CONTACTS 
0201 - SRI International
020101 - Mr. Pat Lincoln; Director
020103 - Computer Science Laboratory

SUBJECTS
Bootstrap Institute (BI)
Leadership
Organization Management
Schedule Meeting to Review SDS Support for DKR
Time Not Enough Review Research Proposals for Saving Time Improving M
Not Enough Time to Read and Write
Time Not Enough for Professionals to Notice SDS and Endorse
SDS Supports KM, Pat Lincoln

3410 -
3410 -    ..
3411 - Summary/Objective
3412 -
341201 - Follow up ref SDS 65 0000, ref SDS 62 0000.
341202 -
341203 - Pat has still not had a chance to set a meeting with Doug, discussed
341204 - on 000929. ref SDS 56 0001
341206 -  ..
341207 - Pat advised he has been too busy to read the research proposals
341208 - submitted to SRI, ref DIP 2 0001, on 001011, ref SDS 63 0001, and to
341209 - LANL, ref DIP 1 0001, on 001013. ref SDS 64 0001
341211 -  ..
341212 - We laughed about the prospect that the premier research organization
341213 - in the world does not have time to research how to save time and money
341214 - on research, which is a big part of knowledge management, cited by
341215 - professor Joseph Ransdell on 000716, explaining SDS supports the core
341216 - process of scientific inquiry. ref SDS 43 0785
341217 -
341220 -
341221 -     [...in another record today, Pat assigned Program Manager for new
341222 -     initiative sponsored by NIH. ref SDS 67 B4S7
341224 -      ..
341225 -     [...SRI planning to use open source to create better Knowledge
341226 -     Management capability than SDS. ref SDS 67 9622
341228 -      ..
341229 -     [On 001018 SRI decided not to pursue business arrangements with
341230 -     Welch and SDS, because open source is a dominate objective.
341231 -     ref SDS 68 5Y4L
341233 -      ..
341234 -     [On 001220 Pat still traveling. ref SDS 71 EL3O
341235 -     ..
341236 -     Also, sent to Eugene Kim in an ordinary email a link to the
341237 -     research proposal to SRI, following up a call last night.
341239 -  ..
341240 - Pat has made a preliminary review of the SDS business plan ref OF 1
341241 - 0111, submitted on 000804, ref SDS 46 0001, and again recently on
341242 - 001003 because the submission on 000804 was lost in the email system.
341243 - ref SDS 59 0001
341245 -  ..
341246 - He feels more review is needed in order for him to submit formal
341247 - comments, which he planned on 000829. ref SDS 49 0050
341249 -  ..
341250 - Pat said that an impression he drew from initial review is that the
341251 - distinction between SDS and other folks offering KM solutions needs to
341252 - be explained more clearly.  He mentioned KM proposals he has seen with
341253 - "collaboration" in the name.  He said their business plans sound
341254 - impressive to people, who don't have experience with Knowledge
341255 - Management, because "collaboration" is a hot term these days.
341256 -
341257 -     [...during a meeting at SRI later today, Pat described SRI's
341258 -     proposal to NIH as supporting "collaboration." ref SDS 67 014M
341260 -      ..
341261 -     [On 010321 explained KM as two groups one advocating orality
341262 -     (talent), and the other literacy (technology), who both claim the
341263 -     mantle of "collaboration." ref SDS 72 8B4N
341265 -      ..
341266 -     [On 010426 Pat's peer review asks who is audience for POIMS?
341267 -     ref SDS 73 7U8K
341269 -      ..
341270 -     [On 010608 inquiry by DCMA reports SDS, POIMS different from
341271 -     advertising by IBM, Microsoft. ref SDS 74 KZ7J
341273 -      ..
341274 -     [On 010608 propose parternship between Welch and SRI to research
341275 -     KM based on interest by DCMA. ref SDS 75 0001
341277 -  ..
341278 - I asked Pat if he feels any of these other offerings he has seen are
341279 - similar to SDS?
341281 -  ..
341282 - He said no, SDS is much different, per our meeting on 000725.
341283 - ref SDS 44 0050
341285 -  ..
341286 - I asked Pat if the SDS difference is readily evident, when people look
341287 - at an SDS record, then look at something else that claims to support
341288 - KM?  For example, the record of the meeting at SRI today shows the
341289 - history of meetings on the DKR project that illustrates SDS work
341290 - product. ref SDS 67 1575
341292 -  ..
341293 - Pat said he feels there is a clear difference that people can grasp
341294 - simply by looking at SDS records on the Internet, both from their own
341295 - work, and from anything else available anywhere else in the world.
341297 -  ..
341298 - I asked if Pat is aware of any other system that anybody in the world
341299 - is using 24 7 to generate and manage "knowledge," based on his
341300 - experience interacting with the SDS record on SRI's project to develop
341301 - KM the past 9 months?
341303 -  ..
341304 - Pat said nothing else ties events and related stuff together like SDS
341305 - does, which is a form of "knowledge" that people need for daily work.
