A Metaphor for Weblogs

Submitted by paul on Wed, 2003-06-11 18:00.

A biological metaphor of the flow of knowledge:

Think of an organization as a single-celled animal. Blogs increase the surface area of the cell, help nutrients flow across its membrane, and promote multicellular cooperation.


weblog.infoworld.com
This is a helpful picture of the gain that comes to an organisation from an open knowledge culture. Our usual instinct however is to withhold, to hoard, and to control.

<p>I'd like to quote some

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2003-11-10 21:54.

I'd like to quote some of this in a paper on "Storytelling as a Tool for Leadership Development in the Gifted and Talented," but I'd better understand it first!

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