{"id":730,"date":"2021-12-05T19:14:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T19:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/be-agile.agile-world.org\/?p=730"},"modified":"2021-12-05T19:14:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T19:14:11","slug":"knowledge-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicagile.org\/knowledge-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In many organizational contexts, there are workers whose main contribution is the application of knowledge, as opposed to performing manual labor. A common term for such employees is &#8220;knowledge workers.&#8221; Knowledge workers often perform activities such as writing software code, designing software interfaces and systems, acting as medical professionals, teachers, writers, scientists, and many other types of knowledge-intensive work.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Media<\/h3>\n<h4>Knowledge Workers Video<\/h4>\n<h4>Knowledge Workers Podcasts<\/h4>\n<h4>Knowledge Workers Example<\/h4>\n<h3>Related Subjects<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zXLFBmFgk6\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/be-agile.agile-world.org\/knowledge-work\/\">Knowledge Work<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Knowledge Work&#8221; &#8212; Be Agile World\" src=\"https:\/\/be-agile.agile-world.org\/knowledge-work\/embed\/#?secret=zXLFBmFgk6\" data-secret=\"zXLFBmFgk6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Acknowledgments<\/h3>\n<p>Authored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/stevemoubray\/\">Steve Moubray<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gphiliprogers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philip Rogers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@priscilladupreez?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Priscilla Du Preez<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/collections\/_U5qxfLv2Cc\/agile-playbook?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Agile World Resources are provided as free resources to anyone seeking to learn more and are shared under a creative commons attribution license. 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