CONTACTS 
0201 - KM Cluster
020101 - Mr. John Maloney; Founder

SUBJECTS
KM Cluster Professional Seminar in New York City John Maloney Colabr

3903 -
3903 -    ..
3904 - Summary/Objective
3905 -
390501 - Follow up ref SDS 31 0000, ref SDS 30 0000.
390502 -
390503 -
390504 -
390505 -
390506 -
390508 -  ..
3906 -
3907 -
3908 - Progress
3909 -
390901 - Giving Up Knowledge Mangement Seminar Communication Too Complex
390902 - KM Seminar Objects 20th Century Reductionist Linear Control Dominence
390903 - Control Management Linear Reductionist Technocracy Rejected by KM
390904 - Linear Reasoning Alphabetic Mind Construct Manage Cause Effect Reject
390905 -
390906 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 notice of another KM professional event
390907 - scheduled for New York city, ref SDS 0 K465, later this month on
390908 - 040625. ref SDS 0 K55S   John seems to propose substituting
390909 - conversation for literacy to grow new knowledge. ref SDS 0 LZ6O
390910 -
390911 -        [...below letter responds to John's press release. ref SDS 0
390912 -        6P5M
390914 -  ..
390915 - The invitation says...
390916 -
390917 -    1.  KMCluster -- NYC wrote:
390918 -
390919 -        New York City KM Cluster
390920 -        Knowledge Leadership
390921 -        June 25, 2004
390923 -         ..
390924 -    2.  Building Knowledge-based Organizations and Developing the
390925 -        Knowledge Leaders of the Future, ref DRT 1 R45O
390927 -         ..
390928 -    3.  Salutations,
390929 -
390930 -        a.  The silent killers of effective knowledge leadership are
390931 -            the pervasive 20th-century traditions of linear, mechanical
390932 -            and reductionist thinking paired with their obsolete
390933 -            managerial behaviours of control, dominance and
390934 -            technocracy. ref DRT 1 456I
390936 -                 ..
390937 -                [On 040622 Jack Park proposes focusing on collaborative
390938 -                efforts formulating effective practices for Knowledge
390939 -                Management rather than distinctions and differences
390940 -                that delay progress. ref SDS 40 383O
390942 -                 ..
390943 -                [On 040625 John Maloney suggests using Newtonian,
390944 -                linear mechanistic thinking for "triagulation" to "make
390945 -                sense" selecting Microsoft Sharepoint which he helped
390946 -                develop for collaborative technologies, ref SDS 41
390947 -                R33Q, even though tools may only have a bit part in the
390948 -                future of Knowledge Management, reported on 040622.
390949 -                ref SDS 40 F74Q
390951 -                 ..
390952 -                [On 050325 John reportedly used similar language for a
390953 -                speech in London. ref SDS 43 GP3G
390955 -  ..
390956 - John's press release does an excellent job using linear, mechanistic,
390957 - and reductionist thinking with alphabet technology to argue against
390958 - mechanistic linear reductionist thinking and technology. ref SDS 0
390959 - K46M  The press release goes on to eventually advocate conversation as
390960 - the sole practice of Knowledge Management, ref SDS 0 LZ6O, which is
390961 - necessarily a linear mechanistic practice, noted by Havlock, reviewed
390962 - on 991108. ref SDS 18 4505  This presents a tautology of circular
390963 - reasoning, reviewed on 040312. ref SDS 37 V05H
390964 -
390965 -                [On 040621 John's letter again rejects complementarity
390966 -                of linear mechanistic thinking using alphabet
390967 -                technology to support conversation. ref SDS 39 W63K
390969 -                 ..
390970 -                [On 040622 John's letter discloses determination of
390971 -                unhealthy preoccupation with tools, technology, and
390972 -                tangibles; seems determined to avoid determinism at all
390973 -                costs. ref SDS 40 F64Y
390975 -                 ..
390976 -                [On 040622 experts, professional organizations cannot
390977 -                consider new ideas; dependence on revenue promoting
390978 -                established ideas prevents good faith review, as
390979 -                occurred with Tesla, Mitchell, Atanasoff, Mauchly, et
390980 -                al. ref SDS 40 QV5I
390982 -                 ..
390983 -                [On 040622 John says information technology may play a
390984 -                bit role in Knowledge Management, but social
390985 -                relationships through conversation has the central
390986 -                role. ref SDS 40 F74Q
390988 -  ..
390989 - Linear, mechanical and reductionist thinking cited today by John's
390990 - press notice for a seminar on Knowledge Management (KM) was reviewed
390991 - on 040312 from lectures on 21st-century science presented by Doctor
390992 - James Schombert at the University of Orgeon for the Spring semester of
390993 - 2004. ref SDS 35 GD6K  These practices underlie theory of determinism
390994 - reviewed on 040312, ref SDS 36 UZ55, from a long history discovering
390995 - laws of nature, for example...
390997 -         ..
390998 -        Newton determined laws of
390999 -        motion............................... 040312, ref SDS 35 QG3K
391001 -         ..
391002 -        Newton determined the law
391003 -        of gravity........................... 040312, ref SDS 35 QG48
391005 -         ..
391006 -        Columb determined the force
391007 -        between electric charges
391008 -        similar to the law of
391009 -        gravity.............................. 040312, ref SDS 35 RZ7G
391011 -         ..
391012 -        Maxwell determined unified theory
391013 -        of electric and magnetic phenemona,
391014 -        laying foundation for alternating
391015 -        current to become operating
391016 -        system for 20th century.............. 040312, ref SDS 35 0X9F
391018 -         ..
391019 -        Einstein determined a theory of
391020 -        relativity that yielded the
391021 -        relationship between energy,
391022 -        mass, and the speed of
391023 -        light................................ 040312, ref SDS 35 5I4H
391025 -         ..
391026 -        Bohr determined complementarity
391027 -        to resolve wave particle duality,
391028 -        space time coordination in
391029 -        Einstein's theory of relativity,
391030 -        and local causality within theory
391031 -        of quantum mechanics that enable
391032 -        extremely accurate measurement
391033 -        of subatomic phenomenological
391034 -        events............................... 040312, ref SDS 36 ZG8F
391036 -  ..
391037 - Doctor Schombert presented theories from quantum mechanics on holism
391038 - that rely on probabilistic methods for calculations in the quantum,
391039 - microscopic world of subatomic physics. ref SDS 36 824J  Equally, an
391040 - article reviewed on 940524 relate's Senge's ideas for modern project
391041 - management (MPM), also, proposing that holistic fuzzy logic and
391042 - probabilistic methods replace reliance on linear analysis of cause and
391043 - effect for solving complex problems. ref SDS 5 VW7T
391045 -  ..
391046 - Complementarity within the framework of holism is the foundation of
391047 - quantum mechanics, reviewed on 040312, ref SDS 36 GT4O  This framework
391048 - presents a model using both conversation and literacy to verify
391049 - accuracy of communication, ref SDS 36 X66I, and further to add energy
391050 - connecting cause and effect that yields the power of knowledge for
391051 - predicting the future under the locality principle, also reviewed on
391052 - 040312. ref SDS 34 YH4G
391053 -
391054 -        [...see below, John proposes learning from the emerging future
391055 -        with authentic conversation. ref SDS 0 LZ6O
391057 -         ..
391058 -        [On 040622 John's letter seems to recognize the support role
391059 -        for technology in Knowledge Management verifying accuracy of
391060 -        communication by authenticating conversation. ref SDS 40 MR8H
391062 -  ..
391063 - KM, and MPM practitioners alike, may overlook Schombert's caution that
391064 - quantum mechanics reduce to the locality principle of causality at the
391065 - macro level of daily life, ref SDS 36 R44N, as further explained in
391066 - NWO. ref OF 13 I38N
391067 -
391068 -        [On 060617 review Budiyono paper published 060602 "Dynamical
391069 -        Foundation of Thermodynamical Behavior..." describes knowledge
391070 -        as a mathematical proposition of predictability, ref SDS 44
391071 -        K134, and extends view that quantum mechanics reduce to
391072 -        classical mechanics at the macro level with mathematical proof
391073 -        that locality, uncertainty, the 2nd law, and gravity all derive
391074 -        from the irreversibility of time, and so present a single law
391075 -        of nature. ref SDS 44 K161
391077 -  ..
391078 - POIMS explains that KM evolved from AI, IT, PM, illustrated by
391079 - analysis, ref SDS 0 3T9H, of John's press release today. ref OF 4 2N3L
391080 -
391081 -        [...below letter criticizes negative tone, ref SDS 0 6P5M,
391082 -        dimming the lights and dumbing down the power of Knowledge
391083 -        Management. ref SDS 0 6Q9R
391085 -  ..
391086 - Linear thinking relates in part to the locality principle of causality
391087 - presented in lecture #1, reviewed on 040312. ref SDS 34 YH4G  Linear
391088 - thinking arises from the irreversibility of time, causing entropy to
391089 - continually rise under the 2nd law of thermodynamics, discussed in
391090 - lecture #5. ref SDS 35 566F  Linearity of time, causality, and entropy
391091 - are commonly evident to all in the binary structure of life and death,
391092 - cited in NWO. ref OF 11 FL3G
