will reveal typical patterns of behavior, attitude, issues, and opportunities that they think might be of practical use in such areas as succession planning, business continuity, surviving restructuring, retirement bulges, and enhancing the learning curves of new staff.

Moore and Lambe plan to explore these patterns by taking the stories to workshops and conferences over 18 months, and encouraging experienced knowledge managers to process and make sense of the stories.

Here’s what Moore and Lambe seek:

• Stories on the topic of expertise. They can be as detailed or as high-level as you like and can be contributed here. Moore and Lambe ask that contributors read some of the other stories and add comments.
• Your help in spreading the word. Moore and Lambe ask that folks pass this request on to colleagues inside your organisation who may have stories of your own to tell and publicize it if you have blog or publication.