> People tend to hoard information. They are scared sharing it will make them look silly, or lose the power they think it provides.<p>People tend to hoard information because they are incentivized to hoard information: it has a real benefit for individuals in many companies, particularly in terms of job security.<p>> The solution is to make communication legible: write it down and work in public.<p>This is not the solution. Removing the influencing forces that incentivize knowledge hoarding is the solution.