391093 -
391094 -        [...below letter to John cites locality principle, implemented
391095 -        by alphabet technology. ref SDS 0 6R5Q
391097 -  ..
391098 - The agenda today for a Knowledge Management seminar in New York, per
391099 - above, ref SDS 0 XN5M, advocating solely for a task of conversation,
391100 - ref SDS 0 LZ6O, incorrectly rejects complementarity to verify context
391101 - and accuracy, reviewed on 040312. ref SDS 36 X66I  Information from
391102 - conversation requires intelligence support that manages knowledge of
391103 - chronology, context, and connection, essential to make sense of
391104 - complex objectives, requirements and commitments, explained in POIMS.
391105 - ref OF 6 8555  "Meaning" is routinely constructed with connections
391106 - that associate one thing people know with another, noted by Campbell
391107 - reviewed on 900303. ref SDS 1 4456  On 960321 review of Laundauer's
391108 - paper on LSA defines "meaning" based on association. ref SDS 10 2882
391109 - Professor Laundauer, also, explains "context" sets boundaries of
391110 - "meaning," shown in the record on 960518. ref SDS 11 3374  However,
391111 - "meaning drift" dissipates the power of knowledge that makes complex
391112 - systems productive, when connections relating cause and effect fail,
391113 - see again 960518, ref SDS 11 3734, see also locality and the 2nd law
391114 - of thermodynamics, reviewed on 040312. ref SDS 34 YH4G  Rising entropy
391115 - transforms complexity from an asset leveraging intelligence into a
391116 - crushing liability of constant bumbling, panic, conflict, crisis,
391117 - chaos, and calamity, reviewed on 040312. ref SDS 35 1D6I  NWO presents
391118 - this balance of opportunity and risk in complexity theory. ref OF 13
391119 - JU8O
391121 -  ..
391122 - The alphabet improves sole reliance on human memory and orality for
391123 - connecting cause and effect by several orders of magnitude, reported
391124 - on 991108. ref SDS 18 4505  Havelock says the alphabet was an
391125 - explosive technology that lifted civilization. ref SDS 18 5628  On
391126 - 010622 Doug Lenant says that alphabet technology makes people
391127 - superhuman. ref SDS 23 N668
391129 -  ..
391130 - John's proposal today rejecting Newtonian mechanics using technology
391131 - that leverages the power of human thinking, ingenuity, and creativity
391132 - for controlling the future, based on the predictive power of knowledge
391133 - under the locality principle, does not explain the replacement nor how
391134 - it will yield improvement. ref SDS 0 K47Q
391136 -  ..
391137 - John's comment that managerial control, dominance, and technocracy are
391138 - obsolete, ref SDS 0 K47Q, is not supported by the record.  Managers
391139 - routinely use cars, trains, planes, telephones, pens, pencils, paper,
391140 - books, computers, chairs and other instruments of technocracy.
391141 - Command and control of the work is essential for focusing great minds,
391142 - willing hands, and capital equipment into a productive force under the
391143 - second law of thermodynamics. (see POIMS, ref OF 7 1113)  Without
391144 - command of the record nobody can find anything in time to be
391145 - effective, as reported by Bill Gates on 021108. ref SDS 32 EF5I
391146 - Without energy from experienced management to control connections of
391147 - cause and effect, work devolves into random loss of energy, paralyzing
391148 - productivity leading to loss of lives and earnings, and to conflict,
391149 - crisis, and constant calamity, instead of continual learning, shown by
391150 - events on 010911 from failure to allocate resources for good
391151 - management. ref SDS 24 0001  See, as well, explosion of Columbia Space
391152 - Shuttle because NASA ignored requirements for good management,
391153 - reported on 030826. ref SDS 33 8K4G  Enron's collapse into bankruptcy
391154 - from failure to use good management connecting daily work with
391155 - objectives, requirements, and commitments, reported on 020204.
391156 - ref SDS 27 4N6F  These anecdotes reflect a broader study on 020504
391157 - showing that when management fails to use technology for command and
391158 - control to dominate the work, ref SDS 28 NS6F, then authority becomes
391159 - a crushing weight of responsibilty that drives management toward
391160 - ignorance, fear, denial to cover up failure to meet expectations of
391161 - creditors, investors, and pensioners all counting on income from a
391162 - productive enterprise.
391164 -  ..
391165 - John's press release eventually gets around to "showing the goods" --
391166 - what he proposes to replace good management.
391168 -  ..
391169 - "Authentic-conversation" proposed by the seminar, ref SDS 0 LZ6O, can
391170 - be complemented with command and control of the work using linear,
391171 - mechanistic literacy, explained in POIMS, ref OF 7 3742, and called
391172 - out in professional standards for clear, concise, complete
391173 - communication that makes management effective.  Complementarity is
391174 - accomplished with Knowledge Management measurement and performance
391175 - processes listed in the record on 011102, reviewing Larry Prusak's
391176 - article explaining the original purpose of Knowledge Management.
391177 - ref SDS 26 XN9H
391179 -  ..
391180 - Good management requires "continual learning," ref SDS 9 2846, through
391181 - accurate understanding from authenticating conversation with
391182 - traceability to original sources, reviewed on 950721. ref SDS 9 1740
391183 - John's rejection of accuracy in favor of immediacy and expediency of
391184 - conversation that seems fast and easy, as related in POIMS, repeats,
391185 - and incorrectly presents as "new" long disproven, and ancient
391186 - arguments in 400 BC framed by Plato.  The Phaedrus dialog argued
391187 - against linear, mechanistic literacy in favor of reliance on orality
391188 - for accurate memory, reported on 991209. ref SDS 19 0877
391189 -
391190 -     [On 050325 "continual learning" is associated with "Knowledge
391191 -     Leadership, "authentic conversation," and "presencing." ref SDS 43
391192 -     YZ65
391194 -  ..
391195 - On 980226 review of IBM's initiative on "business intelligence"
391196 - discussed the role of leadership to overcome ignorance, fear and
391197 - denial that resist converting information into knowledge for saving
391198 - lives, time and money. ref SDS 12 4011  Leadership can empower folks
391199 - to rely on the record, rather than conversation in order to avoid
391200 - accountability. ref SDS 12 PY40
391202 -  ..
391203 - "Knowledge Leadership" describing John's new seminar is another new
391204 - buz word, along with "authentic conversation, discussed below,
391205 - ref SDS 0 PX6M, adding to the list on 980226. ref SDS 12 2146  On
391206 - 011102 review of Larry Prusak's paper on the origins of Knowledge
391207 - Management comments on consultants promulgating new buz words for
391208 - marketing hype. ref SDS 25 SZ7O
391209 -
391210 -     [On 050325 "knowledge leadership" is associated by one pundit with
391211 -     Senge's phrase of "organizational learning," and further with an
391212 -     even newer buz word, "presencing." ref SDS 43 GP4O
391214 -  ..
391215 - Since we are barely 4 years into the 21st century, seems like jumping
391216 - the gun to make judgements about the entire 20th century.  We need
391217 - some time in order to draw useful distinctions between 20th and 21st
391218 - century ideas, methods and tools?
391220 -  ..
391221 - "Linear thinking" rejected in John's press release, ref SDS 0 K47Q, is
391222 - driven by the irreversability of time that drives the clock of human
391223 - biology from life to death, per above, ref SDS 0 3T9F, and so deserves
391224 - attention for getting things done before time runs out, noted by Jim
391225 - Pinker in his book, "How the Mind Works," reviewed on 990329.
391226 - ref SDS 14 FF70
391228 -  ..
391229 - Chronology, context, and connection described in POIMS technology,
391230 - ref OF 6 1105, are the core of intelligence support using mechanized
391231 - linear thinking for understanding cause and effect, and maintaining
391232 - alignment for accuracy which otherwise fails due to meaning drift,
391233 - also, explained in POIMS. ref OF 4 049O
391235 -  ..
391236 - Disparaging "good management" practice defined in published standards,
391237 - e.g., PMBOK, ISO, reviewed on 950721, ref SDS 9 1740, and defined in
391238 - POIMS, ref OF 3 1X6G, in order to sell customers on attending a
391239 - seminar to "improve" management by giving up on accuracy understanding
391240 - cause and effect demonstrates how severely people have lost their way
391241 - and given up, reported initially by Peter Drucker on 931130.
391242 - ref SDS 4 3851
391244 -  ..
391245 - Rejecting linear, mechanical thinking and management methods of
391246 - command and control aided by technology reflects rejection of the
391247 - foundation of civilization using alphabet technology reviewed on
391248 - 991108. ref SDS 18 YX4M  Further supports study on 020504 showing
391249 - people simply ignore and refuse to perform requirements for good
391250 - management to document accuracy of communications. ref SDS 28 NS6F
391251 - Giving up on alignment, accuracy, communication, and requirements for
391252 - good management reflects frustrations and despair because these have
391253 - proven beyond reach using popular tools people like.  On 030826 Sean
391254 - O'Keefe testified before Congress that continual disasters at NASA
391255 - occur because requirements for good management are applied as
391256 - suggestions, so that people do what feels good rather what is
391257 - required. ref SDS 33 8K4G  The press release today seems to reflect
391258 - Sean's testimony. ref SDS 0 K46M
391259 -
391260 -
391261 -
391262 -
3913 -

