| Term | Definition |
|---|
| personal knowledge management (PKM) | the system by which an individual collects, stores and organizes information for their own use |
| personal information management (PIM) | the management of everyday information, tasks and roles |
| organizational knowledge management (OKM) | the system by which an organization manages org-wide knowledge and information |
| digital garden | digital spaces where people “plant” their ideas and grow them from seed to tree, an analogy for complexity of ideas and how ideas connect with one another |
| second brain | a system or methodology for saving (and retrieving) ideas, inspiration, references we encounter instead of relying on our memory |
| knowledge worker | workers whose main capital is knowledge, or people whose job it is to “think for a living.” Examples include teachers, academics, engineers, scientists, lawyers and writers |
| linked thinking | a way of organizing data in a non-linear structure, with less use of folders and more use of connections. This is meant to mimic how the brain stores and organizes ideas. |
