CONTACTS 
0201 - CogNexus Institute                   410 798 4495
020101 - Dr. Jeff Conklin
020102 - jeff.conklin@verizon.net

SUBJECTS
Alliances Empower Bright Stars to Develop KM Through Open Source, Dou
SDS Awed Overwhelmed by SDS Review POIMS SDS Walks the Talk
Conkin, Jeff Says Back is Not Functioning on SDS Links in Browser
Busy Bailing Water to Learn How to Use a Pump
Good Times Improvement Not Needed Bad Times No Time to Improve
Bailing Water from Boat Too Busy No Time Use a Pump When Times are Ba
Sun Shining Money Coming In Times are Good Resist Improvement Not Nee
Conference Proposed to Focus Bright Stars, Proposed by Jeff Conklin

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2211 - Summary/Objective
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221201 - Follow up ref SDS B9 0000, ref SDS B8 0000.
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221203 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 responding to Jeff's letter yesterday,
221204 - ref DRP 3 0001, with favorable comments on SDS. ref SDS B9 4S6H
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221206 -     1.  SDS provides work product that demonstrates a powerful, unique
221207 -         solution, that can be grasped by customers when properly
221208 -         presented, as shown on....
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221210 -             010907.............................. ref SDS A5 KX3L
221211 -             011006.............................. ref SDS B3 JQ6K
221212 -             011003.............................. ref SDS B2 Y18H
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221214 -     2.  There is never a good time to improve earnings, as
221215 -         reported on 011023 citing DOD. ref SDS B5 0001  When times are
221216 -         bad, folks don't have time to learn about pumps, because they
221217 -         are too busy bailing water out of the boat.  When the sun is
221218 -         shining, people say "Hey, we don't need to improve, look at
221219 -         our bank account."  So, in terms of a seminar, now is as good
221220 -         a time as any, but I take your point. ref DIT 1 7S5N
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221222 -            [...earlier today, made same point in letter to Pat Lincoln
221223 -            at SRI. ref SDS C0 5Q4G
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221225 -            [On 020301 Jeff submits call for papers to support a
221226 -            conference on using the Interent to facilitate meetings.
221227 -            ref SDS C1 0001
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221229 -     3.  There is great despair in hi-tech, because designing
221230 -         technology that is useful for thinking, ref DIT 1 L86K,
221231 -         remembering and communicating is counterintuitive, per
221232 -         analysis on....
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221234 -             Hopeless quagmire............011003, ref SDS B2 EC5N
221235 -             Giving up....................011003, ref SDS B2 O76L
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221237 -     4.  My guess people are now ready for a seminar, ref DIT 1 797G,
221238 -         for the reasons discussed with a rep from DOD on 010712.
221239 -         ref SDS A2 ZR5G
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221241 -     5.  SDS is a software program that enables Communication Metrics,
221242 -         ref DIT 1 HF7N, as explained in the record on 011011.
221243 -         ref SDS B4 VF4K
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221245 -     6.  Links should go forward, and clicking back should return
221246 -         to the prior location, so if you run into a snag, please let
221247 -         me know. ref DIT 1 PG8L
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221249 -     7.  Letter to OHS/DKR on 011029, ref DIP 8 SR7H, addresses
221250 -         national security issue, as well as applying intelligence to
221251 -         enterprise. ref SDS B7 J44I Presents opportunity for helping
221252 -         organizations and people adopt "continual learning" as a
221253 -         meaningful core competency. This has an education component, a
221254 -         consultant component and product sales component that might be
221255 -         of interest. ref DIT 1 VH9F
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221257 -     8.  Com Metrics support can be provided on a contingent fee basis.
221258 -         Experience shows that the amount of mistakes that occur under
221259 -         present practice using email, ref DIT 1 PE4F, meetings and
221260 -         calls provides a huge pool of waste and loss that can be
221261 -         recouped in industry and government, as reported by USACE.
221262 -         ref DRP 6 0001
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