SUBJECTS
Newtonian Orthodoxy Thinking 19th-century Unsuitable for 21st-centur

4903 -
490401 -  ..
490402 - Reengineer Mistakes in 1990s Caused By Abandoning Newtonian Thinking
490403 - 19th-century Newtonian Thinking Unsuitable for 21st-century Leadership
490404 -
490405 - John's invitation letter continues...
490406 -
490407 -        b.  Much of the orthodoxy of 19th-century Newtonian thinking is
490408 -            unsuitable for 21st-century knowledge leadership.  A recent
490409 -            example of this organizational pathology is the
490410 -            reengineering fiasco of the 90s.  This mechanistic,
490411 -            cost-reduction management fad destroyed capabilities,
490412 -            competencies, trust and value.  Even today some managers
490413 -            still use machine metaphors to describe their knowledge
490414 -            leadership efforts! ref DRT 1 C57H
490415 -
490416 -               [On 040622 Jack Park proposes focusing on collaborative
490417 -               efforts formulating effective practices for Knowledge
490418 -               Management rather than distinctions and differences
490419 -               that delay progress. ref SDS 40 383O
490421 -                ..
490422 -               [On 040625 John Maloney suggests using Newtonian, linear
490423 -               mechanistic thinking for "triagulation" to "make sense"
490424 -               selecting Microsoft Sharepoint which he helped develop
490425 -               for collaborative technologies, ref SDS 41 C44F, even
490426 -               though tools may only have a bit part in the future of
490427 -               Knowledge Management, reported on 040622. ref SDS 40
490428 -               F74Q
490430 -  ..
490431 - Would help to get a source associating Isaac Newton (circa 1643 -
490432 - 1727) with the 19th century, as stated in John's press release.
490433 - Newton developed his famous "thinking" in the 17th not the 19th
490434 - century. ref OF 14 497F  Of courses "sources," "chronology," and
490435 - "accuracy" are classical management methods developed over the past
490436 - two mellinea that conflict with standards John proposes for his
490437 - upcoming seminar.
490439 -  ..
490440 - Discarding 19th and 20th century thinking leaves folks without any
490441 - foundation.
490443 -  ..
490444 - John makes a good point that reengineering was applied haphazardly and
490445 - harmfully, echoing Larry Prusak's paper at IBM reviewed on 011102,
490446 - ref SDS 26 03HV, and illustrated by the record on 950705. ref SDS 8
490447 - 7409  Some point out that the "reengineering" fad in the 1990s
490448 - reflected lack of Newtonian, linear, connectionist reasoning which
490449 - John is advocating be abandoned again with his new seminar in New York
490450 - promoting "authentic conversation" to build the job. ref SDS 0 LZ6O
490452 -  ..
490453 - Larry Prusak reports Knowledge Manement borrowed from the quality
490454 - movement; it is not easy to define, nor measure, ref SDS 26 8J8F, and
490455 - essentially emerged on the consultant's seminar circuit to replace
490456 - declining interest in reengineering, reviewed on 011102. ref SDS 25
490457 - SZ7O
490458 -
490459 -
490460 -
4905 -

