Alice's wonderful blog, from September 30, 2013, commenting on DIY learning conversation in CPsquare.
Excerpt:
"Emilie Doolittle summarizes some related research in a blog post, showing that social networks can improve collaborative efforts, reduce costs, help people get just-in-time help, speed decision making, and retain employees.
Does your organization treat knowledge as a thing and learning as a pre-planned and isolated activity? If so, you might experiment by thoughtfully connected some networks, and watch to see what happens."