Your work largely focuses on collective learning . In your own words , could you describe what collective learning is , and why it is important ?
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I focus on how people can learn ; more specifically focus on how teams , countries , and companies learn . Unlike individuals , however , companies and teams learn sometimes through the exchange of people that have knowledge , through the development of those people and the development of relationships among those people . It ’ s work that focuses on learning , but not on an individual scale , therefore there are many more complexities that need to be considered . It ’ s about how a team can become smarter , how a firm can become smarter and how a country can become smarter .
Would you say the internet is a big development in collective learning ?
The internet can help collective learning , but it can also hinder it . At the end of the day , technology can be used positively or negatively . Technology like the internet can be used to diffuse knowledge or misinformation that can limit learning . It can be used to fuel cooperation among people or to fuel divisions , which hinders the ability of people to learn together . The Internet doesn ’ t inherently promote or prevent collective learning , but rather it depends on how people use it .