SUBJECTS
Thinking More Important than Realizing Opportunities Actions Speak L

6603 -
660401 -     ..
660402 -    Bumbling Thinking More Important than Action Needs Reality Metrics
660403 -    Thinking More Important than Realizing Opportunities
660404 -    Actions Speak Louder than Words Reversed by Colabria Seminar
660405 -    Alice in Wonderland Talking More Important than Taking Action
660406 -
660407 -
660408 - John's invitation letter continues...
660409 -
660410 -        c.  In the future, how we think about opportunities and how we
660411 -            approach them will often be far more important than the
660412 -            actions taken. ref DRT 1 P58I
660414 -  ..
660415 - Saying that "thinking about opportunities... is far more important
660416 - than the actions taken," seems similar to John's letter on 010114
660417 - saying that "just talking about it is effective KM," i.e., action is
660418 - irrelevant. ref SDS 22 EK3I  Professional event advocating just
660419 - conversation without action aligned with work history, objectives,
660420 - requirements, and commitments reflects executive training, reported on
660421 - 950426. ref SDS 7 8849  On 990625 Fortune magazine article reported
660422 - executives who succeed grab a pen and start writing at the end of
660423 - meetings to verify accuracy of understanding for taking the correct
660424 - actions, ref SDS 15 7753, but most executives fail because they like
660425 - to rely on conversation that is faster and easier than writing,
660426 - ref SDS 15 4914, as noted by Larry Prusak in remarks on Knowledge
660427 - practices reviewed on 011102.
660429 -  ..
660430 - Difficult to see how actions are not the stuff of history, under the
660431 - common rule that the road to oblivion is paved with good intentions
660432 - (thinking).
660434 -  ..
660435 - Saying that taking action is less important than thinking turns upside
660436 - down the Newtonian world of life that depends on action guided by the
660437 - irreversibility of time that requires linear thinking to apply the
660438 - power of knowledge under the locality principle, reviewed on 040312,
660439 - ref SDS 34 YH4G, and rejected by John's seminar, per above.
660440 - ref SDS 0 K46M  This prescription makes Knowledge Management an Alice
660441 - in Wonderland practice of continual bumbling where people take action
660442 - and do not understand why, posed by Kissinger reviewed on 940609.
660443 - ref SDS 6 4238
660444 -
660445 -
660446 -
660447 -
660448 -
6605 -

