Great post. thnx. I agree wholeheartedly that knowledge cannot really be managed, it can only be cultivated and captured to a certain extent. Your point regarding the network are definitely valid in a knowledge sharing context: Connections over content, cooperation over collaboration I think to be fundamental elements of what organizations need to cultivate. No participation means no network means no learning. So the more one participates the more one will be able to learn. Isn't that what is meant by collective intelligence ?