341306 - (see for example Doug Engelbart's paper in 1972 setting out an
341307 - explanation of knowledge work, reviewed on 000327. ref SDS 38 3971)
341308 - Pat's understanding today supplements Lee Iverson's report on 000324
341309 - that SRI's research showed at that time that other KM projects have
341310 - failed. ref SDS 36 4877
341312 -  ..
341313 - Pat's report today aligns with....
341314 -
341315 -    Cliff Joslyn's presentation at SRI.... 000727, ref SDS 45 3960
341316 -
341317 -    Cliff Joslyn's comments............... 000925, ref SDS 53 RK3I,
341318 -
341319 -    Henry van Eykan's comments............ 000926, ref SDS 54 IP7F,
341321 -       ..
341322 -      [On 001130 Jack Park reported SDS has the right design for the
341323 -      structure of knowledge management and it has the interface that
341324 -      makes the strucuture a useful tool for people. ref SDS 69 H17O
341326 -       ..
341327 -      [On 010426 Pat reports KM sponsors dissillusioned, feel KM cannot
341328 -      be accomplished, because everybody else has failed. ref SDS 73
341329 -      657O
341331 -       ..
341332 -      [On 010608 proposed partnership with SRI to deploy SDS for KM
341333 -      support SRI is marketing. ref SDS 75 0001
341335 -       ..
341336 -      [On 010625 Pat indicated support for proposal. ref SDS 76 0001
341338 -       ..
341339 -      [On 010711 letter to SRI proposes partnership. ref SDS 77 0001
341341 -       ..
341342 -      [On 010808 request for paper to be published by Bootstrap web
341343 -      site explaining how SDS implements Doug Engelbart's ideas in
341344 -      Doug's 1992 paper. ref SDS 78 T67J
341346 -  ..
341347 - I asked why this extensive and unique SDS record of daily activity is
341348 - not adequate to demonstrate added value?  Not everybody likes SDS
341349 - records, some folks fear accountability, some fear having to jot down
341350 - the record, reported for example on 000824, ref SDS 48 7O9I, and on
341351 - 000926, ref SDS 54 004M, but everybody can readily see SDS is
341352 - different.
341354 -  ..
341355 - Pat noted people, who read business plans, and so have the duty to
341356 - make effective choices on investing resources to improve earnings, are
341357 - even busier than he is, so they don't have time to look at SDS records
341358 - on the web to discover that SDS improves productivity better than
341359 - other other methods.
341361 -  ..
341362 - We laughed again about the challenge of helping people, who are too
341363 - busy to discover how to be productive.
341364 -
341365 -     [On 001207 too many people having too many problems causes
341366 -     productivity, earnings and stock prices to fall. ref SDS 70 V54M
341368 -  ..
341369 - This presents an annomoly:  it takes hours, days, weeks, even years
341370 - reading about Knowledge Management to understand it, but it only takes
341371 - a minute or so to examine SDS records on the web to recognize added
341372 - value of a connected environment.  Why then wouldn't busy people
341373 - welcome the opportunity to acquire understanding in a few moments that
341374 - otherwise takes a very long to grasp from conventional methods?
341376 -  ..
341377 - Pat feels it is a cultural problem, which aligns with the report on
341378 - 990527, discussing the innovator's dilemma. ref SDS 1 1233
341380 -  ..
341381 - We reviewed briefly the record submitting an SDS proposal to NSF last
341382 - year.  On 990615 NSF staff reviewed SDS records similar to what Pat
341383 - has encountered the past few months, showing daily working information
341384 - aligned with requirements and related history. ref SDS 2 1044  NSF
341385 - staff pointed out the Welch proposal was not understandable nor
341386 - believable from merely reading explanations, because nobody has ever
341387 - experienced the SDS environment.
341389 -  ..
341390 - NSF Staff reported that their experience with SDS records on the
341391 - Internet illustrates meaning and shows proposal objectives can be
341392 - achieved.  The staff therefore recommended providing a link in the
341393 - body of the proposal to SDS records on the Internet, so that reviewers
341394 - could understand the proposal. ref SDS 2 BI5K
341396 -  ..
341397 - This was done as recommended.
341399 -  ..
341400 - On 991213 it appears that NSF reviewers did not examine SDS records on
341401 - the Internet, despite notice to do so. ref SDS 6 1764
341403 -  ..
341404 - They proclaim a mission to move the world forward, but not if it
341405 - requires 2 seconds to click on a link.
341407 -  ..
341408 - Move over Prometheus...
341410 -  ..
341411 - It's a dilemma, see 991108. ref SDS 3 5810
341413 -  ..
341414 - I asked Pat if he can think of any way to more crisply describe SDS,
341415 - let me know and I will throw it in there.
341416 -
341417 -
341419 -  ..
341420 - Management Improvement on Collaboration Fits SDS Capability
341421 -
341422 - We reviwed planning on 000829 for SRI to improve internal management
341423 - under a mandate from Curt Carlson. ref SDS 49 MJ6F
341425 -  ..
341426 - There hasn't been enough time to schedule the meetings Pat proposed
341427 - for evaluating SDS to support Curt's initiative.  Pat will work on
341428 - this in the period ahead, and let me know when a meeting can be held
341429 - on this matter.
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