Comments for The relation between knowledge sharing and distance

Comment from Eric on 2005-05-12

2005-05-12T20:49:34Z

This explains a lot of reluctance to blog. When you combine the inverse proportion rule with the unknown participant, you have folks assuming the worst case and deciding that it is just too much work.

The answer is to assume a level of knowledge on the part of your audience that makes the equation work for you.

Comment from jackvinson on 2005-05-12

2005-05-12T21:45:52Z

One could make this claim for any kind of public forum, though I may get myself in trouble. Only ten percent of people in the average forum actually write, so if this "equation" is correct those ten percent either are the experts or have shifted the equation such that they feel it's worth the effort.

Trackback in article Receiving knowledge from Knowledge Jolt with Jack

2006-01-23T14:39:12Z

The March/April 2002 issue of Ivey Business Journal had a piece by Nancy Dixon, "The Neglected Receiver of Knowledge Sharing." Dixon presents a helpful perspective to the concept of knowledge sharing, and one that I've heard in pieces previously. The... [Read More]