CONTACTS 
0201 - Knowledge Management Consortium, In  800 340 7064
020101 - Mr. John Maloney; President =415 820 2351
020102 - kmcluster@collaboratory.com

SUBJECTS
Manhattan Project for Knowledge Sciences, John Maloney
Secret SDS Only KM Design Counterintuitive Difficult to Discover Arch
Disallusioned KM Too Difficult Giving Up Technology Cannot Improve Ma
Work Product Inability Other Methods Generate KM Work Product Shows K
Innovation Loop Programmers Don't Know What to Program to Improve Man
SDS Standard Knowledge Management, 000907
Manhattan Project for Knowledge Sciences, John Maloney
SDS Only Example of Anyone Doing KM, Bill Bearden
Knowledge Management Many Projects Need Solution
Manhattan Project Ideas on Advancing KM
Knowledge Does Not Understand, 000503
Knowledge Too Hard to Find Anything Need Search Engine

2114 -
2114 -    ..
2115 - Summary/Objective
2116 -
211601 - Follow up ref SDS 78 0000, ref SDS 77 0000.
211602 -
211603 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Eric Armstrong commenting on the letter
211604 - sent to the OHS/DKR group on 020710, ref DIP 7 0001, explaining
211605 - difficulties people have advancing from IT to KM, ref SDS 78 0Q4O,
211606 - concerning John Maloney's notice of a Manhattan Project to establish
211607 - the Knowledge Sciences. ref SDS 78 0001
211608 -
211609 -    1.  Personally, I'm inclined to think of knowledge as "categorized
211610 -        how-to information". At least, that's a working definition that
211611 -        lets me think in terms of answers to the question "What X do we
211612 -        need [to] help people do useful work?" ref DRT 1 2W7K
211614 -         ..
211615 -    2.  I think "categorized how-to information" fits the definition of
211616 -        X, and I don't mind using "knowledge" for the terminology -- at
211617 -        least until someone gives me a better definition of knowledge
211618 -        and I have to call X something else. ref DRT 1 S28F
211620 -         ..
211621 -        That way, when I want to search for information on making my
211622 -        Sony stereo component work, I can search for Sony by name, but
211623 -        search for categories of like "troubleshooting",
211624 -        "installation", "wiring diagrams", or things of that nature.
211625 -        ref DRT 1 H38K
211627 -            ..
211628 -           Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 commending Eric for working on a
211629 -           definition of knowledge. ref DIT 1 555N
211631 -            ..
211632 -           Eric's work defining knowledge today complements his ideas
211633 -           on 000423 for improving upon conventional information
211634 -           technology (IT), ref SDS 30 5933, and so improves attitudes
211635 -           reported in the record for...
211636 -
211637 -             knowledge too hard to define..... 000503, ref SDS 32 5033
211638 -             knowledge still hard to define... 000517, ref SDS 34 5092
211639 -             OHS/DKR team gives up............ 000615, ref SDS 37 6271
211640 -             discouraged cannot find anything. 010916, ref SDS 52 KA6H
211641 -             clueless about developing KM..... 011003, ref SDS 54 O74L
211643 -            ..
211644 -           The next step is to distinguish Eric's ideas on knowledge
211645 -           from the way information is created and applied in order to
211646 -           distinguish KM from IT that everybody is already doing.
211647 -           Refinement that distinguishes knowledge from information,
211648 -           ref DIT 1 PH6G, will sharpen the focus on what needs to be
211649 -           done differently to solve problems on 010911, ref SDS 50
211650 -           UP5K, and arrest the decline of productivity and earnings
211651 -           that worries investors, as your explained in your letter on
211652 -           011003. ref SDS 54 EC5N
211654 -            ..
211655 -           Eric's progress is particularly helpful to overcome people
211656 -           being discouraged by lack of progress, reported by Jack
211657 -           Park, also, on 011003 saying he does not have a clue about
211658 -           how to develop a solution for KM. ref SDS 54 O74L
211660 -            ..
