The Knowledge Transfer Index (KTI)

Unlock the Magic Behind Knowledge Mobilization and Powerful Mentoring Matches

Great mentoring isn’t just about shared goals, it’s about how we learn, communicate, and make decisions together.
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What Is the Knowledge Transfer Index?

Pollinate’s Knowledge Transfer Index (KTI) is a validated psychometric assessment designed to improve collaboration, mentoring, and learning outcomes. It evaluates seven dimensions of how people prefer to work, learn, and communicate, giving your program the insight it needs to create successful matches and guide more meaningful conversations.

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Why the KTI Matters?

Proven, Predictive, Personalized

Since 2007, Pollinate has matched thousands of mentoring and collaboration pairs. We’ve discovered that what makes a mentorship thrive isn’t just expertise or shared goals, it’s the right chemistry, the right approach, and the right match. The KTI helps your organization go beyond surface-level matching. We tailor your mentorship and collaboration programs with precision matching technology.

Our KTI Assessment Delivers:

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Cross-Pollinate AI™ Matching Powered by the KTI

The Knowledge Transfer Index (KTI) is a foundational element of Cross-Pollinate AI™, Pollinate’s intelligent matching engine designed to drive powerful outcomes through human connection.

Cross-Pollinate AI™ combines the science of validated psychometric data from the KTI – with goals, experience, and identity insights obtained from a tailored intake – to make mentorship matches that truly work. By including KTI in this system, we go beyond surface-level compatibility and into the realm of learning chemistry, predicting not just who looks good on paper, but who will actually thrive together in practice.

KTI helps ensure that every match isn’t just strategic, it’s psychologically aligned for trust, growth, and collaboration.

Want to learn more about the KTI and how it powers Cross-Pollinate AI™, creating smarter connections?

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Used by Hundreds of Teams

From global associations to innovation hubs and member-based organizations, the KTI is trusted by leaders who want mentoring to make an impact. Find out more!

The Meet Your Match Report

Example of a Meet Your Match Report

The Pollinate Mentor Matching Algorithm has found you a great match!

Mentors and mentees prepare to meet their mentoring partner(s) by reviewing their customized Meet Your Match report.

Participants receive a personalized Meet Your Match Report to better understand their own learning and collaboration style when compared with their mentoring partner(s). Comparing KTI results will enable you and your mentoring partner to get aligned quickly on what works best for sharing information and goal setting.

Your match is a deliberate blend of similarities and differences providing insights that will create more intentional, productive relationships from day one.

Here's what people are saying about the Knowledge Transfer Index Assessment

“The algorithm-based mentor-matching is a great strength of the program. Our mentors tell us that the matching was a little uncanny: they were amazed at how easily they were able to connect with their mentees! Everyone who committed to the program was matched really well and are finding great success because of the connections made.”
Tara Topping,
Manager, Career Education Project Learning Tree Canada
“Pollinate Networks Inc is the perfect match maker, and bridges connections to provide women entrepreneurs with a supportive mentor to build their leadership and professional development skills. Mentors and mentees are carefully matched based on key elements such as leadership style, personality factors, and competency areas for mentoring. In addition, their team carefully crafted a platform to complement Rhyze Ventures' core program components: mentorship, project work, and education. Participants have access to eLearning resources, education module materials, discussion forums, and program updates 24/7.”
Adelaide Manley
Program Coordinator, Innovation Guelph
“The Knowledge Transfer Index (KTI) has been an invaluable tool when it comes to helping clients understand how they show up when working with others. Whether they are collaborating on a project or finding ways to share and acquire new information, the KTI gives them powerful insights into familiar elements like natural talent and physical learning style... From a coach's perspective, I like that the KTI is easy to explain, deliver, and debrief as well as highly actionable. Best of all, I don’t need to work through a lengthy report; a clear and concise three-page result tells me and the client all we need to know. I highly recommend the KTI as either a stand-alone assessment or a solid companion to other favourite tools.”
Jodi Hosking
Pollinate Networks Knowledge Transfer Index Debriefing Coach

The 7 Elements of the Knowledge Transfer Index Assessment

Each KTI profile explores these critical factors of knowledge sharing and learning:

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KTI Elements

Case Studies Featuring the Knowledge Transfer Index Assessment

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Team Synergy with the Knowledge Transfer Index

Using Pollinate’s Knowledge Transfer Index Assessment, Pollinate worked with the University of Guelph Arboretum to help build team synergy to support their master planning cycle.

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Cultivating Peer Groups Among Agriculture Producers

Pollinate Networks partnered with a leading agricultural financial services organization to optimize their Pilot Peer Group Program. Using the KTI and Cross-Pollinate AI, farmers were strategically matched into peer groups to share knowledge, set goals, and drive success.

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Board Effectiveness and Mentorship Program

Pollinate worked with CRPO to create a comprehensive approach to measuring board effectiveness. Using the KTI and other evaluation tools, a competency framework and mentoring programs, CRPO members are efficiently prepared for effective and rapid transfer of knowledge.

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