Comments on: Hub or spoke? https://blog.learnlets.com/2019/05/hub-or-spoke/ Clark Quinn's learnings about learning Wed, 08 May 2019 20:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: Clark https://blog.learnlets.com/2019/05/hub-or-spoke/#comment-935283 Wed, 08 May 2019 20:09:27 +0000 https://blog.learnlets.com/?p=6949#comment-935283 In reply to Ben.

Ben, thanks for pointing out where I’m not clear. So when I’m talking about distributed team’s knowledge, I’m talking about the knowledge of their partners, not learning knowledge. They may well be further from that (e.g. it can be easy to get caught up in a ‘learning culture’ that’s local to a particular practice and may not be the optimal pedagogy). And I am talking on principle. And from conversations. But as you point out, anecdotes aren’t inherently a solid foundation.

]]> By: Ben https://blog.learnlets.com/2019/05/hub-or-spoke/#comment-935281 Wed, 08 May 2019 19:45:04 +0000 https://blog.learnlets.com/?p=6949#comment-935281 “[Distributed teams] have greater internal knowledge, and can be more responsive.” There are two intriguing claims here. The first is that distributed teams have more internal knowledge than centralized teams. Is there any evidence to support that claim? I can easily imagine scenarios wherein a distributed team has more knowledge, but I can also imagine the opposite. Has there been any research on this question?

As for distributed teams’ responsiveness, it’s hard to argue with the claim that they “can be more responsive.” Sure they can, but are they? I mean, in general? (The most responsive teams I know of are centralized affairs in which members sit close to each other and less-experienced members have immediate access to more experienced members. My anecdotes aren’t research, though, so I’d like to know if anyone has looked into this.)

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