SUBJECTS
Knowledge Ecosystem Undefined Buz Words Complementary Integration Go

8403 -
840401 -  ..
840402 - Complementary Dynamics of Communication Use Conversation and Literacy
840403 - Holism Integrated Processes Convert Information to Power of Knowledge
840404 - Integration Complementary Good Features Knowledge Ecosystem Undefined
840405 - Knowledge Ecosystem Undefined Complementary Integration Good Features
840406 -
840407 - John's invitation letter continues...
840408 -
840409 -        d.  New leaders often try and speak of a knowledge ecosystem.
840410 -            They then attempt narrow control of ecosystem elements as
840411 -            separate, self-contained applications, tools, processes or
840412 -            content.  People are often cogs in the machine.  These
840413 -            prescribed efforts and rigid, artificial boundaries account
840414 -            for most all the failures of knowledge-based initiatives.
840415 -            ref DRT 1 X58N
840417 -             ..
840418 -        e.  Knowledge ecosystems are fundamentally interrelated,
840419 -            interdependent and irreducible.  The knowledge leaders of
840420 -            the future embrace holism and identify with the primacy of
840421 -            the total system.  They nurture the complementary dynamics
840422 -            of knowledge.  Knowledge leaders strive to expand
840423 -            relationships, enhance conductivity and amplify the
840424 -            intrinsic social orientation of all knowledge-based
840425 -            organizations, ecosystems and economies. ref DRT 1 S69N
840426 -
840427 -                [On 040622 John submits a paper on presencing by Otto
840428 -                Scharmer supporting ideas on Knowledge Management;
840429 -                paper does not mention holism, system thinking, total
840430 -                system; the paper describes "system sensing of emerging
840431 -                wholes," which may John's referent. ref SDS 40 NE6L
840433 -  ..
840434 - Holism theory of integrated processes, reviewed on 040312, ref SDS 36
840435 - 824J, seems ignored in the press release attempting to apply arcane
840436 - theories from quantum mechanics and religion to justify laziness with
840437 - the excuse that daily work cannot be analyzed to improve productivity,
840438 - save lives, time, and money by doing the hard work of Knowledge
840439 - Management, reported on 000307, ref SDS 21 767G, and rely instead on
840440 - conversation that is fast and easy in meetings, telephone calls, and
840441 - emails, without any effort to actually authenticate anything, per his
840442 - later remarks. ref SDS 0 LZ6O  Just conversation without connections
840443 - to original sources drives management toward entropy, under the 2nd
840444 - Law expressed in the locality principle, reviewed on 040312.
840445 - ref SDS 34 YH4G
840447 -  ..
840448 - Holism was advanced in an article reviewed on 940524 presenting modern
840449 - project management practices using "fuzzy logic" and probabilistic
840450 - methods that complement analysis to identify linear chains of cause
840451 - and effect for managing complex daily work, e.g., building a bridge,
840452 - mowing the lawn, a heart operation, software code, baking a cake,
840453 - conducting a productive meeting. ref SDS 5 VW7T
840454 -
840455 -                 [On 040621 John cites holism again to justify laziness
840456 -                 relying solely on conversation that avoids doing the
840457 -                 hard work for due diligence understanding the
840458 -                 mechanics of causality with linear textual analysis.
840459 -                 ref SDS 39 2U7W
840461 -                  ..
840462 -                 [On 040621 case study of John's work indicates that
840463 -                 conversation is the sole process being proposed for
840464 -                 Knowledge Management, and that textual records to
840465 -                 authenticate accuracy of conversation is expressly
840466 -                 rejected. ref SDS 39 2V5X
840468 -  ..
840469 - "Holism" expresses requirements for integrated processes using a
840470 - critical mass of tools and practices to make management effective, as
840471 - presented in POIMS, ref OF 5 2688, and manifested in the eight (8)
840472 - steps of Communication Metrics. ref OF 6 685K  On 011102 Larry Prusak
840473 - reported in a paper that a central notion of people who launched
840474 - Knowledge Management was to identify processes that improve
840475 - productivity. ref SDS 26 8J8F  SDS supports a range of integrated
840476 - processes, also, listed on 011102. ref SDS 26 VC5L
840478 -  ..
840479 - Holism helps explain the SDS design that integrates management
840480 - science, cognitive science, and computer science to produce a new way
840481 - of working, called out in NWO. ref OF 10 075N
840482 -
840483 -       •  Solution time/information problem...... ref OF 10 07D8
840484 -       •  Intelligence support expanded.......... ref OF 13 PV7G
840485 -       •  New professional work role............. ref OF 13 6369
840486 -       •  Knowledge Management................... ref OF 20 PI7F
840488 -  ..
840489 - There is an opportunity for Knowledege Management to apply holism
840490 - principles, but so far this has not taken root. ref OF 20 2N3L
840492 -  ..
840493 - So far, the only practice John promotes for Knowledge Management is
840494 - conversation, ref SDS 0 LZ6O, which fails any reasonable test for aims
840495 - of holism to develop effective integrated, interdependent processes.
840496 - Larry Prusak, who is presenting at the seminar, cited processes as a
840497 - goal, deliverable of Knowledge Management in his paper on the origins
840498 - of KM, reviewed on 011102. ref SDS 26 8J8F  Like the press release
840499 - today, no processes are actually listed, ref SDS 26 N13K, which fits
840500 - the model of empty, marketing rhetoric described by Prusak, also,
840501 - reviewed on 011102. ref SDS 25 SZ7O
840502 -
840503 -                [On 040621 case study indicates John's analysis points
840504 -                toward increased reliance on conversation at the
840505 -                expense of linear mechanistic thinking with alphabet
840506 -                technology for accurate memory connecting causation
840507 -                using text, as in this record. ref SDS 39 2V5X
840509 -  ..
840510 - Processes integrated with POIMS technology are listed on 011102,
840511 - including the 8 steps of Communication Metrics. ref SDS 26 VC5L,
840513 -  ..
840514 - "Holism" arises from quantum mechanics to explain subatomic and
840515 - interdependent phenomenological events, reviewed on 040312.
840516 - ref SDS 36 824J   Schombert notes that quantum mechanics reduces to
840517 - Newtonian, classical physics at the macro level of daily life
840518 - experienced by people, thus requiring study of causation under the
840519 - irreversibility of time. ref SDS 36 R44N
840520 -
840521 -                [On 060617 review Budiyono paper published 060602
840522 -                "Dynamical Foundation of Thermodynamical Behavior..."
840523 -                describes knowledge as a mathematical proposition,
840524 -                ref SDS 44 K134, and extends view that quantum
840525 -                mechanics reduce to classical mechanics at the macro
840526 -                level with mathematical proof that locality,
840527 -                uncertainty, the 2nd law, and gravity all derive from
840528 -                the irreversibility of time, and so present a single
840529 -                law of nature. ref SDS 44 K161
840531 -  ..
840532 - "Complementary dynamics of knowledge" is a good phrase that can be
840533 - useful with some illustrations showing ability to deliver the goods.
840534 -
840535 -                [On 040621 case study indicates John's analysis points
840536 -                toward increased reliance on conversation at the
840537 -                expense of linear mechanistic thinking with alphabet
840538 -                technology for accurate memory connecting causation
840539 -                using text, as in this record. ref SDS 39 2V5X
840541 -  ..
840542 - The notion of "interdependent," interrelated" and "irreducible" seems
840543 - intended to avoid due diligence performing cognitive overhead to
840544 - study, research, analyse, and experiment, cited in NWO, ref OF 13
840545 - 2386, learning complex, useful dependencies and relationships which
840546 - require energy to maintain connections of cause and effect under the
840547 - locality principle.
840549 -  ..
840550 - "Knowledge ecosystem" is not defined in John's press release, and fits
840551 - the model in the opening paragraph presenting the phrase "knowledge
840552 - leadership," which also is defined in the literature, per above.
840553 - ref SDS 0 K47Q, and cites history of undefined jargon substituting
840554 - form for lack of substance. ref SDS 0 GQ8N
840555 -
840556 -
840557 -
840558 -
8406 -

SUBJECTS
Leadership Suspends Disbelief for Time to Get Experience with Experi
Broader Vision Leadership Overcomes Fear of Change When Peopple Not

