I understand where you're coming from with this opinion, but I strongly disagree. My disagreement comes from years of personal experience with exactly this sit

I understand where you're coming from with this opinion, but I strongly disagree. My disagreement comes from years of personal experience with exactly this situation. I'm an ERP consultant and work in places where the entrenched workers have the habit of holding information of how their systems run close to the vest. They seem to think that this enhances their job security. However, they are instead often simply viewed as "necessary evils." I've come to the realization that every time I share my knowledge with as many people as possible, in as straightforward manner as possible, my value to the organization for which I'm working increases. Now, I look at my job as one where I am literally finding ways to put myself out of a job. In other words: find efficiencies in the business processes I work with that will remove the need for manual (i.e. my) intervention. Ironically, the more I do this, the more work seems to fall on my lap. I firmly believe that knowledge is not at all like a cheeseburger.