211661 -           Recommend that Eric try to find POIMS, ref OF 1 2300, to
211662 -           expand on ideas in his letter today about knowledge,
211663 -           ref DIT 1 3E7I; and, discussed further below. ref SDS 0 P15H
211664 -
211665 -              [On 030111 Eric has misplaced the OHS specs. ref SDS 82
211666 -              YN71
211667 -
211668 -
211669 -
211670 -
2117 -

SUBJECTS
Fascinated by Network Analysis to Identify Catagories on the Internet
Ontologist Work Role to Organize Record, Eric Armstrong, Eugene Kim,
Categories Subjects Keyword Find Search Engine Apply Topic Map Assemb
Metadata Added to Information Organizes Record into Categories
Intelligence Improves Daily Knowledge Work Audit Trail Traceability O
Work Role New Needed for Culture of Knowledge Co-evolve Education Alo
Analysis Opinion Decision Support Purpose of DKR Linked to Original S
Organic Structure for Subjects Takes Time Skill Need Dedicated Specia
Armstrong, Eric Ontologist Adds Metadata to Information Subjects Take
Subjects Metadata Added to Information Identifies Subjects Categories
Clues Design KM to Enable Finding Everything Solve Eric's Problem Can
Why Follow Doug's Ideas on Metadata But Not Follow Request for Linkin
Can't Find Anything Management Imploding Under New Realities Informat
Gist 5% Memory Big Opportunity Improve Productivity Avoid Mistakes Or
Armstrong, Eric Study POIMS for Clues about Ontology and New Work Rol

7517 -
751801 -  ..
751802 - Metadata Adds Subjects to Information for Creating Knowledge
751803 - Analysis Identifies Catagories to Organize Information into Knowledge
751804 - Ontologist Identifies Catagories Using Network Analysis
751805 -
751806 -
751807 - Eric continues...
751808 -
751809 -    3.  Right now, I'm fascinated by the idea of using network analysis
751810 -        to identify categories and sub-categories. Once presented with
751811 -        a cluster of related sites, any ontologist worth their salt
751812 -        could hang a label on it. A group of ontologists doing that
751813 -        would rapidly build up a useful ontology. ref DRT 1 A29F
751814 -
751815 -           "Metadata" seems to be a description for summarizing Eric's
751816 -           idea to add organization to information. ref SDS 0 DW59
751817 -
751818 -              [On 020822 Ray Ozzie at Groove proposes integrating Lotus
751819 -              Notes, Weblogs and Groove to make email productive.
751820 -              ref SDS 80 Q99G
751822 -               ..
751823 -              [On 021031 Sergey Brin reports people will not invest
751824 -              time for adding metadata to save time and money,
751825 -              ref SDS 81 M53H, so he proposes using a search engine
751826 -              like Google, that his company sells, for finding
751827 -              information in email. ref SDS 81 KGDA
751829 -            ..
751830 -           Eric's call for an "ontologist" to organize the record
751831 -           supports his letter on 010916 with similar ideas about a new
751832 -           work role. ref SDS 52 4J4J
751834 -            ..
751835 -           Eric's idea to add analysis and organization support two (2)
751836 -           of the five (5) elements needed for "intelligence" explained
751837 -           in POIMS. ref OF 1 0367  This moves about 20% of the way
751838 -           toward Eric's objective on 000423 to augment human
751839 -           Intelligence. ref SDS 30 5096
751841 -            ..
751842 -           Analysis to organize the record for fast and easy retrieval
751843 -           improves the current practice to rely on remembering about
751844 -           5% about the gist of things, reported by Henry van Eykan on
751845 -           000307, ref SDS 27 1122, and confirmed with research on
751846 -           000927, ref SDS 39 PO4F, that makes analysis ad hoc and
751847 -           spontaneous based on mere impulsive reaction, rather than
751848 -           deliberate based on the record, because Eric says people
751849 -           cannot find anything with popular methods.  Better memory
751850 -           would enable knowledge management that augments human
751851 -           intelligence, which Eric wanted to accomplish in his letter
751852 -           on 000423, ref SDS 30 5096, based on research reported
751853 -           900329 showing that better memory improves human reasoning.
751854 -           ref SDS 2 0005
751855 -
751857 -  ..
