Make Information Accessible Imagine your first day on the job in a new company. As you walk in the door you notice rooms that are off limits to everyone but the managers. Day after day you start to see that information is carefully guarded and watched. Many meetings occur behind closed doors. Company information is often seen as intellectual property, for both the company and for individuals.
People put effort into creating information and ideas and start to take ownership of it.
In doing so, it becomes territorial and guarded. Pretty soon it creates a separation between those who have access to information and those who don t. Individuals start to see they are excluded and feel disconnected from the whole vision of the organization. Information bonds people to one another. It is an important part of the positive growth and community of an organization. Cutting people off from access to information is unhealthy for the company.