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Fascinating interview between Adam Grant, tenured professor at the Wharton School and Carla O'Dell on how to facilitate sharing knowledge in KM communities, April 25, 2014. Explains how to control giving too much counsel/mentoring/assistance and expecting others to pay it forward instead of always asking for help.

First article in two part series between Adam Grant, Wharton professor, and Carla O'Dell, CEO of AQPC, April 18, 2014 on how CoPs and corporations should support and reward give and take behaviors by employees. Also wonder how gender plays into this dilemma...when we see the majority of discussants in CPsquare are women (because they are the majority of CPsquare members? And why might that be true?), what does that signal for whether they are givers or takers?

Very interesting process map on how to argue with research results, Grant Wiggins' blog

Article by Adam Grant in the Atlantic, March 17, 2014. Who comes out ahead by helping others and serving as johnnie on the spot repeatedly. Excerpt: "Instead of carrying the burden alone, Allen had the wisdom to engage the whole group in helping. This may be the most valuable skill that a giver can develop. In the long run, inviting others to help may be critical to sustaining our own sanity. It may also be the best way to facilitate learning and growth."

Interesting blog post on a business MOOC out of Case Western Reserve in Entrepreneur, Jane Porter, April 25, 2014. Received $69,000 grant to design and deliver it.