Thank you for an interesting story. I am a firm believer in the power of stories. I use in a presentation a picture of the Trojan horse and ask the audience to say what it is. They all know what it is and i use it to illustrate the power of the story to stay in our minds - this one is about 3000 years old. I think though some managers are uncomfortable with the word story seeing it as 'childlike' To me it is the oldest and best communication tool especially when working on an issue and you get the 'Rashomon' effect with people seeing the same event from subtly different angles. I also agree with giving knowledge away - my wife too tells me off saying others use it without attribution but to me it is about sharing, but also showing the knowledge one has in terms of reciprocal altruism. like you the more I share and offer to help, the more people internally come to talk to me. Occasionally it doesn't work but 9 times out of 10 it does. Like you I try to keep it simple because most working people have enough complexity in their lifes without a KM person adding to it. yours is a blog I avidly read, so thank you for what you do share, I regularly pick up something. I used to blog a bit so maybe my new year resolution is more working out loud.