KnowledgeManifesto

Just throw a seed of thought out...

Whewwwwwwwwwww.. Did I get it right ????

KNOWLEDGE Manifesto!!


KNOWLEDGE
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KNOWLEDGE!
In Font 39251(barcode)

Yeah..just try it in MSWord!!! ..and watch the barcode appear !!

A Bias for value

"The value of network increases as the square of the number of users on the network."

-Metcalfe’s Law

….another Value offering

"We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another."

-Luciano De Crescenzo

…and yet another offering

“Public corporation should now be regarded not as piece of property but as a community- although a community created by common purpose rather than by common place. No one owns a community…. The core members of community are more properly regarded as citizens rather than as employees or “human resources” – citizens with responsibilities as well as rights."

-Charles Handy


..Gets harder now !!!!

If you bring that appropriate people together in constructive ways with good information, they will create authentic visions and strategies for addressing the shared concerns of the community

-David Chrislip, Center for Creative Leadership
Collaborative Leadership

Actually its pretty simple !

“Lettin’ the cat outt’a the bag is a whole lot easier ‘n puttin’ it back in.”

-Will Rogers


Locus of Learning

•Initiative –Driven Programming
•Change Management
•Leadership
Development
•Career Development
•Customer –Supplier Relationship
Management.

Don’t be afraid !!

Don’t be afraid to take big steps if one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.”

-David Lloyd George


Oh Boy!! A nutcracker !!

"You cannot solve the problem with the same kind of thinking that has created the roblem."

-Albert Einstien


A rebuttal offering to Einstien

"

You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction."

-Alvin Toffler


Aha!!! A new offering now ?

"Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those we do hold well."

-Josh Billings


I Luv this concept!! :)-

Only as high as I can reach can I grow.
Only as far as I seek can I go.
Only as deep as I look can I see.
Only as much as I dream can I be.

-Karen Ravn, 10-3-1970


Ok, so whats a “Consumerdex” ?

"An’t it like a Roladex type thingy, but only on a Global Basis ?? Rather then it being on your desk, its like all over “there”-The Global Community!!"

/pd

Lets Begin t he Exercise - Lesson#1!!

Issue Driven Communities

“Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems. All we can hope to get solving a problem is to restore normalcy.

-Peter Drucker,
Managing for results


- Lesson#2!!

Communities of Practice

“groups of people informally bound together by shared expertise and passion for a joint venture.”

-Wenger & Jean Lave
Situated Learning
This term was first used in 1991!!


- Lesson#3!!

Communities of Learning

“Increasingly, successful organizations are building competitive edge though less controlling and more learning- that is, through continually creating and sharing the courage, imagination, patience and perseverance necessary in a knowledge creating organization.”

-Peter Senge


Once Again the Value offering !

•Communities of Learning
•Communities of Practice
•Communities of Issues


The Ultimate Hypothesis!!

“It turns out that the use of the word knowledge rather then information makes a distinct difference in the way people think and behave.”

Gurteen Knowledge Letter
Xerox Labs 2003