How does knowledge flow in an organisation which is pretty ICT savvy?

Today was an interesting day at work. The Internet connectivity was intermittent, or none, depending on whether someone had access to a data card or not. This being the case, one saw a lot of face to face knowledge exchange happening. People were also trying to get some off-line work done.

But in general, the mood appeared to be one of relaxation, and destressed situation with most colleagues, except the team on Digital Learning which is fighting some deadlines, and desperately looking for online connectivity. Looks and truly feels like a Friday afternoon.

Today was also a day to spend some time with a colleague to understand the nuances of knowledge flow in our own organisation, where a lot happens through the mails, notes and shared file system among team members. The phone was the next best thing put to use when the Internet connectivity denied email as the option to send out notes, updates and information to each other.

People also generally walked around the office and chit-chatted a bit, not necessarily always about work. But this to me, appeared as a crucial necessity to share ideas, thoughts and friendship.

To promote more knowledge sharing, it would be a great idea to have a No Internet Day (once a month) and promote free-flowing sharing of ideas.