Future KM? Exploring Future Knowledge Management Research Topics through Co-Creation Creativity Workshop

The objective of this study is to advance understanding on the future knowledge management research directions through collective academic creativity. Specifically, drawing from collective creativity research and futures research, we developed an online workshop method and implemented it among Knowledge Management Team members at Lappeenranta Lahti University of Technology (LUT University). While the online workshop was a tentative and experimental one, scholars involved experienced it as a welcome initiative for common dialogue concerning a mutually important topic. The workshop revealed a clear need for collaboration and integration of knowledge and debate about the role of knowledge management in the fast changing and ambiguous global environment even within a single research institute. This paper contributes to knowledge management research by paving the way for the future knowledge management research agenda by providing both methods to foster collective creativity among scholars and reporting ideas for future knowledge management research directions developed by the LUT University's Knowledge Management Team.