751858 - Clues on Transitioning from IT to Culture of Knowledge in POIMS
751859 - POIMS Review Reveals Secrets of KM for Finding Everything On Time
751860 - Back Seat of Car Good Place to Look for POIMS Using Popular Methods
751861 -
751862 -
751863 -           Submitted ref DIT 1 3E7I suggesting Eric review POIMS to
751864 -           discover how technology can improve popular methods for
751865 -           organizing information, so that knowledge can be retrieved
751866 -           when needed, per above. ref SDS 0 DE5G
751868 -            ..
751869 -           On 010916 Eric said it's hard to find anything using popular
751870 -           methods everybody likes, ref SDS 52 KA6H, but take another
751871 -           look. ref DIT 1 MO7N  When we met at Intel on 000517 Eric
751872 -           had printed POIMS, ref SDS 34 WA5L, and later on 000601 he
751873 -           expected to find POIMS in his car, but evidently couldn't
751874 -           find it. ref SDS 35 6035
751875 -
751876 -               [On 020719 remind to check the back seat of the car
751877 -               again for the secret of KM set out in POIMS. ref SDS 79
751878 -               RF40
751880 -                ..
751881 -               [On 030111 Eric has misplaced the OHS specs. ref SDS 82
751882 -               YN71
751884 -            ..
751885 -           If so, there may be some clues in POIMS, ref DIT 1 JU8N,
751886 -           about moving from information to a culture of knowledge,
751887 -           ref OF 1 SV5N, that strengthen the ability to find
751888 -           everything, as noted in your earlier letter, also, on
751889 -           010916. ref SDS 51 0001  Jack Park reported on 011003 that
751890 -           he has found no clues, ref SDS 54 O74L, but I am not sure he
751891 -           had found POIMS, either, at least I don't recall seeing
751892 -           analysis of the caliber Eric did today, shown above,
751893 -           ref SDS 0 0001, and below, ref SDS 0 PQYP, directed at
751894 -           understanding POIMS.
751896 -            ..
751897 -           The question arises how to implement Eric's ideas for
751898 -           accomplishing 20% of requirements for intelligence, and how
751899 -           to identify, design and implement the other 80%?
751901 -            ..
751902 -           For example, Eric has long supported Traction to categorize
751903 -           information, see 010917. ref SDS 53 TF6J  On 011102 review
751904 -           showed that Traction likely has some support for subjects.
751905 -           ref SDS 57 916Q  So, why not use it?
751906 -
751908 -  ..
751909 - Eric gives an example...
751910 -
751911 -           Note: Some categories, like "Sony components" are obvious.
751912 -           The site's links do the clustering. But it is intriguing to
751913 -           think that there might be some "how to fix it" pages out
751914 -           there that link to a collection of pages on Sony's site, and
751915 -           some on other sites, that would create a "troubleshooting"
751916 -           category. ref DRT 1 FT9L
751917 -
751919 -  ..
751920 - Eric Attributes Doug Engelbart with ideas on metadata...
751921 -
751922 -        Now, using the kind of technique Doug has been favoring, where
751923 -        you add metadata to existing pages without modifying the pages
751924 -        themselves, categories could be added wholesale. ref DRT 1 4074
751925 -
751926 -           This construction seems to imply that "metadata" describes
751927 -           the process Eric discusses above on adding subjects to
751928 -           organize information. ref SDS 0 M74J
751930 -            ..
751931 -           Crediting Doug with useful ideas aligns with objectives set
751932 -           for the OHS/DKR project, reported by Eric, for example, on
751933 -           000227, ref SDS 26 0987, and mentioned later by Gary Johnson
751934 -           on 001224. ref SDS 47 0001
751936 -            ..
751937 -           On 001025 Doug requested that contributors add links
751938 -           original sources so that people can review context,
751939 -           ref SDS 42 00VU, which Eric does not support today, as noted
751940 -           in the letter on 020710. ref SDS 78 5I6O  This raises
751941 -           several issues...
751943 -                  ..
751944 -             1.  Without a link to a record with Doug's name how would
751945 -                 anyone determine that Eric has not mixed up what Doug
751946 -                 favours, with what others might be favoring?  Equally
751947 -                 important, without traceability to original sources,
751948 -                 how can be people assess the context of what someone
751949 -                 might have said in relation to current objectives and
751950 -                 circumstances?
