### The Six Drivers of Knowledge Management Now it’s time for the big questions, like “Why are you here?” and “What are you actually trying to accomplish?” This is more helpful than it seems. Sometimes, we’re so conditioned to what we see others are doing that we assume we should be doing the same. But the reason you’re here isn’t exactly the reason someone else is. The better we can hone in on what’s driving our desire to manage knowledge better, the more effective we’ll be as we build our custom systems. Let’s boil down our drivers for managing knowledge into six artificial containers. Please review the PDF below… [ LYT PKM Personality - Overview (Dark) - 202010301224×1584 110 KB ](https://forum.linkingyourthinking.com/uploads/db9510/original/1X/6004caf71034b27fc9c9f813060f70bfcc64b48d.png "LYT PKM Personality - Overview (Dark) - 20201030") …How did the PDF treat you? Hopefully it got you thinking, “Where do I fall within these artificial constructs?” “Am I more memory-driven or task-driven?” With that in mind, below are five prompts for each PKM driver. Please review them now. If I were you, I’d give each prompt a score from 1 to 5 based on how much I agreed with it. #### Memory-driven - I try to journal regularly - I don’t want to forget important thoughts - I want to have a better memory - I consider my past experiences as worth remembering - I want to be able to have reliable note retrieval #### Idea-driven - I consider myself a life-long learner - I enjoy connecting random ideas - I have a diverse set of interests, sometimes it’s overwhelming - When I come across a new concept or mental model, I can get really excited - I want to make sense of the world #### Output-driven - I like to share my stuff with others - I always create things with the idea of sharing it with others - I want to be more productive - I consider myself someone who creates stuff - I want to create more stuff, more often #### Relationship-driven - I want to manage relationships in my personal life - I want to manage relationships in my professional life - I want to improve my interactions with people - I want to be a better listener - I want to be responsible in the relationships I’m in #### Improvement-driven - I want to improve myself and using digital notes is a big part of my process - I’m into improving the way I think - I enjoy the repetitive process of improving at a skill - I believe I can improve at whatever I put my mind to - If I believe I’m doing the right thing, then I trust the process #### Task-driven - I want to get more things done - I want to manage my tasks - I want to manage my projects - I want to get more done in less time - I want to manage team projects --- During the orientation call for Cohort 3, here’s how ≈70 of you answered some of those prompts… [ whats driving your pkm1905×532 43.4 KB ](https://forum.linkingyourthinking.com/uploads/db9510/original/1X/4d58fd56659e636c14b39b4a67c7b935c13af92f.jpeg "whats driving your pkm1") [ whats driving your pkm2904×532 45.5 KB ](https://forum.linkingyourthinking.com/uploads/db9510/original/1X/f22a5aaecb5c16f3285999842a3095b360b0189b.jpeg "whats driving your pkm2") [ whats driving your pkm3905×533 46.5 KB ](https://forum.linkingyourthinking.com/uploads/db9510/original/1X/1f2dbfe81f78f64d060e107888c2c9a7c2a9e01f.jpeg "whats driving your pkm3") --- ### Your PKM Drivers How you answer these prompts can help you determine your “PKM personality”. This isn’t scientific. This hasn’t passed academic rigor. But they do provide an interesting looking glass—a sort of curvy fun-house mirror. And just by the very process of reflecting on what we see, we can’t help but come to a better understanding of ourselves, at this point in our lives. Let’s now introduce the first level of the PKM Pinwheel. It’s kind of like Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs; but instead of going from bottom-to-top, we’ll be going inside-to-outside. You’ll see this in the next lesson. [ NJM\_Drivers3978×5742 634 KB ](https://forum.linkingyourthinking.com/uploads/db9510/original/1X/4bc8c6621a974ade22241c11b91e70bafbee8e26.png "NJM_Drivers") (PS: And yes, this graphic matches the graphics from the live sessions. So “Idea-driven” prompts are at the center-top in both.) See how on the top, we go left-to-right with Memory, Idea, then Output? Then on the bottom, we go from Relationships, Skill, then Task? --- ### Action What are your top drivers? Anything you want to comment on? Comment below!