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Welcome, everyone!Welcome, everyone!

We Look forward to a great We Look forward to a great collaboration!collaboration!

Arthur HarkinsArthur HarkinsJohn MoravecJohn MoravecGeorge KubikGeorge Kubik

EdPAEdPAInnovation StudiesInnovation Studies

University of MinnesotaUniversity of MinnesotaJanuary 2008January 2008

Purposes of the SeminarPurposes of the Seminar

• Experience international collaboration Experience international collaboration • Learn and apply knowledge creation, Learn and apply knowledge creation,

distribution, and managementdistribution, and management• Learn and apply Leapfrog approaches to Learn and apply Leapfrog approaches to

knowledge leadershipknowledge leadership• Tie knowledge leadership to innovation Tie knowledge leadership to innovation

leadershipleadership• Construct a final project or paper that Construct a final project or paper that

promotes your own career and interestspromotes your own career and interests

The MN Knowledge ModelThe MN Knowledge Model

(Art Harkins and George Kubik)(Art Harkins and George Kubik)

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Some Basic ConceptsSome Basic Concepts

• DataData

• InformationInformation

• KnowledgeKnowledge

• InnovationsInnovations

• ““Ideas”Ideas”

• Knowledge workersKnowledge workers

• Innovation workersInnovation workers

• ““Wisdom”Wisdom”

Some Basic ConceptsSome Basic Concepts

• Personal knowledgePersonal knowledge

• Social knowledgeSocial knowledge

• Tacit/implicit knowledgeTacit/implicit knowledge

• Explicit knowledgeExplicit knowledge

• How information and knowledge How information and knowledge connectconnect

• How knowledge and innovation connectHow knowledge and innovation connect

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• Empirical knowledgeEmpirical knowledge

• Virtual knowledgeVirtual knowledge

• Anticipatory knowledge contextsAnticipatory knowledge contexts

• Present/past knowledge contextsPresent/past knowledge contexts

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Knowledge EnginesKnowledge Engines

• Traditional Traditional – – Newtonian/mechanicalNewtonian/mechanical

• Emergent Emergent - - self-organizing/autogenicself-organizing/autogenic

• Intentional Intentional - purposive/teleogenic- purposive/teleogenic

Knowledge ProductsKnowledge Products

• Mode Zero Mode Zero – none– none

• Mode One Mode One – scientific research– scientific research

• Mode Two Mode Two – applied research– applied research

• Mode ThreeMode Three - personal- personal

• Mode Four Mode Four - contextual- contextual

• Mode Five Mode Five – software/IA/AI– software/IA/AI

• Mode Six Mode Six - chaordic- chaordic

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Knowledge DynamicsKnowledge Dynamics

• TechnologiesTechnologies

• ““X” factorsX” factors

• Ideas and IntentionsIdeas and Intentions

• SWOTs SWOTs

• Outcomes and ProductsOutcomes and Products

Critically Important!Critically Important!

• ContextsContexts

• TrendsTrends

• Ideas and IntentionsIdeas and Intentions

• CompetitionCompetition

• Accidents/SurprisesAccidents/Surprises

Several core questions for our Several core questions for our collaborative seminar:collaborative seminar:

• Can knowledge be “managed”?Can knowledge be “managed”?

• When are we dealing with knowledge When are we dealing with knowledge vs. information?vs. information?

• How important is context in the How important is context in the above two questions?above two questions?

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Thanks! Thanks!