--- link: https://educationfutures.com/blog/post/knowmads-definition tags: - definition - article published: 2018-08-22 author: - John Moravec --- See also [[Wildcard]] Moravec, John. Who are knowmads?. _Education Futures_, 22 Aug. 2018, . Accessed 27 Jan. 2024. > A knowmad is a nomadic knowledge worker who is creative, imaginative, innovative, and who can work with almost anybody, anytime, and anywhere. Knowmads are valued for their individual-level knowledge, and create new value by applying what they know, contextually, to solve problems or generate new opportunities. > > Knowmads can work within the core of organizations (as team members) or outside of them (as freelancers or consultants), and they are able to switch from job-to-job as needs change. Moravec wrote a first definition back in 2008, [Knowmads in Society 3.0](https://www.educationfutures.com/blog/post/knowmads-in-society-30/). ## References and recommended resources Allee, V. (2003). [_The future of knowledge: Increasing prosperity through value networks_](https://amzn.to/2BwcAD7). Amsterdam ; Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann. Cobo, C., & Moravec, J. W. (2011). [_Aprendizaje invisible: Hacia una nueva ecología de la educación_](http://www.aprendizajeinvisible.com/). Col·lecció Transmedia XXI. Barcelona: Laboratori de Mitjans Interactius / Publicacions i Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona. Hock, D., & VISA International. (1999). [_Birth of the chaordic age_](https://amzn.to/2wigkSX) (1st ed.). San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler. [KNOWMAD.ORG](https://knowmad.org/) - The international community of knowmads (in Spanish). Moravec, J. W. (Ed.). (2015). [_Manifesto 15_](https://manifesto15.org/). Minneapolis: Education Futures. Moravec, J. W. (Ed.). (2013). [_Knowmad Society_](https://knowmadsociety.com/). Minneapolis: Education Futures. Polyani, M. (1966). Chapter 2: Emergence. In [_The tacit dimension_](https://amzn.to/2Lf84bF) (pp. 29–52). New York: Doubleday.