9804 -
980501 -  ..
980502 - Suspend Disbelief Long Enough to Experiment Learning Test New Idea
980503 - Authentic Conversation Substitute for Diligence Cognitive Overhead
980504 - Leadership Suspends Disbelief for Time Get Experience with Experiment
980505 -
980506 - Follow up ref SDS 25 UG4I.
980507 -
980508 - John's invitation letter continues...
980509 -
980510 -        f.  Top knowledge leaders routinely 'suspend their disbelief'
980511 -            to unlearn their harmful industrial-era habits and models.
980512 -            They learn from the emerging future through authentic
980513 -            conversation. 21st-century knowledge leaders actively
980514 -            pursue external interactions and continuously use genuine
980515 -            action/research networks to their strategic and
980516 -            collaborative advantage. ref DRT 1 V64O
980517 -
980518 -               [On 040621 John proposes again in a follow up letter
980519 -               that folks "learn from the future," indicating the
980520 -               irreversability of time may not be commonly known,
980521 -               driving overzealous marketing claims. ref SDS 39 2V6U
980523 -                ..
980524 -               [On 040625 Gary Johnson requests definition of authentic
980525 -               conversation. ref SDS 41 6N6J
980527 -                ..
980528 -               [On 050322 "learning from the future" seems to be a
980529 -               tenant of presencing that applies a religious and
980530 -               spirutuality component for Knowledge Management to
980531 -               sustain people through the period of gaining faith in a
980532 -               new way of working. ref SDS 42 XL30 and ref SDS 42 XL67
980534 -  ..
980535 - John's support for conversation as Knowledge Management reflects Larry
980536 - Prusak's ideas at IBM, shown by review on 011102 of Prusak's paper
980537 - presenting the origins of Knowledge Management. ref SDS 26 QW8N
980539 -  ..
980540 - A singular approach to Knowledge Management based on old fashioned,
980541 - linear mechanics of stream-of-conscious conversation conflicts with
980542 - John's strong rebuke for linear, mechanistic methods in the press
980543 - release, per above. ref SDS 0 K47Q
980544 -
980545 -               [On 040621 John's letter cites 1993 article by Alan
980546 -               Webber in HBR proposing to ground Knowledge Management
980547 -               in a practice of "conversation," which seems to have
980548 -               been siezed upon by many consultants to promote a new
980549 -               angle on KM for replacing TQM and reenginering to bring
980550 -               about change and improvement, ref SDS 39 3X4F, noted
980551 -               earlier by Prusak on 011102. ref SDS 25 SZ7O
980553 -  ..
980554 - "Authentic conversation" like "knowledge leadership" is undefined in
980555 - John's letter, and in the press release, per above. ref SDS 0 GQ8N
980556 - Generally this aligns with the common practice of new buz words to
980557 - market professional events, cited by Prusak on 011102, ref SDS 25
980558 - SZ7O, and prior example of IBM reviewed on 980226. ref SDS 12 2716
980559 - John seems to be proposing that executives substitute conversation for
980560 - good management practices, per analysis above. ref SDS 0 UD7G
980562 -  ..
980563 - Support for conversation fits the metaphor of voices across the ages
980564 - in partnership that lift civilization which argues for liberal
980565 - education agena, reviewed on 991027. ref SDS 17 ZX8G
980566 -
980567 -               [On 040622 to support reliance on conversation, John
980568 -               submits a paper by Scharmer that describes presencing;
980569 -               there is no mention of Knowledge Management, nor of
980570 -               authentic conversation. ref SDS 40 F75Y  Scharmer
980571 -               proposes field trips to disover new ideas, having a
980572 -               seminar at a retreat to discuss results, and experiment
980573 -               to figure out what works. ref SDS 40 LU5Y
980575 -  ..
980576 - Proposing reliance on conversation fits the model of Covey who
980577 - recommends empathic listening, reviewed on 921205. ref SDS 2 5903
980578 - Offering conversation to an executive is like offering candy to a
980579 - child, reported on 950426. ref SDS 7 8849  Drucker points out in his
980580 - book on Management Practices, Responsibilities, and Tasks that giving
980581 - an executive more information is like locking a kid in a candy store.
980582 - Overindulgence soon leads to severe problems, reviewed on 931130.
980583 - ref SDS 3 WW4X
980584 -
980585 -        [On 050325 John discussed "authenticated conversation" which
980586 -        could relate to alignment and feedback, but turns out he has
980587 -        something else in mind. ref SDS 43 2M8L
980589 -         ..
980590 -        [On 050325 research defines "authentic conversation" as
980591 -        discussion with deep caring and listening, and without the
980592 -        structure and connections of an agenda. ref SDS 43 W65O
980594 -  ..
980595 - The formulation of "knowledge leaders" seems awkward given that the
980596 - press release does not distinguish "knowledge" from "information," and
980597 - further that leadership by itself adequately fits John's larger point.
980598 - In other words the hallmark of leadership in all fields is courage to
980599 - be a pathfinder, i.e., to go first, to lead the way.  Going first to
980600 - try new ideas takes faith to overcome fear of the unknown where there
980601 - is lack of an experiential record, and so someone must be the first to
980602 - gain new experience and spread the "news."
980604 -  ..
980605 - Fear of the unknown presents a paradigm paradox that prevents people
980606 - from venturing beyond established ideas, cited by Schombert in
980607 - lectures reviewed on 040312. ref SDS 34 KR5M
980609 -  ..
980610 - "Suspend disbelief" in conversation proposed in John's press release,
980611 - ref SDS 0 LZ6O, conflicts with overwhelming belief in conversation as
980612 - the dominate mode of communication for 10s of thousands of years.
980614 -  ..
980615 - "Suspend disbelief" is a call to experiment without faith based on
980616 - experience, which is a critical ingredient of improvement, reported on
980617 - 011102. ref SDS 25 UG4I  John therefore deserves credit for, however
980618 - awkwardly, presenting an essential and difficult ingredient of
980619 - transformation.  Faith for someone to go first requires suspending
980620 - judgement, i.e., belief, where no experience exists (see again on
980621 - 011102, ref SDS 25 YH7Y, and in order to gain experience of sufficient
980622 - weight to make a a reasoned judgement, as further set out in NWO.
980623 - ref OF 15 GU5F  Since people have overwhelming faith in conversation,
980624 - there is no disbelief to suspend in holding another meeting, call,
980625 - seminar, or sending another email.
980627 -         ..
980628 -        [On 050322 presencing new movement to apply religious practice
980629 -        uses same language on suspending belief long enough to gain
980630 -        experience. ref SDS 42 XM3R
980632 -         ..
980633 -        [On 050322 presencing new movement to apply religious practice
980634 -        for courage and faith that sustains experimentation long enough
980635 -        to gain experience that forms new belief. ref SDS 42 XN8R
980637 -  ..
980638 - Reference to "harmful industrial-era habits and models" continues
980639 - undefined references in the first para, above. ref SDS 0 K47Q
980641 -  ..
980642 - NWO presents the model of "leadership with a broader vision" that
980643 - drives transformation, ref OF 10 8303, to a new way of working
980644 - intelligently, as explained in POIMS, ref OF 3 1X6G, and based on the
980645 - locality principle, as set out in NWO. ref OF 13 I38N
980647 -  ..
980648 - Who is using an "action/research" network -- need example of work
980649 - product.
980651 -  ..
980652 - Good to see that John did not miss out on "collaboration."  This term
980653 - may be starting to fade, because it is has been out there for a year
980654 - or two.
980655 -
980656 -            [...below, action/research network seems to be the new buz
980657 -            word to replace LAN, WAN, TQM, reengineering, quality
980658 -            circles, collaboration. ref SDS 0 NV3K
980659 -
980660 -
980661 -
9807 -

