Quotes: knowledge sharing
During a lunchtime conversation with a friend, we were brainstorming some ideas on a paper or book on knowledge management. We covered a bunch of standard approaches, and then bounced around some more aggressive-on-purpose approaches. He tossed out this one:
If you aren't sharing knowledge, you are no different from the guy who files false workers compensation claims.
What do you think?
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Well, it's supposed to be shocking. I think we'd need to back up the claim with some numbers or other analysis that point to the cost to the organization of knowledge-hoarding.
If you want shocking, I would go for something like:
If you aren't sharing knowledge, you are no different from Ken Lay.
I think you can make a case that the little guy who hordes information is as corrupt as the big guy who leads a systematic effort to screw the shareholders and the employees.
Or something like that.
I like it!
If you're not sharing knowledge, you're not doing your job.
If you can't document what you're doing in a way others can access and use, you're incompetent.
If you don't bother to find out what we already know about this and repeat the work, you're burning your salary - we'll deduct it.
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What? You are an unnecessary expense to the organization? A burden?
Or are you *criminal* if you don't share information?