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DIARY: March 11, 1996 09:17 PM Monday; Rod Welch

Received Johanna Neuman's book "Lights, Camera, War."

1...Summary/Objective
...............challenge of the time/information continuum


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SUBJECTS
New World Order Correlation to accepted practice and
Automation Trends, AI Technology & Leadership
False Knowledge, Mistakes Time, Confusion
Lights, Camera, War, Johanna Neuman
Gutenberg Most Important Advance of Millenium
Printing Press Rejected, Gutenberg
New Realities of 21st Century
Managers Must Change Improve Work Practices or Must Change Managers t
Experiment New Methods Reduce Costs Improve Earnings
Newman, Johanna Book Lights Camera War
Leadership & Technology, Paradoxical - Each Requires the Other
Neuman Johanna Lights Camera War

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2714 -    ..
2715 - Summary/Objective
2716 -
271601 - Follow up ref SDS 8 0000.
271602 -
271603 - Received a book by Johanna Neuman reviewed on CSPAN yesterday about
271604 - impact of technology on leadership, primarily framed in relation to
271605 - foreign policy and politics.
271607 -  ..
271608 - Each generation is mesmerized by emotional upheavals caused by
271609 - technology that increases the speed of life. ref OF 1 3634
271611 -  ..
271612 - Cited in NWO to explain challenge of change to new way of working.
271613 - ref OF 8 1H4O
271614 -
271615 -      History reveals a consistent pattern of new technology brings
271616 -      social change, but is evnetually accomodated. ref OF 1 3648
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271618 -      On 950911 Toffler's book "Future Shock" addresses concerns.
271619 -      ref SDS 8 4E3N
271621 -         ..
271622 -        [On 960612 Lynn Conway how to help people overcome resistance
271623 -        to better methods. ref SDS 15 1368
271625 -         ..
271626 -        [On 980307 executives loathe change; want others to change.
271627 -        ref SDS 18 1660
271629 -         ..
271630 -        [On 980824 Com Metrics on Internet resisted. ref SDS 21 5977]
271632 -         ..
271633 -        [On 990527 strong cultural forces impede use of Com Metrics.
271634 -        ref SDS 23 1233]
271636 -         ..
271637 -        [On 990211 manager overwhelmed by "intelligence." ref SDS 22
271638 -        7329]
271640 -         ..
271641 -        [On 991108 alphabet and literacy was resisted in facor of prior
271642 -        tradition of oratory and poetry. ref SDS 26 7426]
271644 -         ..
271645 -        [On 030524 analysis clear, concise, complete communication
271646 -        using links present a dilemma that
271647 -        boggles the mind.
271649 -       ..
271650 -      Developers often barely succeed. ref OF 1 0004
271652 -       ..
271653 -      Telegraph. ref OF 1 6887
271655 -       ..
271656 -      Time and space annihilated. ref OF 1 2706
271658 -  ..
271659 - Gutenberg and printing press. ref OF 1 2380
271660 -
271661 -    Printing press described as a "watershed invention for
271662 -    civilization.
271664 -     ..
271665 -    Spead of literacy is critical to knowledge work. ref OF 1 6192
271667 -     ..
271668 -    Bible was first market for printed books.  Previously it took years
271669 -    to decades to complete a bible.  Gutenberg accomplished a 365%
271670 -    increase in productivity. ref OF 1 3294
271672 -     ..
271673 -    Printing press initially resisted. ref OF 1 1804  Fear it would
271674 -    intrude on creative process. ref OF 1 8370   For a century old
271675 -    technology of caligraphy remained main method. ref OF 1 2025
271676 -    Printing was initally banned. ref OF 1 3100  Gutenberg was not
271677 -    financially successful. ref OF 1 5304
271678 -
271679 -      [On 991010 Gutenberg cited for contributing the most to
271680 -      civilization during the 2nd millennium. ref SDS 24 2548]
271682 -  ..
271683 - The author observes a dilemma of leadership throughout history seeking
271684 - advantages of technology for power and wealth; yet, also, requiring
271685 - continual change to improve work habits so that decision making is not
271686 - overcome by information overload from faster and faster technology.
271687 - ref OF 1 8838
271689 -  ..
