# Knowledge Management As its name indicates, Knowledge Management (KM) focuses on knowledge. That is, higher-level and more valuable information that is more *structured*. Knowledge Management encompasses a range of practices and strategies used by individuals and organizations to learn, capture, identify, create, represent, organize, associate, use and reuse concepts and ideas At its core, knowledge management seeks to convert individual "pieces" of knowledge into wisdom, enabling better creativity, innovation and decision-making By fostering an environment where (useful) information is readily accessible, Knowledge Management empowers individuals and teams to draw on a vast pool of insights. [[Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)]] is a specific subset of Knowledge Management that intends to serve individuals.