Posted by Denham on March 18, 2000 at 21:56:40:

In Reply to: Re: Knowledge transfer posted by Mahei on March 16, 2000 at 18:29:22:

Hi Mahei,

There is something generative about sharing that is not present in a transfer. Seems knowledge sharing holds the potential for building meaning, surfacing assumptions, getting to a place that was not known be either party. Transfer seems to maintain the status quo the total store of knowledge is not incremented although there are more participants who may know the same thing. Questions as you state are key. Often the most valuable questions are those that lead someone to a different problem or a reframing of the issue. This initial 'dialog' where the context between the expert and the learner is explored is a very important step, it is where we discover new models, are given different lenses to examine uor situation and where we have the opportunity to re-orienate, guded by new insights and past experiences from the expert. Somehow there is more learning in sharing than in transfer, at least that is how I see it.

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