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KNOWLEDGE VELOCITY (10%)

VELOCITY BOOST.

Information moves slowly. Teams don't hear what other teams learned. Here's how to accelerate signal propagation.

3mo
Avg learning spread time
40%
Duplicate problem-solving
48hrs
Target propagation time

THE PROBLEM

Low Knowledge Velocity means learnings don't spread. One team discovers something important, but that knowledge takes months (or never) to reach teams who need it.

🔄Teams solve the same problems independently
🚧Customer insights stay in sales, never reach product
🏝️Technical learnings trapped in engineering silos
😤"We learned that months ago" when problems resurface
📧Weekly updates nobody reads
🎭All-hands that inform but don't transfer knowledge

WHY IT HAPPENS

Signal Overload

So much information that important signals get lost in the noise.

Wrong Channels

Knowledge shared where recipients don't look. Email to the void.

Push, Not Pull

Information pushed at people instead of made discoverable when needed.

No Translation Layer

Raw data shared without "what this means for you" context.

THE FIX

01

Create Cross-Functional Signal Routes

Identify the 3-5 types of insights that matter most and define explicit paths for how they travel.

// Signal routing map

Customer complaint → Support → Product (48h)

Technical risk → Eng → Leadership (24h)

Competitive intel → Sales → Strategy (weekly)

Market shift → Anyone → #signals channel (immediate)

02

Weekly "What We Learned" Rituals

Every team shares one learning per week in a standard format: What happened? What did we learn? Who else should know? Make it scannable, not a wall of text.

03

Embed Information in Workflow

Don't make people go find information. Put relevant insights where decisions are made. CRM shows recent support tickets. Sprint planning shows related experiments.

04

Create Translators

Some people are natural bridges between teams. Identify and empower them. Their job is to carry context, not just data.

05

Kill Low-Signal Channels

Audit your communication channels. If a channel has low engagement, either fix it or kill it. Fewer, higher-signal channels beat many ignored ones.

HOW TO MEASURE PROGRESS

Time from learning to cross-team awareness
3 months48 hours
Duplicate problem-solving incidents
40%5%
Cross-reference rate (ideas that spread)
10%60%
Channel engagement rates
15%70%

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