On April 2, 2020, the registration for the China MIKE Award officially started!
The MIKE Award, known as the "Oscar" of corporate knowledge management, often features major domestic and international companies. Why do so many enterprises compete for the MIKE Award? We will explain through 7 questions.
▲ Previous award-winning companies (partial)
7 Key Questions About the MIKE Award
01,What is the MIKE Award?
The MIKE Award originated from the MAKE Award, which started in 1998, initiated by Teleos in collaboration with the KNOW network. Every year, it selects the most respected knowledge-based organizations at three levels: national, continental, and global. The list of winners often includes well-known companies such as Google, Amazon, Apple, China Merchants Securities, and COFCO.
In 2011, the MAKE Award was introduced to China and has successfully held seven sessions, leading Chinese enterprises to benchmark against international standards. Since 2018, Tsinghua University's Technology Innovation Research Center, Hong Kong Polytechnic University's Knowledge Management and Innovation Research Center, and Lanling Software have jointly upgraded the MAKE Award to the MIKE Award for the most innovative knowledge-based organizations, while also launching the China MIKE Award selection.
02,Who organizes the MIKE Award in China?
● Guiding Unit: Global MIKE Research Group
● Organizing Units: Tsinghua University Technology Innovation Research Center, Lanling Software
● Supporting Units: Tsinghua Management Review, Innovation and Knowledge Management Alliance (IKMA), Hangzhou Chuangzhihui Technology Co., Ltd.
03,What value can be gained from participating in the MIKE Award?
● Authoritative endorsement of innovative achievements: Winning the MIKE Award reflects the highest standards in management, sales, and service within the organization.
● Expert guidance from knowledge management authorities: Scholars and executives from prestigious domestic universities such as Tsinghua, Peking University, and Harbin Institute of Technology provide constructive feedback to participating organizations, helping enterprises enhance their core competitiveness.
● Global top enterprise exchange event: Participating organizations can gain opportunities to communicate with the top 500 enterprises and leading companies from various countries and regions, strengthening knowledge management practices and empowering business development.
● Priority to compete for the global MIKE Award: The top three winners of the China MIKE Award can be recommended to compete for the global MIKE Award, participate in the "Global MIKE 100" campaign, and attend the "Annual Online Forum" to expand the global visibility of the enterprise.
▲ 2019 China MIKE Award on-site review meeting
04,What are the requirements for participation?
We welcome enterprises that have achieved certain practical results in knowledge management and innovation management to actively register for participation:
1. Legally registered enterprises or organizations in mainland China
2. Years of practical experience in knowledge management innovation applications
3. Ability to provide application materials that meet MIKE standards
05,What materials need to be submitted for participation?
The application materials should include the following Part A and Part B:
Part A: Sustainability factors (to be filled out according to eight major standards, with supporting data and evidence provided)
Part B: Innovation performance indicators (to be selected and filled out at the applicant's discretion, multiple selections allowed, with supporting data and evidence provided)
(For specific application rules and processes, you can consult a consultant for detailed information)
06,What are the evaluation processes?
07,How do experts evaluate the MIKE Award?
What is the charm of the MIKE Award? Let's hear what the judges from previous expert review panels and representatives of participating organizations have to say.
Gu Xinjian
Deputy Director and Professor of the Innovation Management and Sustainable Competitiveness Research Center at Zhejiang University
China is at a historical turning point, transitioning from a major manufacturing country to a strong manufacturing country, and innovation is key. Innovation requires knowledge sharing, collaborative innovation, and innovation from all employees. The MIKE Award plays a positive role in encouraging enterprises to engage in knowledge sharing, collaborative innovation, and innovation from all employees. In addition, the MIKE Award helps promote knowledge and experience exchange among knowledge management practitioners (Kmers), collaboratively breaking through challenges in knowledge management, and has a positive effect on encouraging Kmers to innovate in knowledge management methods and tools. At the same time, it can affirm the work of Kmers to some extent, motivating them to continue their efforts.
Liu Jihong
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Beihang University
Member of the National Knowledge Management Standardization Technical Committee
The MIKE Award, which originated from the MAKE Award, is a very authoritative international award in knowledge management. Enterprises participating in the MIKE Award evaluation can gain opportunities to communicate with leading enterprises, which is very rare. "I hope more Chinese enterprises can participate in the MIKE Award evaluation in the future and go international, sharing China's innovative practices in knowledge management and expanding global influence."
Ge Zhaohui
Director of Customer Service Department at Huaxia Fund
By participating, we have broadened our horizons and received many expert suggestions in knowledge management, clarified the standards and direction for knowledge management, and learned about the cutting-edge trends in knowledge management development and areas for improvement during each exchange with experts, especially in the integration of knowledge strategy and corporate strategy, which is a key area for us to enhance and improve in the future.
Huo Haobin
Director of Information Center at Guangdong Architectural Design Institute
This participation in the evaluation has brought us many gains. The questions raised by experts on-site are pain points that our enterprise has always been concerned about, and they are areas we previously lacked detailed consideration. It has helped us understand where to focus our efforts in benchmarking against leading enterprises and how we should improve in the future, assisting us in better managing knowledge.
Benchmarking against exemplary cases
Listening to practical sharing from three award-winning enterprises
In order to better help enterprises understand the evaluation criteria of the MIKE Award, assist enterprises in benchmarking excellent MIKE Award cases, and absorb excellent experiences in knowledge management and innovation management, Lanling has specially launched a series of live courses on the MIKE Award, including two main modules: "MIKE Journey, Standards, and Practical Interpretation" and "Dissection of Practices from MIKE Award Winning Enterprises," taught by Dr. Xia Jinghua, Vice President of Lanling and Director of the Research Institute, along with KM-related leaders from previous MIKE Award winning enterprises. Specific course outline↓↓↓