The tacit knowledge are knowledge which belongs to the world of the mental objects. They gather the innate or acquired Compétence S, the Savoir-faire and the Expérience. They are generally difficult “to formalize” in opposition to the explicit Connaissances.

In a company, tacit knowledge can be assimilated to the Intellectual capital.

Tacit knowledge is Actifs intangible, in opposition to explicit knowledge which is tangible credits.

Examples of implementation of tacit knowledge

• to season a dish

• to manage a project complexes
• to improvise a sketch
• to solve a data-processing problem
• to compose a musical work or of visual art

See too

• Connaissance clarifies

• Knowledge management
• Représentation
• Intellectual capital