TVA: Knowledge Retention - 3 views
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Phil Ridout on 15 Jul 10Preventing valuable knowledge from walking out the doorLike many other companies, TVA is facing the imminent retirement of a large percentage of its work force-an estimated 30 to 40 percent of employees will retire over the next five years. These experienced employees possess much unique, undocumented knowledge. Many of them literally built the plants and facilities that they now operate and maintain.
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Gary Colet on 16 Jul 10TVA were the pioneers for knowledge retention. The original presentation to their board was back in 1998. Most other KRT programmes, including M&S and KIN can trace their origins back to this original work by Andy Wright, a senior manager in Leadership Development at TVA.