751952 -                  ..
751953 -             2.  Why should people pay atttention to what Doug favours
751954 -                 for metadata, when there is no support for Doug's call
751955 -                 to link the record to establish what anyone favour's
751956 -                 or disfavours?
751958 -                  ..
751959 -                 How do people pick and choose from among Doug's many
751960 -                 important ideas which ones to implement and which to
751961 -                 ignore?
751963 -            ..
751964 -           Need example showing how categories could be added wholsale
751965 -           to information, and explanation of how this would be used
751966 -           day-to-day on the job to save time and money, per Eric's
751967 -           request on 011003 for recommendations on how to reduce the
751968 -           time required to chase down ideas submitted for
751969 -           consideration to develop an OHS/DKR. ref SDS 54 SW9L
751970 -
751971 -
751972 -
751973 -
751974 -
751975 -
7520 -

SUBJECTS
Automated Updating Metadata Added to Information Creates Subjects on
Automated Engine Create Topic Map Organizes Information for Retrieval
Metadata Added to Information Organizes Record into Categories
Metadata Automatically Updated Added to Information Organizes Record
Automatically Organize Content Management DKR Needs Engine of Knowled
Engine Create Links Subjects Graphical Topic Maps

8408 -
840901 -  ..
840902 - Engine Automatically Updates Metadata to Organize Record
840903 - Automatic Updating Metatada to Organize Record Like Ontology Engine
840904 -
840905 -
840906 - Eric continues...
840907 -
840908 -        Once an ontologist creates a name for a cluster of closely-
840909 -        related items in the network, all of those items would be
840910 -        immediately and automatically tagged. ref DRT 1 HR4N
840912 -         ..
840913 -        Further, since variations in the network occur incrementally,
840914 -        the metadata tagging could be automatically updated each night
840915 -        so that new pages get the appropriate tags by virtue of their
840916 -        links. ref DRT 1 235H
840918 -            ..
840919 -           Automatically tagging subjects sounds like the engine Jack
840920 -           Park is developing, reported in his letter on 000623.
840921 -           ref SDS 38 2915
840923 -            ..
840924 -           Earlier, on 940603 Stanford planned to design mediators to
840925 -           do something like what Eric seems to describe today.
840926 -           ref SDS 6 8J6J
840927 -
840928 -
840929 -
840930 -
840931 -
8410 -

SUBJECTS
Best Brightest Mental Biology Overwhelmed Information Overload Needs
Manhattan Project Uses Best Brightest Focus Resources Solve Technical
Project Management Has Special Applications for Solving Major Problem
Skunk Works Project Management Method of Isolation Used by Lockheed
Project Management Focuses Resources on Accomplishing Specified Parti

9907 -
990801 -  ..
990802 - Manhattan Projects Assemble Best Brightest Focus Resources
990803 -
990804 -
990805 - Eric comments on making Manhattan projects successful, citing part of
990806 - the letter on 020710, which says in part...
990807 -
990808 -            People revert to calling things "Manhattan" in hopes of
990809 -            creating sufficient attention for empowering improvement,
990810 -            following the model of WWII, where the bombing of Pearl
990811 -            Harbor and fear of German success with nuclear ordinance
990812 -            focused attention on solving a complex problem. ref DIP 7
990813 -            Q54O
990814 -
990815 -        ...which was developed in the record on 020710. ref SDS 78 GP95
990816 -
990817 - ..
990818 - Eric relates...
990819 -
990820 -        I had pretty much the same emotional reaction, although I would
990821 -        characterize things a little differently. ref DRT 1 LS6F
990822 -
990823 -        In my mind, the idea of a "Manhattan" effort is that:
990824 -
990825 -           1. You get the best and the brightest minds.
990826 -              ..
990827 -           2. You put them in an environment that is free from
990828 -              distractions (like the pesky annoyance of making a
990829 -              living.
990830 -              ..
990831 -           3. You give them a difficult, challenging, and
990832 -              important problem to solve.
