For the past few years, people have asked me to describe my business model. I tell them plainly, “Share everything!”.

In an era of greedy corporations hoarding hundreds of millions of dollars; scams and spam; building relationships with others via the sharing of knowledge and experiences, trumps all!

No one, except maybe you, cares about your title; where you sit on the corporate ladder; who follows you or not on Twitter; etc. You’d be amazed at the capacity of the people you work with when you leave your ego at the door, and set aside time time to learn from their experiences.

Give me a room full of junior people who are willing to openly share ideas over a “board of directors” who think they know everything because of their title or rank; and I guarantee you my team will innovate and out-perform “the board” every single time! (I say this from experiences leading junior teams with companies in every sector – private, public, and non-profit.)

Jason Fried from 37signals illustrates how we can learn from other professions, such as chefs, to build stronger teams and ultimately profit through sharing.