Think about this statement.

Workers are empowered only if they are successful at creating and maintaining personal social networks.

Source: It’s Not What You Know, It’s Who You Know: Work in the Information Age by Bonnie Nardi, Steve Whittaker, and Heinrich Schwarz. First Monday, volume 5, number 5 (May 2000). URL

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