271690 - Developed this idea in NWO. ref OF 8 1H4O
271691 -
271692 -    On 890324 leadership fears technology that improves accuracy of
271693 -    communication for better productivity to save time and money is too
271694 -    risky for people who fear accountability. ref SDS 1 LZ5F
271696 -     ..
271697 -    On 890809 leadership wants technology to improve listening for
271698 -    accurate understanding and timely follow up getting things done
271699 -    correctly on time and within budget. ref SDS 2 CJ9J
271701 -     ..
271702 -    On 950412 leadership disappointed that managers don't tell the
271703 -    truth; while managers feel leadership won't listen to the truth.
271704 -    ref SDS 4 4543
271706 -     ..
271707 -    On 950502 developed theme for PMI conference at Asilomar to forge
271708 -    better partnership between technology and leadership. ref SDS 6
271709 -    5830
271711 -     ..
271712 -    On 950710 Landauer's book, "The Trouble with Computers," explains
271713 -    evolution of technology through market forces is slow. ref SDS 7
271714 -    2004
271715 -
271716 -      [On 970829 book supports explanation of information overload, as
271717 -      primary cause of management problems. ref SDS 17 7721]
271719 -       ..
271720 -      [On 980307 leaders loathe change; want others to change.
271722 -       ..
271723 -      [On 980405 fear of accountability from SDS that increases speed
271724 -      of knowledge about alignment with requirements. ref SDS 19 5065]
271726 -       ..
271727 -      [On 980815 U.S. foreign policy failures due to poor intelligence
271728 -      caused by lack of analysis of information. ref SDS 20 1173 and
271729 -      ref SDS 20 6424]
271731 -       ..
271732 -      [On 991014 ignorance is bliss, fear responsibility of knowledge.
271733 -      ref SDS 25 3066]
271735 -       ..
271736 -      [On 991222 problem of scale in relation to human engineering
271737 -      explained in Doug Engelbart's paper. ref SDS 27 1596]
271739 -       ..
271740 -      [On 000208 people may get used to knowledge rather than
271741 -      information. ref SDS 28 2940]
271743 -  ..
271744 - On 960315 cited Neuman in the record for a meeting with Intel on new
271745 - realities facing managers, ref SDS 9 5675, as support for analysis on
271746 - 940609 of Henry Kissinger's book at ref SDS 3 4238, and on 950417 the
271747 - review of Robert MacNamera's book "In Retrospect". ref SDS 5 5872
271749 -  ..
271750 - Cited Ms. Neuman's book to support proposal on 960418 developing need
271751 - for better partnership between leadership and technology. ref SDS 12
271752 - 0806  A week or so later on 960429 used this concept for publicizing
271753 - Asilomar Conference, ref SDS 14 9640, based on prior analysis of
271754 - Neuman's book on 960419. ref SDS 13 4577
271756 -  ..
271757 - Applied concept in Neuman's book for developing a quote for General
271758 - Hatch to publicize the Asilomar Conference. ref SDS 10 345M
271760 -  ..
271761 - General Hatch reviewed challenge of leadership during meeting on
271762 - 960410, that further cites Neuman's book. ref SDS 11 2926
271763 -
271764 -
271766 -  ..
271767 - Chapter 16 is "Leadership in the Information Age" is at ref OF 6
271769 -  ..
271770 - Cannot find anything in this chapter that answers her insightful
271771 - formulation on the...
271772 -
271773 -               challenge of the time/information continuum
271774 -
271775 - ...that causes defective decisions, mistakes, losses, conflict,
271776 - recession, war.  The most she says is that diplomacy is conducted in
271777 - private, or secret.  This is nothing new.
271779 -  ..
271780 - She says in the opening chapter that leaders need new habits, but does
271781 - not identify what those habits should be or how technology can support
271782 - acquiring and applying new habits.
271783 -
271784 -     [On 970829 book cites data explosion causing information overload
271785 -     that prevents communication. ref SDS 17 2878.]
271787 -      ..
271788 -     [On 970402 reviewed presentation by George Shultz identifying good
271789 -     leadership habits are consistent reporting and analysis, and
271790 -     consistent application of objectives, ref SDS 16 8502.]
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