990834 -               ..
990835 -           4. You put them in close quarters, so ideas can rub elbows,
990836 -              jostle each other, and spur a cycle of innovations.
990837 -        ..
990838 -        Such mechanisms can and do work. However, failing to meet
990839 -        all of the requirements leads to nice cooperative efforts that
990840 -        fail to meet the "Manhattan" ideal. ref DRT 1 01QV
990841 -
990842 -           Eric's prescription for a Manhattan project seems to reflect
990843 -           "project management" procedures covered by PMBOK and ISO
990844 -           10006, reviewed on 950721. ref SDS 10 0001  Collaboration and
990845 -           coordination is critical to effective project management.
990846 -           For example, the idea of getting everybody together is
990847 -           summarized by the phrase co-location, and is commonly
990848 -           prescribed when close order collaboration is needed,
990849 -           reviewed during a KM meeting on 991217. ref SDS 20 9540
990851 -            ..
990852 -           Co-location more quickly provides reinforcement to foster a
990853 -           common culture that magnifies efforts through share meaning
990854 -           and experience by reducing distractions, as Eric notes, and
990855 -           also reduces the tension between opposing binary forces of
990856 -           competition and cooperation that dilute efforts on most
990857 -           projects, where allegience to home office and organization
990858 -           sway people away from focus on project objectives and
990859 -           requirements.
990860 -           ..
990861 -           More recently, on 011006 Gary Johnson related "Skunk
990862 -           Works" is Lockheed's phrase for accomplishing breakthroughs
990863 -           by organizing talented people and resources focused outside
990864 -           the normal channels of command. ref SDS 55 CQ4J
990865 -           ..
990866 -           Nothing will be accomplished, however, if the people
990867 -           and resources do not understand the underlying science of
990868 -           what needs to be accomplished, as with the case of that atom
990869 -           bomb in World War II, and second, if there no leadership to
990870 -           focus the work toward a common objective by implementing
990871 -           good management practices.
990872 -        ..
990873 -        In particular, #2 and #4 are key. We *want* distributed
990874 -        systems that will allow #4, but do not yet have them, so
990875 -        physical proximity is a requirement for a "Manhattan" effort,
990876 -        at this point in time. ref DRT 1 S251
990878 -         ..
990879 -        More important, though, is #2. Combined with #4, these
990880 -        requirements are another way of saying "isolatation". Isolation
990881 -        serves a number of important purposes:, ref DRT 1 S156
990882 -
990883 -           • freedom from distraction (of all kinds)
990884 -
990885 -           • accelerated discourse, by eliminating the need to bring
990886 -             the (relatively) uniformed "up to speed" on radical new
990887 -             concepts
990888 -
990889 -           • freedom from negative influences that say it can't be
990890 -             done, and from the need to spend your time justifying the
990891 -             opposite opinion
990892 -        ..
990893 -        It would be a great idea, imho. But calling an effort a
990894 -        "Manhattan Project" doesn't make one -- even if it is a noble,
990895 -        valuable, and desirable project! ref DRT 1 0136
990896 -
990897 -
990898 -
990899 -
9909 -

SUBJECTS
Einstein Experience Source of Knowledge
50 Years Adopt New Way Working Buckminster Fuller SDS Conflicts Commo
Culture Resists Change Innovation Must be 10X Better to Adopt Improve
50 Years Adopt New Way Working Buckminster Fuller SDS Conflicts Commo
Secret SDS Only KM Design Counterintuitive Difficult to Discover Arch
Clues Nobody Has Knowledge Experience to Develop KM Because Nobody Ha
Manhattan Project Uses Best Brightest Focus Resources Solve Technical
Not Enough Knowledge about Knowledge to Design Knowledge Management
Clues None About Creating KM Failed Solve Information Overload Hopele
Exceed Unlimited Budget When No Clues about How to Create KM
Secret SDS Only KM Design, 000425

AL13 -
AL1401 -  ..
