Vana wrote in LO20903
> A warehouse is a place where surplus is stored. It is not usually a
> place
> where you keep something that is used often or needs to be accessed
> quickly.
I think this sounds more like a silo or grain elevator. In farming
communities, grain is stored in the silos after each harvest season.
Silos tower over communities, holding the stored wealth, ready to be
removed when the need and price are right. I used to think things just
sat in a silo, till I moved here to Missouri and found out how dynamic
they are. Grain has to be moved, shifted in position, to prevent
deterioration. In a large group of silos, one is always kept empty to
facilitate rotation.
For me, learning is similar. We have repositories of knowledge in our
workplaces and communities, the great collective intelligence of our
co-workers and culture. In my culture, state government, we use the term
silos to describe the towering separations between divisions and
activities, distancing them from the people. There is much talk about
breaking down silos.
As with grain, learning is grown in our communities. Knowledge that sits
apart from the people can be wasted. Stored, it is not accessed. Rather
than tearing silos down and limiting our storage capacity for future
ideas, we should open them up and share the wealth. Left locked in silos,
grain, or potential, can rot.
just my view from the Heartland,
Dee
--"Sanfilippo, Dee" <sanfid@mail.dmh.state.mo.us>
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