Harvard Business Review asked this question, suggesting that while knowledge is generally a good thing, there is a point at which it may be bad: we can only comprehend so much; our minds have limits in our ability to digest information, just as shelves are only meant to hold so many books and too much knowledge can undermine the greatest insights, the deepest conjectures.
Despite much hype, it is claimed that tools used for measuring wellbeing are still pretty immature. One UK economist thinks it' will be 20 years until they are safe for public policy prescriptions.
A recent report found that many employees age 50 and older have a strong drive to make continued contributions in their field. Most of the individuals interviewed had a firm sense of who they are, what their purpose is, and how they can make a difference. And, many of these individuals were willing to share their knowledge and to help develop others.
A knowledge worker is someone who gets to decide what he or she does each morning - Tom Stewart http://bit.ly/aIeLrb
You must put brainpower on the front line... Knowledge sharing is the greatest revolution in the way of doing business we have seen in our lifetime - Robert Buckman, CEO of Buckman Labs
You can't buy a KM solution off-the-shelf, only the tool, and some companies are retrenching their middle management before they've built their KM system, so the knowledge goes out the door before it's stored - Gil Thew, 2000
You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and still come outcompletely dry. Most people do - Norman Juster
You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something - Richard Feynman
With everything else dropping out of the competitive equation, knowledge has become the only source of sustainable advantage, but knowledge can only be employed through the skills of individuals - Lester Thurow
Whoever loves being corrected loves knowledge, but he who hates being corrected is stupid - Proverbs 12.1