Star performers hoard information, work on outshining each other and act with the real goal of advancing themselves.

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The workplace is too political because others hoard information and resources.

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They hoard information, build silos and erect walls between groups.

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But we can't expect the health-care industry to continue to innovate and grow if we continue to hoard health information.

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Some would rather hoard cash or buy back their own shares than spend it on more efficient machinery or information technology.

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Just as farmers with privately owned real property grow ever more food so they can share it with others, not to hoard it, so private enterprises in the virtual world share the innovations that allow people to share information.

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