Comments on: Thinking about ownership

By: Mark Gould

Mark Gould — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:00:15 +0000

@Stephen: Yes I did mean “gem” in a positive sense. I hadn’t even thought that it might be interpreted otherwise when I was writing, but I see now that it could have been.

@Doug: Your comment exemplifies what I said about blogging being a form of collaboration. The points you make really enhance the basic blog post: thank you!

By: dougcornelius

dougcornelius — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:59:54 +0000

Law firms are true knowledge entities. They are only as smart and knowledgeable as the harnessed knowledge of their lawyers. The better they harness that knowledge, the better the firm will be.

Harnessing does not mean oppressing them to the will of the collective. It means having them drive the knowledge creation of the firm.

Let them be free to create content share their knowledge and learn form others.

If you limit that sharing to the walls of the firm. You are limiting yourself. By sharing inside and outside, you are increasing the knowledge base of the firm. Yes you have leakage of exclusively internal knowledge to the outside. But you also open the flow for knowledge to come in. Some of that is as good or even better than your internal knowledge.

By: Stephen Collins

Stephen Collins — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:57:55 +0000

I’m hoping that “gem” is a good thing. I think so.

I appreciate the link and the quote. Glad to stimulate thought.