SUBJECTS
Agenda KM Seminar Organizational Connectors Security Ideas Avoid Inn

A203 -
A20401 -  ..
A20402 - Agenda Organizational Connectors Security Ideas Avoid Innovation Room
A20403 -
A20404 -
A20405 - John's invitation letter continues...
A20406 -
A20407 -        g.  "Tomorrow is our permanent address." - Marshall McLuhan,
A20408 -            ref DRT 1 EE5O
A20410 -  ..
A20411 - Invitation....
A20412 -
A20413 -    4.  New York City KM Cluster
A20414 -        Summer 2004
A20415 -        Knowledge Leadership
A20417 -             ..
A20418 -        a.  This message is your personal invitation to join the
A20419 -            Knowledge Leadership conversation. ref DRT 1 XE6L
A20421 -               ..
A20422 -              http://www.kmcluster.com/nyc/
A20424 -             ..
A20425 -        b.  The KM Cluster is a worldwide community action/research
A20426 -            network for the knowledge economy. This leadership event is
A20427 -            part of the Next Practices Series.
A20429 -  ..
A20430 - Action/research network seems to be the new buz word to replace
A20431 - collaboration, per above. ref SDS 0 MQ50
A20433 -             ..
A20434 -        c.  Special note: This gathering is very popular. You are
A20435 -            encouraged to register by Wednesday, June 23, 2004, due to
A20436 -            building security requirements.
A20438 -             ..
A20439 -            Register with Mollyguard / Conventional Registration
A20441 -         ..
A20442 -    5.  Knowledge Leadership:
A20443 -        Building Knowledge-based Organizations and
A20444 -        Developing
A20445 -        the Knowledge Leaders of the Future
A20447 -         ..
A20448 -        Fri, June 25, 2004, 9:00am - 5:00pm (this week!)
A20449 -
A20451 -         ..
A20452 -    6.  New York
A20453 -        Main Theater Room
A20454 -        Americas Tower, 35th floor
A20455 -        1177 Avenue of the Americas
A20456 -        New York, NY 10036
A20457 -        T: 212-403-7800
A20459 -         ..
A20460 -    7.  Agenda:
A20461 -
A20462 -            http://www.kmcluster.com/nyc/NYC_Summer_2004.htm
A20464 -         ..
A20465 -        Agenda Highlights...
A20466 -
A20467 -        a.  Bill Ives and Adriaan Jooste of Deloitte will lead a
A20468 -            conversation on four specific knowledge leadership
A20469 -            practices:
A20470 -
A20471 -            •  Organizational connectors and connection places
A20473 -                ..
A20474 -            •  Preventing knowledge from walking out
A20475 -               the door
A20477 -                ..
A20478 -            •  Supporting the idea practitioners
A20480 -                ..
A20481 -            •  Staying out of the innovation engine room
A20482 -
A20484 -             ..
A20485 -            Conversation Prusak's Ideas KM Presented Seminar New York
A20486 -
A20487 -        b.  They will draw on case examples to illustrate Next
A20488 -            Practices in these four areas. Complementary relationships
A20489 -            with work by Davenport & Prusak and Senge, Scharmer,
A20490 -            Jaworski & Flowers will be discussed.
A20492 -  ..
A20493 - Prusak wrote the paper reviewed on 011102 that promotes Knowledge
A20494 - Management through conversation. ref SDS 26 QX3J  Prusak gives an
A20495 - example of using conversation to perform technical work fixing
A20496 - plumbing and copy machines, without relying on written specifications.
A20497 - ref SDS 26 HD8M
A20499 -  ..
A20500 - Steve Denning promotes storytelling for marketing change and Knowledge
A20501 - Management, also, reviewed on 011102. ref SDS 26 335K
A20502 -
A20503 -               [On 050322 Presencing new theroy about transformation,
A20504 -               change and learning developed with conversations by
A20505 -               Senge, Scharmer, Jaworski, and Flowers. ref SDS 42 XL67
A20507 -  ..
A20508 - John's invitation letter continues...
A20509 -
A20510 -    8.  The others sessions include:
A20511 -
A20512 -        a.  Robin Athey, Deloitte Research, on Emergent Ideas
A20513 -            in Leadership
A20515 -             ..
A20516 -        b.  Michael Burtha, Applied Collaborative Strategies, on
A20517 -            Enterprise Knowledge Leadership
A20519 -             ..
A20520 -        c.  Curt Linberg, Plexus Institute, on Knowledge Stories and
A20521 -            Complexity
A20523 -             ..
A20524 -        d.  David Hawthorne and Richard Azzarello, on Talent
A20525 -            Visualization Systems
A20527 -             ..
A20528 -        e.  Registration is open now, but will close Wednesday due to
A20529 -            building security requirments.
A20530 -
A20531 -                http://www.kmcluster.com/nyc/NYC_Summer_2004.htm
A20533 -         ..
A20534 -    9.  You are welcome and encouraged to circulate this invitation
A20535 -        in your professional orbit and to have your colleagues
A20536 -        register and join. All are welcome. This is an exciting
A20537 -        event and will fundamentally advance a major barrier to
A20538 -        more effective knowledge-based practices. Secure on-line
A20539 -        registration in advance Before Wed, June 23, 2004,  is
A20540 -        obligatory.
A20542 -         ..
A20543 -   10.  Mollyguard (PayPal):
A20544 -
A20545 -          http://www.mollyguard.com/event/11985850
A20547 -         ..
A20548 -   11.  Conventional:
A20549 -
A20550 -          https://www.kmcluster.com/nyc/Registration_NYC_km_cluster.htm
A20552 -         ..
A20553 -   12.  We hope to see you there!
A20555 -         ..
A20556 -   13.  New York City KM Cluster Summer 2004
A20557 -
A20558 -
A20559 -
A20560 -
A206 -

SUBJECTS
Letter Colabria John Maloney Knowledge Leadership Oxymoron KMCI KM C

AZ03 -
AZ0401 -  ..
AZ0402 - Letter Recommends Positive Agenda for Knowledge Management
AZ0403 - Object to Giving Up on Advancing from Information to Knowledge
AZ0404 -
AZ0405 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 a letter to John, responding to the notice of
AZ0406 - a seminar, ref DRT 1 0001, and as reviewed above, ref SDS 0 RF6O, and
AZ0407 - further saying to John...
AZ0408 -
AZ0409 -    1.  Glad to hear in your notice today, shown below, ref SDS 0 K465,
AZ0410 -        that you will be gathering top minds in New York city later
AZ0411 -        this month to discuss knowledge management. ref SDS 0 RF6O
AZ0412 -        These events take a lot of work, and we all applaud your
AZ0413 -        stellar efforts.  At the same time, I object to the negative
AZ0414 -        tone of the announcement that spends a lot of time saying what
AZ0415 -        will not be presented, and prescious little in the way of
AZ0416 -        saying what will be presented. ref DIT 1 0001
AZ0418 -         ..
AZ0419 -        I further object to the opprobrium directed toward
AZ0420 -        "mechanistic" solutions for implementing hard won knowledge
AZ0421 -        from experience over the past two (2) millennia, ref SDS 0
AZ0422 -        K47Q, that guides the practice of management to empower people
AZ0423 -        with command and control of the work, as explained in POIMS.
AZ0424 -        ref OF 7 1113
AZ0425 -
AZ0426 -           [On 040621 John responds explaining that rigid analytic,
AZ0427 -           mechanistic thinking is not suited for knowledge-based
AZ0428 -           economies; proposes 1 dimensional approach using only
AZ0429 -           conversation without textual approach to verify accuracy.
AZ0430 -           ref SDS 39 2U4U
AZ0432 -            ..
AZ0433 -           [On 040622 John's letter seems to recognize the support
AZ0434 -           role for technology in Knowledge Management verifying
AZ0435 -           accuracy of communication by authenticating
AZ0436 -           conversation. ref SDS 40 MR8H
AZ0438 -         ..
AZ0439 -    2.  It was disappointing when your group met on 991217 with
AZ0440 -        professionals from around the world saying they did not
AZ0441 -        understand the meaning of "knowledge," ref DIT 1 2U7J, and
AZ0442 -        hoped to find an answer by attending your KM event. ref SDS 20
AZ0443 -        9030
AZ0445 -         ..
AZ0446 -    3.  It was again, sad to hear three (3) years later in your letter
AZ0447 -        on 020608 that knowledge management  remains a mystery, i.e., a
AZ0448 -        failure, to prominent thought leaders, ref DIT 1 FV8I, which is
AZ0449 -        simply glossed over by substituting "knowledge" for
AZ0450 -        "information" in professional papers, events and product
AZ0451 -        specifications. ref SDS 29 JA4L
AZ0452 -
AZ0453 -
AZ0454 -
AZ0455 -
AZ0456 -
AZ05 -