AL1402 - Manhattan Project Requires Knowledge of Science of KM
AL1403 - Learning to Create KM Start by Review POIMS, OHS and CDS
AL1404 -
AL1405 -
AL1406 -           Submitted ref DIT 1 QQ4M saying it is probably out of the
AL1407 -           question because nobody has the time these days, like they
AL1408 -           did in Einstein's time, but a useful exercise, after
AL1409 -           understanding information and knowledge, would be to look
AL1410 -           for correlations and alignment between POIMS and Doug's OHS
AL1411 -           Launch Plan which he submitted on 001025, ref SDS 42 G3W8,
AL1412 -           and then to incorporate that analysis into your CDR specs.
AL1413 -           As I recall, you made a significant start on 000505,
AL1414 -           ref SDS 33 0001, but then there was a hang-up sometime
AL1415 -           around 001105 (don't hold me to these dates, they can be
AL1416 -           tricky) - actually on 001106, ref SDS 43 0001, and again on
AL1417 -           001122. ref SDS 45 0001  Lee Iverson later did more under
AL1418 -           the banner of NODAL, reported on 010620. ref SDS 49 0001
AL1419 -           Putting this ferment together builds a community of
AL1420 -           expertise and eventually of practice needed for progress.
AL1421 -
AL1423 -      ..
AL1424 -     KM Secret of SDS Not Enough Knowledge about Knowledge for KM
AL1425 -     Einstein Developed Theory of Energy 40 Years Before Manhattan
AL1426 -     Exceed Unlimited Budget Without a Clue about Science for KM
AL1427 -
AL1428 -           Once you develop a set of ideas for creating technology that
AL1429 -           improves IT, then a Manhattan Project to implement those
AL1430 -           ideas will have a chance to succeed. ref DIT 1 656O  Without
AL1431 -           clues about what needs to be done, as Jack Park reported on
AL1432 -           011003, ref SDS 54 O74L, you can easily exceed an unlimited
AL1433 -           budget and have nothing to show for it, as occurred with
AL1434 -           IBM, per Paul's letter on 001130. ref SDS 46 F26K
AL1436 -            ..
AL1437 -           Recall that in about 1903 Einstein worked out the basic
AL1438 -           concept on converting matter into energy.  Others later
AL1439 -           developed engineering methodologies (as you and Lee, Jack,
AL1440 -           Eugene and others have struggled with for KM), so by the
AL1441 -           time Manhattan came along in about 1942, the 50 years that
AL1442 -           Buck Minister Fuller suggests is the time required for a new
AL1443 -           way of doing things to mature (reported on 011210,
AL1444 -           ref SDS 58 R66K), had transpired.  In 1942 they had a lot of
AL1445 -           clues about what to do, and so a critical mass of people,
AL1446 -           resources and leadership was successful working out
AL1447 -           implementation engineering, ref DIT 1 4H3N, as you relate
AL1448 -           cogently in your letter today. ref SDS 0 PQYP
AL1450 -            ..
AL1451 -           At this time, today, however, it is not clear that there is
AL1452 -           enough knowledge about what to do to move from IT to a
AL1453 -           culture of knowledge, not even a clue, outside of POIMS,
AL1454 -           again, as Jack Park reported on 011003, ref SDS 54 O74L, you
AL1455 -           can easily exceed an unlimited budget, because limited time,
AL1456 -           and, in some respects, cultural blinders, have prevented
AL1457 -           people from doing the careful spade work that is tedious and
AL1458 -           essential in the beginning to breath life into a new
AL1459 -           direction for science. To justify a Manhattan-type effort,
AL1460 -           clues must be found and people must be found who are willing
AL1461 -           to invest time for following the clues to discover how
AL1462 -           knowledge is distinguished from information in a way that
AL1463 -           technology can exploit. ref DIT 1 OB5G
AL1465 -       ..
AL1466 -      [On 020719 Eric worries KM development will not occur until 2050
AL1467 -      but seems to overlook Miller, Engelbart and Welch. ref SDS 79
AL1468 -      0001
AL1470 -       ..
AL1471 -      [On 030427 Paul Prueitt discusses a Manhatten project for the
AL1472 -      Knowledge Sciences. ref SDS 83 RJ52
AL1473 -
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AL1475 -
AL1476 -
AL1477 -
AL1478 -
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AL1480 -
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AL1482 -