SUBJECTS
Dimming the Lights Experts Give Up on Enlightenment Reject the Power

BS03 -
BS0401 -  ..
BS0402 - Dumbing Down Knowledge Management with Conversation Fast Easy Solution
BS0403 - Dimming Lights Experts Give Up on Enlightenment Power of Knowledge
BS0404 - Experts Give Up on Enlightenment Dimming Lights Knowledge Management
BS0405 -
BS0406 - Letter to Colabria on KM event continues...
BS0407 -
BS0408 -    4.  Now, two (2) years hence, rather than educate to enlighten,
BS0409 -        professional events are still dimming the lights.  The current
BS0410 -        fashion seems to be following the path of SAT for college
BS0411 -        entrance by dumbing down the meaning of "knowledge,"
BS0412 -        ref DIT 1 QX9H, evident from the complete loss of direction in
BS0413 -        the announcement, shown below, ref SDS 0 XN5M, for a
BS0414 -        professional event in New York city on knowlege management.
BS0415 -        Peter Drucker notes, from decades of experience, that people
BS0416 -        have given up on improving communication, because the task is
BS0417 -        complex, reviewed on 931130. ref SDS 4 3851
BS0418 -
BS0419 -            [On 040621 seminar marketing appeal to "learn from the
BS0420 -            future" dumbs down Knowledge Management; over zealous
BS0421 -            salesmanship defies logic, locality principle,
BS0422 -            irreversability of time. ref SDS 39 7X5F
BS0424 -             ..
BS0425 -            [On 040621 case study of Knowledge Management rhetoric
BS0426 -            shows experts and professionals have given up on improving
BS0427 -            communication with synergy from complementarity of a
BS0428 -            multi-disciplinary approach, and instead offer a single
BS0429 -            solution of conversation. ref SDS 39 W63K
BS0431 -             ..
BS0432 -            [On 090623 1341 report that 15 years after first conference
BS0433 -            on Knowledge Management "experts" have not devloped a firm
BS0434 -            basis for transformation from information to a culture of
BS0435 -            knowledge, and essentially have given up hope. ref SDS 45
BS0436 -            UH8P
BS0438 -         ..
BS0439 -    5.  For retreat to now be presented and advocated as a "new
BS0440 -        solution" in the greatest city on earth, signals that the
BS0441 -        entire culture has lost its way, sailing without rudder nor
BS0442 -        compass. ref DIT 1 7E4K
BS0444 -         ..
BS0445 -    6.  Perhaps this explains how a few guys with box cutters defeated
BS0446 -        the entire "intelligence" apparatus of a great power to bring
BS0447 -        down the World Trade Center, ref DIT 1 PD4L, and strike at the
BS0448 -        heart of western defense in Washington DC on 010911.
BS0449 -        ref SDS 24 0001
BS0451 -         ..
BS0452 -    7.  Sprinkling in a few truths, e.g., that "reengineering" was
BS0453 -        largely misapplied in the 90s, ref SDS 0 MQ7M, and that
BS0454 -        improvement requires temporarily setting aside disbelief,
BS0455 -        ref SDS 0 MQ50, in order to test more useful beliefs, by
BS0456 -        experimenting to acquire new experience, cannot, however,
BS0457 -        overcome the disconnect between the notice for the KM event in
BS0458 -        New York on 060625, ref SDS 0 K47Q, and any reasonable notion
BS0459 -        of "knowledge," ref DIT 1 ZQ5J, as a process that continually
BS0460 -        refines accuracy of understanding, i.e., mentally associating,
BS0461 -        and remembering, cause and effect, based on experience and
BS0462 -        history of people taking action, as set out in analysis today.
BS0463 -        ref SDS 0 K47Q  This seems to be the opposite of what is
BS0464 -        proposed for the event in New York, as shown below (e.g.,
BS0465 -        "mechanism" typically implies process, efficiency and
BS0466 -        productivity by saving time, money and lives, but is used
BS0467 -        throughout the event notice as an odious epithet, ref SDS 0
BS0468 -        K47Q and ref SDS 0 MQ7M), and so underscores research on 020812
BS0469 -        indicating that people, who claim to advocate advance from
BS0470 -        information to a culture of knowledge, in fact, cling to the
BS0471 -        old ways of relying on talk to avoid accountability, as
BS0472 -        observed by Andy Grove, reviewed on 980307, ref SDS 13 1657,
BS0473 -        and noted earlier by Plato in 400 BC, commenting on tensions,
BS0474 -        still evident today in your announcement advocating reliance on
BS0475 -        conversation to build the job, ref SDS 0 LZ6O, and avering the
BS0476 -        linear mechanics of literacy (see again, ref SDS 0 K47Q), much
BS0477 -        less advancing to knowledge tools that strengthen accuracy by
BS0478 -        an order of magnitude, reviewed on 991209. ref SDS 19 3416
BS0480 -         ..
BS0481 -    8.  Accordingly, there is no basis to eschew, as Colabria's seminar
BS0482 -        notice does, ref SDS 0 K47Q, critical connections between
BS0483 -        people, process and time, as set out in POIMS, ref OF 3 015M,
BS0484 -        aided and applied through alphabet technology, see again POIMS,
BS0485 -        ref OF 3 ER3G, since that is the mechanism of the locality
BS0486 -        principle, reviewed on 040312, ref SDS 34 YH4G, which drives
BS0487 -        civilization by making people superhuman, observed by Doug
BS0488 -        Lenat, reviewed on 010622. ref SDS 23 N668
BS0490 -         ..
BS0491 -    9.  There are many well meaning and talented people working along
BS0492 -        side you in knowledge management, as there are in medicine,
BS0493 -        engineering, government, education, et al. Hopefully, some will
BS0494 -        come to New York and help adjust course toward integrating
BS0495 -        management science, computer science and cognitive science,
BS0496 -        generally called out by Drucker in his article published in the
BS0497 -        Atlantic Monthly to solve the core problem he identified
BS0498 -        earlier, reviewed on 991025, ref SDS 16 0207, and supported by
BS0499 -        luminaries like Engelbart, Conklin, Gelernter, Landauer, and
BS0500 -        others.
BS0502 -         ..
BS0503 -   10.  Since there is no lack of good ideas, please focus on making
BS0504 -        good use of them in future events.  Don't tell us what you're
BS0505 -        not doing -- tell us how KM can help people ask the right
BS0506 -        questions to innovate and improve objectives, requirements and
BS0507 -        commitments for getting things done correctly, on time and
BS0508 -        within budget to save lives, time and money.
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BS0511 -   11.  Tell us how KM can add intelligence to information that grows
BS0512 -        knowledge for solving gridlock in transportation, technology,
BS0513 -        leadership, health care, national security. This is a big,
BS0514 -        important, urgent agenda.  Let's get to work.
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BS0517 -   12.  Good luck with your event.
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BS0522 -            conversation without textual approach to verify accuracy.
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